Nantucket: A Haven for Rich Nose-Candy Users?

Nantucket has long been known as a haven for rich folks. Plenty of rich and famous go there in the summers, to lie on the beach, to enjoy the sunshine and the ocean breezes, and relax. It's an elite area, and it's an expensive area.

And, now, we learn that some of them are enjoying a little toot of Bolivian Marching Powder while they're relaxing and enjoying the scenery.

The sewage in New England's exclusive Nantucket retreat is full of cocaine, according to local authorities, who this summer began testing it to monitor potential drug use in a popular summer getaway for the rich and powerful.
"During COVID, a lot of these communities, and most communities, decided that it was important for them to start testing the water to see if there were any spikes in COVID in the region." said Randolph Rice, a Maryland attorney and legal analyst. "But what Nantucket has now decided to do as of the beginning of the summer is to actually start testing for other types of substances, particularly drugs, nicotine and other items…within the system there. And what they're finding is that there is a high level of cocaine."

Unintended consequences, eh? Looking for COVID, only to find that one of the nation's foremost retreats for the uber-wealthy is also a haven for aficionados of the Devil's Dandruff. It's like a cheap 1980s Woody Allen movie plot.

The testing, conducted at the Surfside Wastewater Treatment Facility on Nantucket, found cocaine levels about 50% higher than the national average, according to publicly posted data from local authorities. The same tests found below-average levels of fentanyl, a deadly synthetic opioid blamed for overdoses around the country.
Local health officials announced the wastewater testing program would begin earlier this summer. The island's treatment plant serves about three-quarters of local homes, which authorities said would give them access to "island-wide trends without identifying individuals or neighborhoods" – protecting privacy while giving health officials a glimpse into what's going on behind closed doors.

So they even announced that testing was going to happen, and the Nantucket vacationers went right on hoovering up lines of snow. That might explain the behavior of some of the more nutbar protestors at Vice President JD Vance's recent appearance on Nantucket; my colleague SisterToldjah recently brought us that story:

At least the Nantucket Nose-Candy Brigade is consistent in their choice of artificial mood-enhancers. Fentanyl levels were low; ditto for meth. I mean, if you can afford the good stuff, why not? And now, at least, if any of us happen to visit Nantucket and notice everyone continually sniffing and blowing their noses, we know why. We are also comforted to note that nicotine levels were low; the Nantucketeers are not averse to a little blow among friends, but at least they aren't smoking. Because, you know, that would be bad for their health.

Here's another thing: This whole thing may make us take a sideways look or two at Autopen Joe Biden's former climate czar, who hangs out in Nantucket. What's up, Mr. Kerry?

It might explain a few things.

This seems appropriate.

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