Drug Dealers Explain What Students Buy During Exam Season

Vyvanse is one of the many drugs dealers in Canada are hit up for during exams. All photos via the author

No matter what kind of student you are, exams are a trash fire on your calendar. If you're one of the poor souls in a program like engineering or mathematics, you're probably going to be under a hell of a lot of stress when you're in school (albeit you're going to get paid a lot when you're done!). However, if you are in the social sciences or arts, you're probably a giant procrastinator and complain unnecessarily about your program, and will probably get a B- no matter how little you study (but you'll be paid virtually nothing for your work when you graduate).

Despite this shared sense of hatred/annoyance for tests that employers will never care about, we all handle our finals differently. For example, some students like to focus and knock their grades out of the park. It's the kind of mentality that takes either a special kind of student with impeccable work ethic, or somebody who caves and picks up a handful of Vyvanse every spring. On the other hand, some don't give a shit about wasting their tuition money and just want to have a good time after exams are done.

To get an idea of how Canadian students are surviving the study season, we reached out to drug dealers around the country about what kind of dope their pedaling to today's disenfranchised youth.

Jones, 25, Toronto
Most Sought Product: Vyvanse/Concerta

VICE: How long have you been dealing to students?
Jones: About four years. I started in my last year at university—my dealer needed some help moving his product, so I kind of stepped up after being a customer for so long. After I graduated, I just decided to do it independently as some side income. But, if I'm honest, it's pretty my main income now. take themselves too seriously. It's all about rager parties and what's happening at night, what you're going to do when it's over. Anybody who's taking their school for real is not going to get distracted very easily out here.

Do students ever tell you why they buy drugs?
I've had some open up to me. Students are always going to be my main customer base, because it's mainly a thing about managing priorities and drugs help with that. If you can get some more sleep and do a little dope. Why not? If you can blow a semester's worth of stress off by banging out a few lines, why fucking not?

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