Lining up for a white Christmas: Cocaine use in Austrian ski resorts rises higher than the mountains
Cocaine: Such a well-deserved come-back…)
It has been said that Charles Dickens invented the whole ‘White Christmas’ idea in his book, ‘A Christmas Carol’.
It’s also been suggested that global warming will become the ultimate Scrooge, by destroying any hope of a white Christmas in many parts of the world.
Me, well, I think Charles Dickens’ little novel won’t be around for much longer. I can already see the right wing nutters gathering their pitchforks and torches, all raring to have a go at the book, because ghosts are magic (AND MAGIC IS EVIL!!!) and have nothing to do with the Baby Jesus anyway. While, on the P.C. side, all the idiots are girding their BlackBerries and sharpening their lattes, ready to burn the Carol at the stake, for mentioning the dreaded, non-inclusive ‘C-word’.
I’ve got better news from the global warming front. While it might be true that this manmade, or sunspot-sired phenomenon is as real and deadly as Marley’s doornail, I can now assure you that it won’t put an end to white Christmases.
Not in Austria, it won’t – and no, that has nothing to do with the country’s high altitude or the lines that form in front of the ski lifts. Though, come to think of it, there are, most definitely, lines and highs involved…
Anyway, Europe already had the butter mountain and wine & milk lakes. So, cocaine mountains shouldn’t come as that much of a surprise:
“Police say that cocaine and Ecstasy consumption at the bars of après-ski establishments has risen steeply at premium winter resorts, with recorded drug offences rising 60 per cent in some areas popular with British tourists. Police say that even ski instructors and bartenders are turning into part-time drug-dealers at the peak of the season.”
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