I have been saying for the last year or so the availability of cocaine in Sosua has gone WAY up.
3 or 4 years ago I don't ever recall being asked to buy drugs in Sosua. In the last year or so though its almost become normal for people to ask if you wanted to buy any.
I now see quite a few more working girls at night who are DEFINITELY using cocaine.
The availability and cheap price are making it a problem even in El Batey.
Hearing that these incidents are possibly the result of drug gangs fighting for turf or money makes a lot of sense.
The lure of easy money in a place where even earning an honest living is very difficult is hard to walk away from. With all this new found money everyone wants a piece of the pie so theres going to be fights. Even the corrupt "good guys" are going to want their share.
We all know how well the war on drugs is working in the states. I can't see it doing much better in Sosua.
Hope everyone stays safe and out of the way while all this is going on.
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