The monkey dust drug ‘epidemic’ that has Stoke-on-Trent in its grip | ITV News 

Well done on getting clean 💪

Well done.

Awesome! I love hearing stories like this ❤ Love and light Nikolai xo

Awesome ... how did you do it ?

Good For You. Congratulations 🎉

yea, that brown dint look right at all

Exactly what is it sounds like the lab didn't really know what is was

If they tell u what's in it. Every drug dealer will be making it. Look on the + side. If they r smoking this. There not dropping needles on the streets. 4 people like me 2 pick up .

@@HULLGRAFFITI monkey dust sounds more stronger than bath salts that what synthetic cathinone is

@@kevinf6927it’s the new flakka of England

Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!

Yes, dr.sporessss. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.

I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.

Is he on instagram?

Yes he is. dr.sporessss

Sounds like NYC. The Big Apple is full of maggots now!

Stoke was the industrial centre of country too. Look how the Tories greedy style works. I'm not a political beast but was savaged as a whistleblower in Lincoln. Kids in care

This is the real reason why we have this problem with drugs. No jobs, no purpose, no community.

i was saying the same thing to my 2 kids christmas day i was in a pub where they had all the mines on a map on a table trying to explain what their grandad worked in victoria collery such a waste of a great 6 towns what were

I'm from Stoke. Very true..all of the industry... taken away and nothing to fill the gap. All of my grandparents families worked in the pots and I live in a pit village...now nowt.

Yet you all still vote for Torys.... unbelievable to be honest, so maybe Stoke deserves all this suffering, as you have obviously brought it upon yourselves.

@@garyt.8745 To be fair not everyone in SOT voted Tory. And anyways we've had Labour controlled councils for 50 years and they've done absolutely nothing to stop the rot. They used SOT as a safe seat for people like Tristram Hunt and others parachuted in from London who have no connection whatsoever with this area. If you honestly believe that politicians of ANY political party make any difference you're very naive.

All purposefully done by design by globalists intent on destroy Britain and the native British.

@@garyt.8745what on Earth has the MP got to do with anything? Stupid comment.

@@HoofHearted314 Thats more like it..

FACTS

Exactly they want it on the the streets, helps cut back the population.

It will push the price up, hence even more crime to fund 🤦‍♂️

@@leaveourstatuesalone.3378 If it pushes the price up it will become more profitable to sell. More dealers, more users.

Yup, classing drugs does nothing.. Alcohol is a good example, it is actually a class A drug, yet its legally readily available

They know that it will end up in impoverished neighbourhoods too

​@@malcolmdixon403 In case you haven't noticed, they've moved it to the suburbs.

You mean albanian mafia? Because that's where it's coming from. Not all the people you tried to vote brexit to keep away lol. It's your european kin from across the pond bringing it in. Enjoy

guess it is time to get back on the h

From China.

you are very correct !! I am 9 months clean and sober from 20 yrs of crack use and I'm just now starting to be able to adjust my inner belief system and rational thinking again.

Cheaper than a Costas .

It could turn you into a flying purple people eater, it doesn't matter at only 2 quid a pop.

Spot on

​@@lemmingscliffjumping1849 ! But if 2 weeks later you find out it was another person? What do you do then?

@@lemmingscliffjumping1849 or, to use your example, look at the Philippines, worse than ever and many innocent people dead. Death penalty may work for autocracies, but it has no place in a liberal democracy.

@@jibjub2121 USA is a Republic, UK is a Monarchy.... what democratic country are you talking about?

@@totallyinsane6431there’s ways to combat this, 3 strikes and you’re out would work…. Regardless of the situation, if you’re caught dealing 3 times there’s no excuses…

It really has nothing to do with it being synthetic, there are natural chemicals in nature that can kill with a snap of a finger. The problem is this is random cathinone research chems, and they can be different every time, because there are so many different ones that dealers buy and cut, and who knows what they cut it with let alone the actual substance(s).

It's sad. I remember the world in the 90s and it was NOTHING like this. All these new drugs come up and people these days are just so much more anxious and depressed I believe it's leading them o just try drugs until they find one that has an antidepressant effect and they use it to help there mental health. But at the same time these drugs are so poisonous and dangerous for health and using them leads you to sell you belongings so u can buy more, no way you can work in a drugged up state so you lose your job when really alot of people can't work anyways there depression and anxiety is so bad. Getting into drugs I've seen this before it's just bad you end up on the streets and shelters and there's thrives and criminals around and these drugs make people angry or crazy. They need more court ordered rehabs, pple need to go to jail when there high in public, we need better treatments for mental health and less mcdonalds toxic brain deterioration restaurants...... something has to change.

