Rasta Away!

So the Rasta in a community just north of Cape Town are becoming their own little crime fighting consortium. There is a tik (crystal meth) problem in many areas in and around Cape Town, especially the poorer communities. As with any highly addictive drug tik usually causes more problems by the way of the user indulging in criminal activity to pay for the habit. So a group of rastafarin decided that the tik problem has become to bad and the cops aren't doing enough so the decided to do something.

First step they blockaded the known tik dealers homes and everytime a customer would come up they told them that the dealer was out of business and they should really stop doing drugs. The blockades lasted for a few days and now the rastas are working with the police (just take a second to appreciate that......) to help them locate the dealers and shut them down. I just love the idea of a strung out junkie coming back from scoring money somehow and trying to score from their dealer when a large group of rastafarins tells them that the dealer is shut down and to get off of drugs... i would have loved to see the look on the junkies face when the rasta guys are telling them to get off the drugs now that's priceless.

I have to say my impression of many of the local rasta dudes is very good, they always seem very involved in the communities and in general just nice people, and always great for a random conversation. Well not always great some you can catch at a and time and the conversations are not quite what I would call stimulating, at that point you just stay out of the way of the munchies and all's good.