MY COKE DEALER
INTERVIEW AND PHOTO BY JEFF RUGGLES
We’ve all got dealers we like to call “our guys,” but aside from their numbers, general delivery hours, and where they usually are at 1:30 AM Saturday morning, how much do we really know about them? I was introduced to my current guy through a mutual friend. I’ve been calling him for over a year and he’s always been reliable as well as super friendly, so I figured maybe he would actually let me sit down with him and get acquainted. It probably helped that I told him I’d double my usual purchase.
Vice: How’s it going?
Coke Guy: It’s going all right, taking it easy.
What did you want to be when you were a kid?
I wanted to be an astronaut or a pilot. I just like the sky. I was always into space movies and sci-fi.
So do you like what you do now?
Yeah. I enjoy it, you know? I know guys who got into it and don’t like it. They just need the money, and they’re always stressed out thinking about the consequences. But me, I really like doing it.
What’s the secret to dealing drugs but not becoming a paranoid lunatic?
Just keep a tight, tight group. I don’t associate myself with a lot of people. You only ever see people get into trouble because of someone else opening their mouth. Cops never know what’s going on until somebody talks.
Do you ever have deliveries where you’re like, I have a bad feeling about this?
Yeah, I get that feeling once in a while. And sometimes you can start to feel like you’re invincible. It’s easy to forget that you’re doing something illegal. It becomes as normal as getting up and drinking a glass of water.
Are your parents around? Do they know?
My dad was never around. My mother had suspicions when I was living with her. I think she has an idea, but she doesn’t ask. I just make sure to not make it obvious that I make a certain amount of money. I take off my jewelry when I’m at home and if someone needs a ride I tell them I don’t have a car.
So what do you tell her is going on?
Oh, well, I work. I went to school and have had a real job for about ten years.
So you were legitimately working before you started dealing?
Yeah, it’s good to have something else going on. The person that brought me into this grew up in the middle of it, all the way uptown where it was drug infested. But I didn’t grow up around it. I was going to school and into TV and movies, but then I started hanging out with him more and the rest is history.
Have you ever had a customer you had to cut off because he was spinning out of control?
Yeah, there was one guy who got to the point where he would try to give me stuff from his apartment. He’d offer his TV, anything he could to get some. And look, we’re here to make money, not to fuck up people’s lives. I didn’t want this dude to be out on the street. He must have also been getting stuff from other people too ’cause it got to the point where you would go to his apartment and it was just a futon on the floor and nothing else. I stopped dealing with him. I heard from someone that he eventually went to rehab and moved in with his parents.
What about weirdo customers, have you got a lot of those?
There’s one who stands out. He’s this gay guy I deal to and he has this thing with suits and tuxes. I come over one night at three in the morning and he’s fully dressed up, and he has a suit laid out for me to wear. And, like, to fuck in. He’s usually a cool dude, but I think he’d probably been drinking and taken a lot of stuff before he called. I was like, “It’s cool, dude, but that’s just not my thing.” It was way too weird. He still calls me.
Do you go back?
Yeah, yeah. He’s cool, but once he gets in those moods he turns into suit man.
OK, one last question: Just to quash the myth once and for all, are there baby laxatives cut into our coke?
Look, they put a bunch of shit in there depending on where you get it from, but I never heard about fucking baby laxatives.
See all articles by this contributor Anonymous, on Oct 20, 2009 wrote:
HOW do I get that number???? | | Anonymous, on Mar 31, 2009 wrote:
man this is cool; people stressing about it just need to chill the fuck out, i mean damn there aren’t many dealers out there who would refuse to sell to someone cause it looked like he was about to lose his house. So at least keep that in mind; also that this guy doesn’t do it just because he wants money, he does it for the love of selling it to his close knit group of people he’s not fucking anyones life up...people fuck their own lives up by seeking it. Supply and demand. | | Anonymous, on Feb 11, 2009 wrote:
AND!!!! Exceellent point about the RO....Don’t scars and Tats suck....lmao!!!!! | | Anonymous, on Feb 11, 2009 wrote:
Who cares..WHAT they do...HOW they live...They steal..cheat and lie..and lastly they KILL....Don’t even waste ur time reading this crap! | | Anonymous, on Feb 1, 2009 wrote:
I believe it I know drug dealers who ain’t fuckin anal pricks like the ones you hear about at school or in the media cause no one cares bout the one’s who ain’t fuckin people over it’s the ones that do the bring the media entertainment | | Anonymous, on Jan 11, 2009 wrote:
Lo0ad of shit.......anyone who knows anything about anything ..knows this is..just a lame attempt to show u the bright side of the sick shit that really happens out there | | Anonymous, on Dec 16, 2008 wrote:
IS THAT KEV | | Anonymous, on Nov 22, 2008 wrote:
People, no one like this is going to be anything like Scarface. You shouldn’t even be expecting it.