Australia is exactly the same now and we are 400 years younger than Britain..

That's all of America

@@historybloody7206 I’ve worked in the field for 40 years so I think not

@@historybloody7206 why is she entitled and clueless? i live in stoke, have done all my life its a pretty accurate description of the place as far as im concerned its always been a bit rough around the edges but its become a complete toilet of late

@@historybloody7206 yeah, just blame anybody but yourself.

My friends Brother worked on the project that Portugal did and he told her that the results were outstanding and a real eye opener. It was one that he was so proud to be part of.

Much smaller scale…..low levels of diversity, higher family involvement and very high tax rates…

BC Canada was the “model” open consumption sites and meeting people where they are at….broke all OD records in 2022

English .. sorry ! Uk government blocked Scottish government from adopting the Portuguese model of treatment

Yes sir. I think the whole western world needs to look at the Scandinavian model for a lot of issues.

Couldn't agree more. When I left school in 1977 with a. Few O,levels I went to sea where I served as a junior rating until I was 18. An apprenticeship in essence. Unless you went to University which wasn't many , you had to be very clever for that, every job had an apprenticeship. Which basically set you up for life. What do you have now a debt if you go to Uni, or a job in a supermarket on min wage. No chance of getting your own home. It's no wonder so many people say f..k it, what's the point! Social cleansing of the British people by an evil, corrupt, government.

@@tdr2512 It is more embedded than that. Just about all western governments act the same and many appear in step with Klaus Schwab, or Greta, or the UN. Our Civil Service are the main obstacle to a sovereign UK.

well said! the economy is made up of call centres and sandwich shops. Bring in manufacturing, engineering, car plants, technology. We gave everything away and now generations suffer from a dead economy and tory mismanagement and failure. The one percent are happy & they want the rest to suffer.

We still have all those apprenticeships informally. People jus have t learn on th job fr years without th apprenticeship title or anyone officially teaching them. It’s v inefficient. Minimum wage is higher than apprenticeship wage so there’s a skill shortage, there’s plenty of people working they’re jus not v skilled.

@@honkytonkalot That is not an apprenticeship. That is just low paid work. Learning on the job is fine, but high skill engineering jobs require a hierarchy of competence, which means retaining the high skill long experience worker.

Whatever, it's a pretty common behaviour on drugs.

@@thehangingparsiple5692 I've taken drugs and definitely not had that type of behaviour. If I'm not mistaken Money Dust is Mephedrone which I have actually had some in a nightclub and all I did was dance and the usual (many years ago). The issue you are seeing here is mentally ill people and their illness comes to the surface more under the influence.

​@@ValorantTopPlayssurvival of the fittest.

Yes, mate. That guy was the spice man. Only bit they got right is that it was in Stoke.

@@ValorantTopPlays it affects everyone different, but although there's different 'mixes' of it, violence or aggressive behaviour is common... In your case aggressive dancing!

Thank mate , thought this would just be another sensationalised story n I was right

Finally someone spits out the truth, why keep calling it a cathanone or whatever 🤦 making it class A is not gonna help

@@djkemaito9597 "why keep calling it a cathanone or whatever 🤦" *Cathinone, and they call it that because pharmacology is how all drugs are grouped and named ... like opiates or amphetamines or cannabinoids. *MDPHP* (Methylenedioxy-pyrrolidinohexiophenone) is a cathinone like *MDPV* (Methylenedioxy-pyrovalerone), developed around the same time in the 60s, but it is NOT the same thing! *MDPHP* has only been appearing on the streets over the last 10 years. The more you know...

@@djkemaito9597maybe because synthetic cathinones and bath salts are the same thing

@@ina2703 yeah so why drag it out and just tell us that, this shiz been knocking about since early 2000s lol

I can only imagine how hard that was , good luck to you

Jesus, leave diabetics out of it... They are not remotely correlated 🙄

Because they don't bloody care.

They could just as easy be alkies!!

Are you goin to stalk and eat your prey?..lol

Pray*

...lol....thanks for bringing my "prey" error to my attention...still pray it doesn't hit your town/ city.....

@keithwestwood4640 did it yrs ago at a festival...was aright nothing to write home about tho..its not a thing where i'm from it was big in Northampton a few yrs ago..

Yeah stoke-on-trent is my hometown and I didn't realise or know how bad things are 😢

It’s a beautiful world full of ugly souls.

Come on Stoke's not that bad.

Blame this Tory government

Hardly. Drugs are fun

It's the people at the top who run it that are terrible

Spot on.

