Straupe is a small town on the road from Riga to Valmiera. It is mostly famous for its Medieval castle nowadays a Narcological clinic, which helps alcoholics and drug addicted get back normal life.

Labels: autumn, castles, country, drugs, lakes, medicine, medieval, towns, vidzeme

Fatima is a kind of coffeeshop in Old Town, here you can have Shisha aka Waterpipe or joint of legalized weed.
That kind of places are very new for Riga, but popularity is growing drastically.

Labels: arabic, bars, cafes, drugs, vecriga

Cemeteries are very often overgrown with weed.
Cannabis cultivation is forbidden in Latvia, but who is going to be responsible if it is growing on somebody's tomb?
Picture has been taken at Bolderaja's cemetery.

Labels: bolderaja, cemeteries, drugs, funny, green, nature

Bakery is an untypical club/bar located on Bruninieku iela 73. Electronic music of all kinds could be heard here.
Incredible friendly atmosphere, low prices and family design makes this place looking tempting to be visited.
It seems that everybody knows each other here, but in fact almost all people came here by chance.
Bar menu is unprecedented for Riga. It includes even some drugs, which are not forbidden in Riga yet.
Just have a look at this girlish mirror with teddy bears next to toilet :)

Labels: alternative, bars, clubs, culture, design, drugs, interior, music, underground

This pink slum dwelling, located not very far from Daugavpils iela, is home for several Gypsy families or clans.
There is no secret that one of the major Gypsy businesses is drug dealing.
So, what do you think, what this three men street gang is waiting for?

Labels: buildings, criminal, drugs, gypsies, houses, jobs, maskachka, people, poverty

Who could have believed a couple of years ago that it would be possible to buy a psychedelic drugs in center of Riga absolutely legally? I guess only the last Riga junkies could think like that.
Nowadays a lot of shops (mostly online) were opened, which officially sell analogs of cannabis aka spice.
It is said that effect is absolutely the same, but Latvian police doesn't have any device to prove illegal status of this product.
Some Riga bars, e.g. Bakery, already include such products in their menu.
See similar herbal shop in Vilnius.

Labels: center, culture, drugs, funny, markets, shopping

Krogs Aptieka (Pharmacy Bar) is a funny name for a bar located on Maza Miesnieku street in Riga Old Town.
Interior design (scattered pills, medical equipment on shelves) makes you feel that you are in real pharmacy shop.
Regular visitors are mostly alternative people. It is said that some of them are living in Aptieka :)

Labels: ads, bars, buildings, drugs, medicine, streets, vecriga, writings

Unfortunately, I couldn't take any better picture of this man, who was doing absolutely illegal thing in tramway.
Guess what? :)

Updated: At the moment of writing this comment I was not informed that some stuff is legalized.

Labels: drugs, people, poverty, tramways, transport