Ok, heres some facts and figures that should scare the shit out of anyone who wants to, or feels the need to, take drugs.

I started smoking weed 20 years ago. It was more expensive then so over the course we'll average it out at £2 per spliff. Eccies were £20 to start with but are down to £3 or so now. So they average out at say £10 each. Coke has remained static at £50 a gram. Heroin was £10 a bag at an average of 2 a day for 2 years. Alcohol was a 'whenever thing' but must have averaged out at say £20 a week since i was 14 or so. And im going to include nicotine... thats an addiction that costs money so has to be included. Thats at £4 a pack at todays rates.

Hash
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10-15 spliffs a day at £2.

2 x 15 spliffs a day x 365 days x 20 years = £219, 000 or at todays rates (1.8905) $414, 019.50

Ecstacy
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Taken on and off at weekend from years 20 to 30 so 10 years at an average of 4 a time.

4 x 52 weeks x 10 years = £20, 800 or $39, 322.40

Heroin
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20 x 365 days x 2 years = £14, 600 or $27, 601.30

Alcohol
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20 x 52 weeks x 20 years = £20, 800 or $39, 322.40

Tobbacco
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4 * 365 days * 20 years = £29, 200 or $55, 202.60

Thats a total of £85, 400 or $161, 448.70 before the hash is added. That gives a total of £304, 400 or $575, 468.20 with it.

Fancy a joint anyone?

Given I used to roll the spliffs when sitting in company (whether it was my weed or not) I must have rolled in the region of about a million spliffs. Given just what ive bought alone were talking over 100, 000. As you can see weed was always top of my list but even so ive wasted a small fortune over the last 20 years. Where the hell did I get all that cos i sure as hell didnt earn it. Ok, I used to be a bit of a lad who thought nothing of spot of crime (that stopped when i was about 18 or 19) but even so.

And I havent counted the coke or speed (amphetamine) or other substance abuse ive went through so we could probably easily add another £20, 000 or £30, 000 to that.

Shit seeing those figures scares even me.