Manchesters Spice Epidemic | Documentary | UNILAD Original 

I agree as a recovering coke addict to get off it I had to change my behaviours get clean and learn to deal with my self clean through step work I found I was full of fear and anxiety I didn’t know how to manage through getting the right people around me and the right help I got past the bad feelings and found you get a better buzz out of life being sober than on drugs just by being happy living in the hear and now experiencing the sober here and now family friends going for meals holidays sobriety is a life beyond your wildest dreams. The hardest part is getting off the drugs long enough and working hard enough on your self to reach this mindset once you achieve this you wont want to go back to drugs and alcohol and all these people already have experienced life before drugs and alcohol when they where kids before they tried drugs they can get that mind back.

@@TheKeil1234 Serenity. Courage. Wisdom. ❤️❤️❤️

@@danm9297 you were a rentboy? lmao

@@EstradaDuran-sg6co nah I never got that desperate for money, I’m not like your mum.

@@danm9297 ok rentboy 😝

Wouldn’t say every addict is in pain, some degree of pain if they don’t have what they’re addicted too but wouldn’t say every addict is in pain

"Not every traumatised person becomes an addict, but every addict is traumatised."

So so true. The drug offers a temporary escape from that pain.

pain got it's reason's...

Yeah on that point where it turns into addiction The styte of having fun ends

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Listening to him, he seems like a he is basically a person with a Heart, the way he was talking about that young 19 year old lad who got killed. A descent bloke who is caught up in a drug induced nightmare. I hope he gets himself sorted out.

What was the need to say that? Why do you look at someone's drug struggle and have such a perverted thought? Take a look into yourself mate.@@EstradaDuran-sg6co

if he was selfless, he wouldn't leave his siblings to look after his mother. Don't worry though, I'm sure the crew paid him enough to score.

Exactly! He is taking the cowards way out! @@SKY031

Well said..

I've been homeless, and didn't take drugs. The thought never even crossed my mind. I ended up down in Victoria, with many of the other homeless people because The Passage is located there, as is St. Mungo's. My concern was getting out of the situation, not begging for money and buying drugs, alcohol, or cigarettes. Stop making excuses for poor decision making.

This is why we should get rid of the boat foreigners scroungers and look after our own ,bent unelected gov

We took in someone who was made homeless (for the second time, I took him in the first time too). All I asked was to keep the keep himself clean, open the window to air out the room and get himself back on his feet. I didn't charge him any rent and fed him. Every morning as I came downstairs I was slapped in the face by the smell of smokes and alcohol. My husband had to force him to shower, he put smokes in my washing machine and he still found the time to go and get smashed. We kicked him out recently but his stuff is still being stored for free in our babies room. Before you pass judgement on people looking down on homeless try actually helping them only to get bitten in return.

@@ssrmy1782heartless. maybe ypu haven’t had the same circumstances, upbringing and possible harrowing life experiences as them.

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I wouldn't say an extra from a resident evil movie..... More like an extra from a Shaun of the dead movie 🤣

We had a run of it in cardiff. Homeless crouched down like they were having a shit

Because mushrooms expand the mind and make you aware of all the materialistic bs. Mushrooms and other psychedelics wake people up to the capitalistic society we live in.

mushroom made from earth spice made from humans i hope i cover you

Not HARD to get addicted to, it's PHYSIOLOGICALLY impossible to become chemically dependant on psilocybin.

I kinda get your point, but no psychedelic is "harmless" - people die under the influence of it by doing stupid things like walking out to sea, jumping from buildings thinking they can fly. Psychological issues can often arise from it too, especially for those that have suffered a bad trip, just look into people from the hippy era that were ruined by LSD, or even worse the people with depression, schitzophrenia and stuff that were given it under trial in America. It's not harmless at all, especially for anyone that has underlying mental issues already, it can really exacerbate the problem they already have. Personally I can't even smoke weed anymore, because it brings instant flash backs of a bad trip I had as a teenager in the 1990's. That's very tame compared to what some people suffer due to psychedelics. Very, very tame. No drug is harmless, not even socially acceptable drugs like coffee and alcohol. The only drug I take now is the occasional line of lemo, never had any issues with it myself, but it's far from harmless itself. I've known people get addicted to it and lose their house and job whereas for me it's just a cheeky livener on a night out. All banned drugs should be legal, that way they could at least be controlled and most pertinently of all, they could be regulated so they're safe(r.) legalising drugs would put a LOT of people out of work though, so it's never likely to happen. They'll legalise weed at some point in the next decade, but that's pretty much already legal in the sense nobody gives a monkey's about it. They'll never legalise coke, speed, E etc as they'd lose far too much tax from people working in the industries set up to combat the issue, that and they'd hate to see the working and middle class have access to things that may affect them being good little hamsters, constantly running on the wheel of work and paying tax. You can see this in action now by how they're doing their damndest to destroy the pub industry. They want everyone working until death, not enjoying themselves or doing things that might kill them before pension age.

