# White House cocaine **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 5, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-cocaine/986662 "2023-07-05T18:39:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-cocaine/986662/41 "2023-07-13T16:09:02Z")
No! No! It was Hunter’s! Merrick Garland probably told everyone to look the other way, as part of the sweetheart deal he got the other week for some other crime! In other news, I am loving how the reports and reporters have used the word “baggie” to describe the evidence. Isn’t that slang, or street talk? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-cocaine/986662/42 "2023-07-13T16:13:25Z")
Calling it a [**bindle**](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bindle) would have called too much attention to any journalist using the term. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-cocaine/986662/43 "2023-07-13T16:23:47Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > No! No! It was Hunter’s! Merrick Garland probably told everyone to look the other way, as part of the sweetheart deal he got the other week for some other crime! > > In other news, I am loving how the reports and reporters have used the word “baggie” to describe the evidence. Isn’t that slang, or street talk? Not really. What would you call a small ziplock clear plastic bag? It’s called that because it looks like that. You don’t need to know drug jargon for that. I’ve only ever seen heroin in bindles. I’ve only ever seen coke in baggies. I’m not saying it’s never packaged that way but I’ve never seen it. I’ve seen a hell of a lot more heroin than coke. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-cocaine/986662/44 "2023-07-13T16:41:21Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I’ve only ever seen heroin in bindles. Not really. What would you call a bag on a stick like hoboes carry? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-cocaine/986662/45 "2023-07-13T16:49:00Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > I’ve only ever seen heroin in bindles. > > Not really. What would you call a bag on a stick like hoboes carry? I don’t understand your question. I was referring to the post above mine that used the word bindle in the context of drug jargon. I would not expect anyone who is not intimately familiar with drug packaging to understand the use of the word in that context. Another way drugs are packaged are in baggies. They are called that because they are…baggies. A common term for a small plastic bag that is not specifically used only in drug jargon. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-cocaine/986662/46 "2023-07-13T16:53:06Z")
Just my warped sense of humour. I’m old enough to remember when baggies and bindles were both largely unrelated to drug storage. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-cocaine/986662/47 "2023-07-13T16:54:12Z")
I miss the days when the drugs all came in glassine envelopes and we wore onions in our belts. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-cocaine/986662/48 "2023-07-13T20:09:18Z")
I remember hearing from a woman that a “dime bags” were bags of actual dimes that drug dealers used as protection when they were selling drugs. Not, you know, $10 worth of drugs. … I’m guessing the reason that the secret service didn’t find a suspect is because it’s one of their own. Gotta protect the brand. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-cocaine/986662.md?page=2)