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Dial-up services hurting efforts to fight drug abuse
(STANDARD) 10月 20日 星期六 05:30AM

More and more young people are turning to dial- a-drug services to get their fix instead of buying them at discos and rave parties, according to a Christian service trying to co

mbat drug abuse.

In the past, most youths would get their supplies at discos until a police crackdown in recent years.

Today, a 30-second telephone call is all that is needed to get drugs delivered at home - sometimes as prompt as in five minutes.

"It was like ordering a cup of milk tea from a restaurant over the phone," said a former amphetamine addict identified as Amy.

According to the Hong Kong Christian Service, which surveyed more than 130 drug addicts last year, more than one-third had tried the service.

"To them this delivery service appears to be more secure than buying drugs in public," said Ivy Chan Kin-yi of HKCS.

"Other than delivering the drug to your door, an even more secure way is to leave the drugs and payments in mailboxes."

According to HKCS, drugs considered trendy by young people, such as cocaine and nimetazepam, are easily obtained through these services in every district, including the outlying islands.

Some services are run like legitimate businesses where customers can clear their bills monthly.

Amy, in her 20s, started abusing amphetamine at age 18 when she was in secondary school. She was hooked on the drug for three years.

A dancer, Amy said drug abuse is common in the performing industry. Drugs made her feel more confident and relaxed when performing.

She got the phone numbers of couriers from friends and ordered almost daily for more than a year.

She spent about HK$500 on amphetamine every day. At her peak she took HK$1,000 worth of drugs a day.

"I did like the easy-call service a lot better than the traditional way. I didn't have to worry about getting arrested," Amy said. "To some extent it reinforced my addiction because it was so easy to get drugs."

Amy said customers could ask for expedited deliveries if they paid the taxi rides of the couriers. Sometimes couriers would drive their own vehicles.

Her couriers had at least 10 customers, she said.

To hide the drugs during the transportation process the couriers hid them under their shoes or inside patches sewn into their clothes.

Some of the addicts counseled by HKCS included former couriers.

According to Chan, they got HK$50 for each delivery and could make as much as HK$10,000 a month working full time.

"They are generally between the ages of 17 and 20 and unemployed," Chan said. "It's pretty good money considering the low salary they would get if they took on regular jobs."

Chan said cracking down on these services was difficult because couriers looked like regular young people.

A police spokeswoman said the home delivery of drugs was not a new trend.

"We do take drug abuse very seriously. We will continue to tackle the problem through education, promotion and intelligence collection," the spokeswoman said.

According to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, the maximum penalty for major drug offenses such as trafficking and manufacturing is life imprisonment and a fine of HK$5 million.

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