@davehedgehogUK im not reading all that because its not true. There arent any cases of people on hallucinagins jumping off buildings.

Yawn..you know Jack 💩

@@steveyoung1219 i know Jack shit ? I live in Manchester I see this stuff all the time

@@steveyoung1219 I’ve seen enough people passed out in the street

Harry Maguire??😂😂@@ellebelle8830

he is my farther. his name was shaun davis. born in northwich moved too mano with my mum before me and my siblings whwre born. unfortunately he passed away

Well done 👍 👏👏👏that’s brilliant work!🤩🤩

May god give you strength

Tbf many of their lives were going to be absolutely terrible so it may not be as irrational a decision as all that

Absolutely, but then rip it for taxes...sad innit..I left Manc 34 years ago, SA now legal, sunny, grow my own...no lights urrrgggh

Politicians are scum. We are the biggest exporter of medical cannabis in the world yet it's class b because "there's no medical benefit". How the fuck does that work

If you're suggesting that a homeless addict would choose weed if it was legal, you're sorely mistaken

yeah that'd be great £10 for a gram of weed + £30 tax you genius

Wrong , wrong, you want to smoke it ,you have a choice ... you don't see a bird, a dog , a cow , or an insect wanting to be out its tree by eating berries of a tree ... so get yiur act together ... the choice is yours ...

Its ridiculous how they use any excuse....I'm sure it's not nice for his brothers and sisters either..., but it would be another reason if it wasnt that ( not judging tho ) I was h addict for 25 years

Spot on!@@bennyboy2079

Yeah when I was watching that bit I was thinking how much stress he's putting his siblings through by turning himself into a drug addict on top of the problem with his mother.

When it comes to the 'War on drugs' people in charge dont learn a thing from history. They still focus too much on supply, which is impossible to curb, when demand is the real issue. And its the same with alcoholism, personal, emotional, social problems etc. are the main contributor for this. Fact is drug prohibition just doesnt work, it only helps organized crime groups to become richer and more powerful. And for every person they lock up there will always be ten more to take their place. Even in countries where there are long sentences or the death penalty is involved for drugs it still doesnt stop it.

Keeping Drugs of the steet? The government rolled spice out it was available in local corner shops until they banned it

No offence and good on you but Crystal meth/Ice be doing life long psychological damage even after just a single hit research indicates that long time users that abuse it have changed brains, Neurons the thing that create brain cells in long time crystal meth addicts have completely been destroyed and no longer produce brain cells. So you'll find Ice addicts 15+ years wont ever be the same again some people less than 5 years.

Or a complete twat 😂

Those head shops were mental. We used to be getting sold some wacky shit at 14 in school uniform 😂

I completely lost 40 minutes after smoking three draws of a spliff of this shite. I was a heavy pot smoker at the time and thought it was just the same. Never, ever again.

Hard to feel sorry for somebody that would buy and consume '"black mamba"' -- whether it's legal or not.

@@ssrmy1782 I never asked you to feel sorry and nor did I ask for your pity, I don’t need it either, you’ve probably never touched it and still live a worse life than me, stay mad lad

@@ssrmy1782 and secondly you’ve gotta remember when legal highs were a thing, I’d have been 13 or around that at the time, and that’s at the oldest

Sounds like you don't need to worry about them!

I think there’s bad stuff that happens to these kids that we can’t even imagine

If people are mistaking spice for shake, then they are mongoloids

@BillyBobVillejuif No, it's illegal. Although it's a lot more dangerous than weed, it's in the same class (Class B). There's plenty around though. Mainly people getting scammed/fall for it, many are teenagers.

@BillyBobVillejuif well, interesting story: It was called a 'Legal High' before a legislation (to get it criminalised) was put in place. It was never made legal but because it was released in smaller shops as 'Incence', 'Potpourri' etc. it took the government longer. I do agree with you though, imo it should be Class A and cannabis should be Class C/decrim/legal. The Governments are definitely guilty.

How could you tell if you’re sold spice? Is it anything like actual bud? And how common is it?

