Street dealers in Amsterdam are preparing for their busiest time of year as the Amsterdam Dance Event, or ADE, kicks of tomorrow.
The event, which brings thousands of clubbing tourists to the city, hosts over two thousand acts in more than a hundred venues spread city wide over the course of the next five days. This influx in tourist numbers means that demand for drugs at street level is extremely high.
Local drug dealer, Nico Van Schipp, spoke of the fast approaching event, “Every year when ADE is on we get totally run off our feet. We have other raves in Amsterdam but usually they just go on for one day or else they’re way out in the suburbs but this is right in the middle of the city so there’s fortunes to be made here between now and Sunday,” he explained.
“People need to be careful when they come to Amsterdam because there’s a lot of guys trying to rip people off, especially at this time of year. Not me though, I’ve got all the best drugs in the city, my Molly is so pure and clean that you won’t even realise you’ve taken it,” he said convincingly. “My coke comes straight from Peru, fresh from the hand luggage and anal cavities of impressionable young women, that’s how you know it’s good,” he continued with a smile. “If you’re looking for me, I’ll be the guy in the Red Light District going ‘Pssstt’ at you.”
Not everyone in Amsterdam is as honest as Mr. Van Schipp, local crack addict and dentist’s worst nightmare, Mustaffa, also explained how he plans on making the most of the busy season, “Well I’m just gonna rip people off! I’ll be selling some coke that’s mostly made up of Novacaine and baking powder and I’ll also be selling some pills that are just generic white tablets,” he said unashamedly. “To be honest they could be anything, I bought them off a vet so you never know you could get lucky, they could be some sort of sedative or they could just be for worms. Either way they’re two for a tenner,” he continued.
“I’m just gonna sell everything I have and get out of there before anyone realises I’ve just sold them a crock of shit, they’ll be angry because they’re dance music fans, not like those EDM fans who are used to being sold cocks of shit,” he said wisely.
