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Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. | | Russian term or phrase: Potomu chto obychno, esli prodaet kto-to, tak oni cami na etom dele sidiat | A drug user is talking about why drugs are not sold already in a solution as much as they used to be.
He says:
Eto ni vygodno im delat'. Potomu chto zhaluiutsia. Potomu chto obychno, esli prodaet kto-to, tak oni cami na etom dele sidiat.
(He goes on to talk about the solution being mixed with other subtances. I think that this is what 'Potomu chto zhaluiutsia' refers to...)
'Oni cami na etom dele sidiat' - is he talking about people being sent to prison? |
| Emily JusticeKudoZ activityQuestions: 1325 ( 9 open) ( 7 without valid answers) ( 21 closed without grading) Answers: 62
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| | English translation:because they are addicted to them too | Explanation:
The people who sell the drugs are users themselves. I would assume that means that the drugs are mixed with some neutral substance that stretches the quantity, so that the "buyer" in effect finances the "seller's" own habit. |
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  Yuri Geifman
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| Grading comment I'm closing this question now because this answer explains things perfectly. Thanks!
And thanks to all the other answerers too.
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10 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +1 They use the same drug
Explanation:
'Oni cami na etom dele sidiat'
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Note added at 2004-04-08 17:52:39 (GMT)
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And the full answer is
\'due to the fact that if someone sells something, then he/she use the same drug\'
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Note added at 2004-04-08 17:53:38 (GMT)
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And the full answer is
\'due to the fact that if someone sells something, then he/she use the same drug\'
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11 mins confidence:
12 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 Because usually, whoever's selling is also hooked
Explanation:
It doesn't pay. Because there are complaints. Because usually, whoever's selling is also hooked.
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