BBC Video on Heroin in Vancouver Bc

[powerz]

This area of Vancouver is just outside of downtown core. I thought this article did a very good job of telling the story.

Snoop Dog came through town last summer and said the area was disgusting, but there are several up and coming restaurants and bars in the Area. But I gotta agree it's pretty sketchy.

When I am in the area it is surreal the locals are like zombies - sometimes they will rant at you but for the most part are harmless and they dont even see you. It's really a sad scene, I would say 75% of the folks have mental health issues that led them to taking drugs and then it escalated to heroin addiction.

Last November Canada Legalised Cannabis you can buy it on line through government agency & the first private pot shop reopened this week Vancouver. Quite a world between Pot and Heroin, our family had some addicted to H for 5 years she was out of our lives, (except when she came by the house to steal a few things) but she survived got clean and is now doing great.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46786860

 

[halekulani]

sad
requires expenditure of a lot of resources to continually support people like this unfortunately
morally right but not logically sustainable.

 

[powerz]

Actually if you watch the video - the doctor says it cheaper to provide them with clean heroin & supervise them so they become less of a drain on the medical and courts system.

The true challenge is keeping people from getting hooked and this is the concern with Cannabis being a gate way drug and now legal

 

[Enfuego]

This area of Vancouver is just outside of downtown core. I thought this article did a very good job of telling the story.

Snoop Dog came through town last summer and said the area was disgusting, but there are several up and coming restaurants and bars in the Area. But I gotta agree it's pretty sketchy.

When I am in the area it is surreal the locals are like zombies - sometimes they will rant at you but for the most part are harmless and they dont even see you. It's really a sad scene, I would say 75% of the folks have mental health issues that led them to taking drugs and then it escalated to heroin addiction.

Last November Canada Legalised Cannabis you can buy it on line through government agency & the first private pot shop reopened this week Vancouver. Quite a world between Pot and Heroin, our family had some addicted to H for 5 years she was out of our lives, (except when she came by the house to steal a few things) but she survived got clean and is now doing great.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46786860

Or, they just tried drugs. I think we're quick to blame mental health on many things.

 

[SonnyBoy]

I was living in Vancouver for ten years starting in the middle eighties,Skid Row has always been like that except in 1986 when Vancouver hosted the World Exposition.The place has gotten progressive worse,and it’s so sad to see cause Vancouver is such a beautiful city

 

[Seymour]

Was there last summer - never seen anything like it in the world - gorgeous buildings - women walking babies and dogs - and 30% of the population shooting up an insulin needle and smoking meth right in front of you - police are told to allow it - the most liberal city in America - like the first post said - zombies walking around everywhere - so out there it was surreal

 

[otter]

the queen owns most of Canada so she should pay for this

 

[JohnBlue123]

San francisco is not far behind. It's like any other city, they try to clean up the tourist spots to protect the industry but walk around many other parts of the city even during the day and dealers approach a passersby as if selling girl scout cookies, addicts shooting up in plain sight, needles on the sidewalks...been working there for 10 years and has gotten worse. It's a verifiable shithole...literally. BBC should do a documentary about SF.

 

[PatsFanatic]

San francisco is not far behind. It's like any other city, they try to clean up the tourist spots to protect the industry but walk around many other parts of the city even during the day and dealers approach a passersby as if selling girl scout cookies, addicts shooting up in plain sight, needles on the sidewalks...been working there for 10 years and has gotten worse. It's a verifiable shithole...literally. BBC should do a documentary about SF.

 

[pathologist]

Need to exterminate these people

 

[Michelangelo]

Maybe we should keep these deadly drugs away from our young people.

If 90% of the heroin and fentanyl comes through our southern border, as I've heard, supporting President Trump's wall would be a start. No crisis, you say? This is going on all across North America.

Secondly, hard drug dealers should get the death penalty. Swiftly. This shit will dry up quickly. This stuff is more lethal than a gun. And an addict creates hell for a lot of people around them as well. And become a huge burden on the state.

 

[SgtLanquel]

Actually the DEA reports that approx 90% of illicit opiates, including but not limited to heroin and fentynal either enters thru our seaports from Southeast Asia and also Southwest Asia (Afghanistan & Turkey).

The substance most commonly trafficked across the southern US border is methamphetamine and with few exceptions it comes in at one or more of the 48 legal ports of entry and/or thru tunnels constructed below the earth's surface.

But without question, the number one channel - by far - for importing illicit drugs is concealed within packages of 2 lbs or less via the USPS, FedEx, UPS etal. They have aggressive screening procedures but have little hope of interdicting more than a few percent of all such shipments which run 24/7/365

The drug cartels have billions of $$ in play and they are highly unlikely to trust their valuable cargo to random individuals who hope to skirt the border and the subsequent 50-200 mile DMZ without being caught