@@laragrove75 looks like leafy bits not buds, do some research and be careful, one of the reasons cannabis should be legal in the uk so people not getting scammed or ripped off by criminals! unfortunately a lot of people get addicted to this in prison as its cheaper, more available and less smelly, in bigger cities its more common, but never buy something you don't trust is my advice

I thought the same as you…

he passed away i am his daughter

​@@ShaunaParkesSorry for your loss. Hope you're okay..

@@jg41709 we will get there me and my siblings havnt lived with my mum or shaun for years. it's really sad seeing photos of him with me when i was little too this documentary it apsolutely broke my heart x

Me too I wish they did an update I hope he managed to get off it

he passed away i am his daughter

Same in Birmingham.

@@moniquetheobald889 have a feeling it will become like this everywhere in the UK

last time i went norwich i was surprised to see a lot of vacant shops with people camped in the entrances. i never seen it so bad.... this government / mental health system has failed so many people

@dbfzato-1327 agree there is a massive divide happening all over the country and it's only going to get worse.

I know, I used to live there

Population control 🤫

Both chemicals made by humans to harvest money of other humans. That is what is disgusting.

Prohibition never worked and it never will. It only ever causes more harm in the long run.

@@williampotato1221 yeah they want people with the lowest iq's hence why every western country with these probems supplies aid to already overpopulated africa

I smoke, drink, do other stuff. But everyone knows - crack, heroin, meth, spice, are highly addictive. So ive got know sympathy for anyone whos on it.

I've been there mate, tried it in 2013 before I knew anything about it, just thought it was legal weed, only had half a joint and the paranoia was like nothing I ever experienced, had it at a friend's house and I wouldn't leave the house to walk home till it had worn off, I never touched it again.

Jesus Christ is yer man X

real human connections, we are social animals, look up the study on rats and addiction, a rat with a family and lots to do will dabble in drug laced water but drink mostly from unlaced water, where a rat in a cage alone with no stimulation with both laced and unlaced water will drink the laced water until it dies! they already know what causes addiction and the effects of over population from these experiments, i know they are rats and we humans but they are mammals n share a lot of traits, and let's be honest there's a lot of people at rat iq levels lmao

@@moniquetheobald889 science is better 😜 i think the strength of religion is community, that's what is the real cure to addiction, compassion from good people 😁

And they used to sell dvds aswell

@@stephenmccabe1489 I think they need to unionise lol

Crack is another word for anus

Benzo withdrawal is absolutely the worst to experience

@@fci1 I am a qualified lesbian

May I ask what it felt like coming off the spice?

@@biohazord2522 I am a woman

that's why spice addiction is so wild to me. overdosing on spice even just a little is so uncomfortable!

I tried it twice, once by accident in manchester. Both times were horrendus. 2nd time pissed me off cos I baught what was sold to me as weed, it looked weird but I thought nothing of it, a few drags later I had a fit and ended up in A and E. First time I tried it (when it was still legal) a mate of mine said it was just likd weed... it was horrible and i lost control of my body and it produced a temporary paraysis. Its horrible shit would never touch it again ever. There is no real way to know how potent the synth THC is and it is vastly more pyschoactive

The same mate, I had one joint of it and thought I was going to die.

I should make a correction. When the Geeza came into my room to stop me screaming for help / rescue he said I was having a mamba attack. I'm not sure there's much difference to spice⁰. When he told me I wasn't in a hell dimension and safe I recovered pretty much on the spot. I can't understand how the same bloke was smashing me at fifa and keeping pace at darts an hour earlier after joints to himself. Serves me right for making the most of those two tokes I spose.

@@chrisgodberartist@jamesday1295 how can you tell the difference between spice and weed?

Or another excuse

Take alcohol away from the general public, and you'll see many "upstanding" people start to lose it (and probably go in search of something else.)

No, it should be illegal

@@rodericblack4657It should be decriminalised.

@@rodericblack4657it being illegal has led to the documentary you just watched

@@rodericblack4657 why is everywhere anyway, making it legal takes money off criminals, and lets adults who choose to smoke not risk getting spiked with this and sold sub standard products from people just trying to make money, america used the taxes to improve! even germany ahead of us.... you know the old fascist state...... this is becoming one

Please reach out and don't give up, contact NA or doctor, be brave I did and you can, be honest and look in the mirror to you, do it, God Bless you, all the best ok XXX

Stop taking it then.

That was very random bro this doc about spice not coke lol

That's what I was thinking. I hope you are well.

@@biohazord2522 I'm good thank you. Appreciate it. Hope you are well too!

