where did the myth of the evil drug dealer outside the school gates come from?

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DIRTY OLD MAN (The Fugs, 1965)

Hangin' out by the schoolyard gate
Lookin' up every dress I can
Suckin' wind through my upper plate
I'm a dirty old man (dirty old man, dirty old man)

Handin' out joints to the kids at school
Givin' out pictures and porn and pills
Fillin' the front of my shirt with drool
I'm a dirty old man (dirty old man, dirty old man)

Nervously wiggling my toes in my boots
Communist literature in my hands
Pinchin' all the bosoms I can
I'm a dirty old man (dirty old man, dirty old man)

Hello, kiddies, here I am again on the ol' schoolyard!
I got thrill pills for all the little chickies,
and I got funny cigarettes for all you boys,
and I got dirty pictures for all of you together!
Well, I guess I better go, I see the campus cop's coming...
I better split now. Remember Leon Trotsky!

There was a local lad who did hang out outside the local comp, peddling weed. An archetype come to life! (sort of) I think something bad happened to him pretty quickly.

"Family friend" of mine was one of those guys you read about who sells drugs out of ice cream vans

"Family friend" of mine was one of those guys you read about who sells drugs out of ice cream vans

-- Tom D., Friday, 9 May 2008 14:59 (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

It's what made Scotland great.

we only had ice-cream, which is what's making ireland fat.

Try introducing heroin, watch the pounds just fall away

When the shades of night are falling,
Comes a fellow everyone knows.
It's the old dope peddler,
Spreading joy wherever he goes.

Every evening you will find him,
Around our neighborhood.
It's the old dope peddler
Doing well by doing good.

He gives the kids free samples,
Because he knows full well
That today's young innocent faces
Will be tomorrow's clientele.

Here's a cure for all your troubles,
Here's an end to all distress.
It's the old dope peddler
With his powdered happiness.

An older brother of a mate was selling ecstasy pills to my mates outside the school gates!

Of course, what he forgot to tell them that the "E's" were Paracetamol.

This myth came about because there actually are evil drug dealers outside the school gates who act as decoys for the evil drug dealers sitting next to your kids in math class.

thank god my schools never had any of either kind. our dealers were as friendly as could be.

Good nicknames for provincial drug dealers:

Jamaican Dave
Turkish Pete
Finnish Tuomas

You don't have to look outside the gates at San Diego State.

Cockney Dom

Where did it come from?

The idea that 'our precious children' could be lured into drugs by strangers outside the gates, where us parents who do not immediately go and collect them are leaving them vulnerable to corrupting influences from the outside world..

points:
1. Kids who are told not to accept sweets from strangers (and why), are not going to say "ah, but these are not sweets, they b cheap smack, rite?"

2. As you say, it's more likely to be friends at school, etc.

(for the record, we do collect our kids from school. Damn roads are fierce)

My son walks home "on his own" (i.e. without a parent but usually with various of his friends) and has suddenly started talking about how he is worried about being kidnapped. It's very sad.

'Jamaican Dave,' great.

My son walks home "on his own" (i.e. without a parent but usually with various of his friends) and has suddenly started talking about how he is worried about being kidnapped. It's very sad.

-- Ned Trifle II, Friday, May 9, 2008 5:37 PM (39 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

The myth of the random child-snatcher is a bit ridiculous.

Especially since your children are much more likely to be snatched by their friends at school and sold for their bodily organs.

The myth of the random child-snatcher is a bit ridiculous.

Yeah, I know. I'm not sure where he's got it from or why now, suddenly. We've always told him that the biggest dangers are traffic and, obviously, killer bees. We do live near Rothley so you get a lot of "Maddy" talk amongst the kids but obviously that's not new. I don't really know what to say to him except the obvious really.

Have you warned him about emo?

sorry guys, are you saying that drug dealers do not actually give out free smack to get kids hooked? What kind of far-left liberal nonsense is this?

I think that particular 'schoolyard pusher' myth goes back to roughly the 1930s, during the big drug scares around heroin and marijuana (after prohibition ended).

iirc, there were many big drug scares earlier than that, too. The cocaine scare. The opium scare. The morphine scare. Before 1890, I don't think there were any outlawed drugs. Most of them could be had from the local druggist.

"Kids don't have much money" is a pile of fucking shit. the little cunts are loaded these days.

iirc, there were many big drug scares earlier than that, too. The cocaine scare. The opium scare. The morphine scare. Before 1890, I don't think there were any outlawed drugs. Most of them could be had from the local druggist.

You must be incredibly old if you can remember that far back.

Well... the inventor of LSD lived to 103 years old, so drøgs must be good for you.

i remember being bitterly disappointed when i discovered that the ice-cream van outside our school really was selling only ice-cream.

and 1p "bubblies" as well. worst gum in the universe.