The Traders (Interview)
The Traders (Interview)
Author(s): Iuliana CăpâlneanuSubject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Muzeul Ţăranului Român, Editura Martor
Keywords: (post)communism; transition; clandestine trade; drug addiction; criminality; subjectivity; fake merchandise;
Summary/Abstract: In the first years after the Revolution I can’t say that I achieved much. I didn’t have much money, apart from what my parents gave me and that wasn’t much. Around ’92, thanks to my friends, my curiosity and my defying character, I started doing drugs. First I did it for fun, but I soon became addicted to heroin. I had already become familiar with a lot of young people who sold drugs but money to get them was the real issue. Heroin was very expensive and I needed ever more. I couldn’t give up drugs, so I had to find a way to make money. I began by taking things from the house and pawn them for drugs. Later I was planning on getting them back.
Journal: Martor. Revue d’Anthropologie du Musée du Paysan Roumain
- Issue Year: 2005
- Issue No: 10
- Page Range: 125-127
- Page Count: 3
- Language: English