Not only is Scarface a movie, people don’t get rich selling on the street. THey get rich selling it into the country. | | Anonymous, on Nov 14, 2008 wrote:
the article about the mexican coke dealer is much better, i don’t think it’s on here tho !
you’ll have to read the mag, absolutely *ucking brilliant little story !!! a real drug deal a real *unt !!! | | Anonymous, on Nov 12, 2008 wrote:
Great article. It’s very rare to have someone sit down, like a professional journalist, and really interview somebody. Thanks for the no muss, and very interesting view. | | Anonymous, on Nov 10, 2008 wrote:
Does vice even do coke? God, this dude is a douche. What kind of TV was it, take it. What kind of watch? Take it. What kind of wallet? Take it. What kind of phone? Take it... Etc... | | Anonymous, on Nov 9, 2008 wrote:
Coke on a Budget:
1. Find a dictionary
2. Look up the the word ’Arrogant’
3. Cut it out.
4. Rack it up.
5. Snort.
Enjoy being a wanker.
4. | | Anonymous, on Nov 7, 2008 wrote:
scary! | | Anonymous, on Nov 7, 2008 wrote:
what’s there on your hand, mr. coke dealer? A few letters (RO..) that could expose you to everyone that knows you. Especially your parents. | | Anonymous, on Nov 6, 2008 wrote:
wow
| | Anonymous, on Nov 4, 2008 wrote:
heroin is better | | Anonymous, on Nov 2, 2008 wrote:
i don’t condone drugs but coke is over rated, heroin is much better so i’ve heard. | | Anonymous, on Nov 2, 2008 wrote:
this guy is pretty accurate. The few coke dealers I know are pretty much decent guys that do it to get buy. None of em are rich, none of em are scarface. They don’t like it when their custys get strung out and I know a couple people have been cut off for getting too fucked up on it. | | Anonymous, on Nov 2, 2008 wrote:
Oh, and hey morons: fairly sure he’s not trying to look like a big shot holding up those 20s. Either it’s an ill-conceived attempt at being ironic, or he’s doing it for the simple reason that he wants to hide his face. Can’t blame him, what with dealing coke being illegal.
I’m sure most of you realized this too, you just couldn’t resist the opportunity to make a feeble attempt at mocking a stranger... | | Anonymous, on Nov 2, 2008 wrote:
This is supposed to be journalism?
Interesting enough, but honestly, this could have been written by any fourteen-year-old with a blog. | | Anonymous, on Oct 29, 2008 wrote:
I used to be a coke dealer and this really is accurate.
Clean 4 years! Yay!
But impoverished because of the economy! BOO!
In the nearly 10 year s I dealt drugs almost everyone I met was like this guy. I’ve never met a drug dealer like in the movies that lasted more than a month without getting arrested. | | Anonymous, on Oct 29, 2008 wrote:
suit guy sounds like a great villian idea | | Anonymous, on Oct 29, 2008 wrote:
not for nothing this guys sounds smart and real....liked the article | | Anonymous, on Oct 29, 2008 wrote:
vice is only cool because they use drugs. | |
| JudoChop, on Oct 28, 2008 wrote:
You can always tell the dealers from the rubber bands around the wrists. Coke baggies need to be tied off. Dead give away. | | Anonymous, on Oct 27, 2008 wrote:
I like how he’s holding up $240 like he’s a big roller. lmao
The guy who waited on my table last night walked with more than $240. | | Anonymous, on Oct 27, 2008 wrote:
Wait a second, you talk about how you think the whole thing’s made up, then you complain that it’s not accurate to coke dealers, then you admit that you’ve never heard of a drug delivery guy? Go away. | | Anonymous, on Oct 27, 2008 wrote:
This article is stupid, and the whole thing could have been made up. That’s not an accurate representation of your typical coke dealer. Those kinds of people are usually some combination of unstable, stupid, and irresponsible. They wouldn’t be anywhere as reasonable as this individual. And the whole story just reeks of being made up by somebody from the suburbs (like me!); who the fuck "delivers" coke to people regularly? | | Anonymous, on Oct 24, 2008 wrote:
coke is so 80’s...
| | Anonymous, on Oct 23, 2008 wrote:
coke, now that’s a little intense for my personal tastes. i’m with the commenter who talked about the psychoactives. luckily a good buddy of mine is indeed that dude, but he keeps a very tight circle. the stoners, man. bridging gaps.
just to name a few- DMT, foxy, DOB, DOC, psilocin (and so on and such forth). and of course reefers, but he’s not my ’guy.’ we just toke our different green findings together and trip balls.
stay safe!
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