I don't have any info on the cocaine trade here except to say that it's cheap and very available. I do have a few stories though regarding its impact.
A friend (female) and her boyfriend came down here from my old home town, ostensibly to visit Costa Rica and see the country. They spent their first three days pretty much shut up in their hotel room, powdering their noses. When they did emerge and come to visit us, they spent about an hour here before they said their goodbyes and I assume went back to their stash.
Another home boy came down and was theoretically going to look at some property to invest in storage units. He ended up on a binge of cocaine and over-the-counter codeine, along with plenty of alcohol and some other drugs. Needless to say even after 3 trips he hasn't seen a single piece of property yet.
Case three is a monger I met down here who was living here and doing his business by phone to the USA. He ended up spending all his money on coke and left the country because he couldn't handle his business any more.
The strength, availability and low cost here make it tempting. I am fortunate in that I flat don't like the stuff. I am paranoid enough and my dick can get limp all on it's own, thank you. But it's one of the ways Costa Rica is going to find your weakness if you have one. Sex is probably one of the least harmful vices you can have down here, but if you have a weakness for falling in love, you'll probably pay a steep price unless you are an unusually good judge of character.
But hey, let's not be negative here!
