Talk:Narc (narcotics)

One urban legend states that the best way to tell if a person is a narc is to offer them use of drugs and see if they accept.

Isn't this kind of like saying, "One urban legend states that the best way to tell if a mushroom is poisonous is to see if it kills you?" - furrykef (Talk at me) 17:22, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

It depends. A drug dealer might be in a situation where he's setting up a major deal in an Afghanistan bunker, and trying to figure out whether the buyer is a DEA agent. In that case, if they fail to consume it, in accordance with this urban legend, the dealer could determine they are a narc and eliminate them on the spot. Rad Racer 17:48, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Oh. The article didn't say anything about killing/incapacitating them or anything. - furrykef (Talk at me) 19:55, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, actually I just made that up. Rad Racer 04:29, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Anyway, see this page:

You should know that narcs *are* allowed to injest illegal drugs, so just because some guy smokes a doob' w/ you, it doesn't mean he's "cool".

There is a special case, wrt LSD (and presumably other psychotomimetics). It has been suggested that if someone asks you for acid and you think he might be a narc, tell him to "Open your mouth and close your eyes." The idea is that someone who wants to trip, and trusts you enough to ask you to supply them, should trust you enough to provide them with the appropriate dosage. But, so the theory goes, a narc, knowing full well the ego bending (or disassociative or psychotomimetic-- pick your fave term) effect of LSD will refuse the OYM&CYE offer because he fears the possible loss of his self- censorship and the subsequent possibility of outing himself.

There is some validity to this (for instance I'd be very surprised if a narc would ever knowingly use LSD and xtc at the same time...) but there are some major holes, too. In the case of LSD, the narc could simply absent himself from the scene before the acid kicks in, or he could surreptitously counter-dose himself with thorazine, a drug guarenteed to short circuit acid trips [although the effects of thorazine should be fairly easy to discern].

Rad Racer 04:40, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Removed some opinion

For some reason a long opinion by a person claiming to be a former narcotics office was posted, complete with advertisment to his site. Just letting you know I removed it, and if you feel this is wrong after looking at the history, tell me. Jem 15:56, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

SJC

Anyone know the meaning of the acronym SJC, referred to in this article? Jessicapierce 19:53, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

never mind, I'm a moron (Supreme Judicial Court) Jessicapierce 19:54, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Taddletale

Narc is also used to describe a taddle tale in general, often having nothing to do with law enforcement or narcotics.Wwelles14 09:04, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That may be a continuation of the older term nark; see the updated Etymology section. 89.176.31.200 (talk) 11:06, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]