Sadly not alot of education around spice, its not synthetic cannabis, really has nothing to do with cannabis. Its actually liquid chemicals like animal tranquilizers mixed with other stuff. Then they can soak anything into that liquid to market and sell it. They could even put the liquid in vaparizers if they want. Just putting animal brain stunning chemicals mixed with god knows what into your body. Dangerous stuf

I knew fake bake was bad shit, but man. reading some of these comments, I didn't know the half of it. I'm glad you got clean, man.

@@bloodblade5860 I'd say its pretty much the worse drug out there, you constantly need it coz you're rattling within a few hours of your last spliff, even heroin isn't that bad and thanks dude I've been abstinent off everything for 4yrs now, don't drink don't smoke and I don't miss any of it coz all drink/drugs ever gave me was pain!

Wow you're impressed with that?? Disgrace

crack and heroin pretty man made m8, it's not like bud where you pick and dry it

Fuck that was the shit I nearly bought at age 11 online. Jesus christ

Dident know it was about that long ago bro

Yet ppl take ket, mandy, get paralytic

They want oblivion. It’s a temporary release from their pain.

It’s not like that, you’re not a prisoner at all you’re free,of everything.it really is oblivion and nothing else

I know what you mean. I always said I’d never go near hard drugs or anything synthetic. Pills, coke, mdma yes. Anything else NO

They're probably not alright.

I remember smoking it when it was called spice gold in 2008 I bought some from my local headshop it just felt like a strange weed high, glad I never smoked it again though.

Xylazine in theHeroin(Fentanyl)is the equivalent here in the (U)nited (S)tates.

Yeah, I thought that too. What a dumbass

That’s bad patter, people have gone missing for less, a wouldn’t have let that slide, mad

Someone tried to get me addicted through e-liquid. It nearly worked. I managed to taper myself off but it was fucking horrible. Be careful out there troops

live in Manchester myself, cant say ive seen much change, the government will often just buy the homeless a ticket out of town, to somewhere abit further just to make it someone elses problem, every time i leave the house multiple people will be begging outside of each shop, just today i saw a homeless bloke in lidl and he walked in and put 5 expensive rolls of meat in his trousers and ran out, he will sell the food cheaper than the shop does and use that money for god knows what, very very sad to see

Agree with you. The government are only interested in their own bank accounts and power. The main drug dealers at the top care for nothing except getting money and use runners / mules, whatever you want to call them to do the work. Unfortunately drug use will never be obliterated as it's an epidemic, despite promises from Chief Constables that it's a priority.

Weird. I tried it when it was legal & I didn't get a dunt from it, but my mates did. Tasted like the smell of poppers, like a solvent 🤮.

We have huge issues in our block with people smoking this. It isn’t just a faint weed smell it makes you feel dizzy just trying use the lift. Our housing association say can’t do anything. Can’t be good for small babies and children to be breathing this in

The dealers/makers create a new addiction, that is what they did, all that suffering now is because of their greed back then.

When it was legal the synthetic cannabinoids were rarely listed anywhere on the packaging. For example the brand 'spice' never listed it's active ingredients. Just stated that it was a herbal blend of marshmallow leaf and damiana etc. So yes even when it was legal it was rarely stated

most has the same compound as class A drugs but human made to resemble harder drugs with a few things changed to the compound

From the sounds of it on this vid it just messes you up, takes you somewhere else. Homeless people are often chasing a different effect than most drug users, obliteration of the world around them and their situation.

It's synthetic marijuana but much more toxic and unpredictable. It's also not a single substance, there are many different synthetic chemicals that have been sold as "spice".. sometimes it might even be salvia because it could be anything in it. But usually a synthetic THC mimic.

Real weed does not fuck you up like that, I mean you got strong weed, but shit that never escalated into something bad if you know what I mean, after all nature was involved making this, so can't be that destructive in my opinion, it is when humans start to tinker with it, shit gets bad.

Weed is widely available.. they chose spice .

@@TheBarretNL modern hydro weed can be more than 60 times stronger than natural weed and is 100% the cause of psychosis for millions of people, especially in america and i say this as a smoker

Bullshit , if you are homeless like that you want something that's going to knock you firmly out to forget , why choose weed when you can have something that's going to do a much better job for a fraction of the cost

​@@TheBarretNLTry eating some natural deadly nightshade berries, and see how that goes.

Dune.

Seriously. Weed is legal here in Vermont and there’s no crazy schtuff goin on. The shootings are Coke and Scag related! Lotsa it lately.

A good deal of the people you see on the street begging are not homeless

Because they don't want to be fully conscious

Like all opiates? Lol

Imagine living on the concrete in freezing temperatures with no family, friends or purpose.

i don't think the drug they abusing matters same result, alcohol one of the biggest problems in the uk