The Herald reports on a drug bust at a photo supply store on Bromfield Street (one of those little streets that runs between Downtown Crossing and Tremont Street). Apparently, this little store has been dealing mostly coke to “an older clientele, mostly 50- and 60-year-old business people” for about ten years. They recovered drugs, guns, cash, you name it.
Geez. I walk up and down Bromfield Street all the time – it’s a block from my legal office, and it’s on the way to my favorite lunch spot. (Chacarero – it’s the best sandwich in the area, IMHO. If you’ve never tried it, you’re missing out!)
It’s always useful to be reminded that the real “drug problem” is more complicated, and more multifaceted, than it’s often portrayed.
Please share widely!
David, my naive blogger.
The drug problem is not complicated. We know the answers. You liberal tree-hugger you. (Notice I didn’t say Kool Aid drinker. Not David)
Mandatory Sentencing
Mandatory drug testing
Never let anyone whoever smoked a joint get a job or go to college.
No driverâs license for anyone who ever thought about taking an illegal drug.
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Actually David, I could not care less about the drugs shown in the picture. I want to hear about oxies and how they lead to heroin. How it is much different today than 25 years ago as far as how easy and unwittingly a kid can get hooked.
Then the real crazy shit starts.
As long as it wasn’t the FOUNTAIN PEN store!
I don’t think it’s just the clientele that was old. Look at the guns in that picture – one antique and a couple of cap guns. And the scales is right out of 8th-grade science class – the youngsters are on digital now and wouldn’t even know how to use that thing.
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PS – I always thought Charcarero was putting cocaine in its sandwiches. Those things are the closest food can come to being a mind-altering substance.
the ancient gun is great. It would probably still hurt to be shot with it, though.
where’s America’s favorite cokehead (W) going to go for sweet, sweet blow when he comes to Boston?
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This is a national disgrace. Anyone waiting hand and foot on the President of the United States of America should not only be showered with praise and affection, but also finer guns and equipment.
All I know is that those green bean sandwiches are VERY addictive. When I worked on Summer Street I frequenly got lunch there.
Chacarreros are hands-down the best sandwiches in Boston. One of the biggest losses in moving to a harvard Square workplace from downtown was my reduced Chacarrero intake.
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The rest of the article isn’t too surprising. It’s long been documented that drug use spans racial and soioeconomic groups. But it’s a lot easier for cops to bust the operations which cater to less well-off folks, thanks both to profiling and to street-level dealersbeing easier to access. sounds like this bust reflects one place where older and more business-class users get their supply. Probably many other places like it around the financial district–logic would suggest that people have to get it somewhere. Though maybe there’s home delivery in well-off parts of Greater Boston, like in New York.
Home delivery of the Chacarrero? Great!
Wow, I’d pay good money for that…
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Interesting how much attention Chacarrero is getting here, beginning with the initial post.