Quote from: Just1nce on June 27, 2012, 10:01 amAnyway, to cut a long story short: why is it that I can buy MDMA (and some other drugs) so much cheaper internationally than from Aussie vendors?The majority (if not quite all) of Australian MDMA is controlled, either by import or local manufacture, by the major crime syndicates in the country. They set a price point that enables them to live the lifestyles to which they've become accustomed.There was a significant drop in prices in the late 1990s to early 2000s. The result was a fucking bloodbath in Victoria. Do I really need to remind you about Carl Williams, the Carlton Crew and the Moran family?Now they're gone and the power vacuum is being filled by the likes of the Bandidos, the Finks, the Gypsy Jokers, the Comancheros and, of course, the Hells Angels. Although most of the shooting seems to be in Sydney instead of Melbourne at the moment.Any Australian sourcing cheaper MDMA from international sources would be well advised to weigh the savings to their customers against the possibility of attracting the attention of any of the above groups. The police may lock them up, but the bikers will leave them at the bottom of a mine shaft.