Exactly! It's a societal problem. Poor me, I'm homeless so I have to get blasted out of my mind to forget, instead of doing the work to get out of the situation.

More doo good lefties siding with the drug dealers . 😣

I know ... let's bring in millions of foreigners from wildly different cultures, religions, societies, and languages under the guise of "diversity and inclusion." That should help.

@@Impeach-Biden-Now yeah all those people were white and British. What's your next excuse?

The thing is, we should have a society where people aren't so stressed out and torn down, just to get by. We have an abundance of everything, and there's no excuse why such a small percentage of people own the majority of everything. Until humans care about their fellow neighbor, more than they care about their favorite rich people/politicians, this problem will stay. Too much selfishness and greed. Many of those that give up are some of the kindest people you'll ever know, and they just can't mold themselves into the selfish world we live in.

@@Love_N_Let_Live never going to happen. the strong live on the weak suffer and die. it is a personal choice to straighten out, get sober, and find happiness. not easy. but a small percentage do just that. limit your emotional weaknesses and focus on self-help. Forget Joe down the road and look in the mirror instead. if you need a safe substance to engage in try cannabis. it is the best thing since sliced bread, you don't escape from anything with its high although you become enlightened and creative, peace out.

​@@Love_N_Let_Livehear hear

Childhood trauma

@@ianhunkin5384 that's not a particularly good conclusion.

Meanwhile in Devon yuppies are on their yachts snorting charlie.

Thatcher didn't help destroying a lot of industries up north that had kept people in employment for generations

yes it is called stupidity. Most people that want to do things in life don't spend every cent they earn on rubbish. Stupid people do the opposite of that whether that is on drugs and alcohol or clothing and jewellery. Only upside is you can at least sell clothing and jewellery.

Same

In 1942 Germany was dropping high explosives on British cities every night. 500 years before that, in a lovely park in my city they were using chains and heavy horses to pull people apart if they did not follow the correct type of Christianity. They were burning and hanging women in public that were accused of witchcraft. Just imagine that. A few people getting high is nothing in comparison, every generation think they live in a uniquely terrible age because you are only remembering the good things from the past. When I was a kid it was normal for husbands to beat their wives.

From now to 2030 it's gonna get really crazy. Don't overlook that stuff like this has been happening in USA for decades, just look at San Francisco or Seattle.

Nah, that's just Stoke

I love how they always differentiate between "alcohol" and "drugs" this is a way of justifying the sale and use of one highly addictive killer DRUG, a drug which kills more people than all of the other 'killer' drugs combined, and yet not only is it's use accepted by society it's use is actually encouraged , it's also apparently the only highly addictive killer drug which can be taken in 'moderation' anyone who believes that "all drugs" should be illegal should therefore also agree that alcohol should be illegal, and those who 'push it' should be locked up with all the other dealers. otherwise they might sound like hypocrites (there is no 'might' about it) we seriously need to have an adult conversation about ALL drugs and the best and most effective way to control them, because quite obviously the 'so called' war on drugs has been a complete and utter failure, and yet what do our politicians do? they continue to throw money down a well. people need to be properly educated on the subject, the sheer level of ignorance one sees posted every time this topic comes up is saddening but not surprising and is why we all too often have alcohol users sneering at weed smokers, and yet there is not ONE case recorded, anywhere in the world, ever, of someone dying from a cannabis overdose, I remember one leading researcher saying "the only way weed can kill you is if a couple of kilo were to drop on your head from a great height"

Weed's worse. Cathinone's are quite pleasant

@@winstoningram99 yeah looks quite pleasant 🤦🏻‍♂️

@@DrNat1 That's why people do it. The cinema, a football match, drugs. People do these things because they're fun. The choose to

​@@winstoningram99go away, troll. Nobody loves you

What did monkey's do to deserve to be named a drug

They took the heat for that pox awhile back too. Shameful

And Aids, stop touching those monkeys!

We need to return to monke.

America has the same issues. Our Country is Lost.

They all smoke weed and crack where I live. One of my neighbours is in his 60s and deals, sat in the garden all day drinking from 9am, phone ringing off the hook as people come and go. It stinks and they make a right racket. Loads of small kids around in full view too.

​@@mydogeatspukeCrazy world today, coppers aren't bothered,

@@klausmklthe west is lost. Failed countries barely better than what goes on in the east.

A massive drugs problem!!!?? Well yes I guess, legal too! Product of Ethanol I believe!

Oh and putting more money into policing is a waste unless it’s more social service oriented. You will just end up with overcrowded expensive jails.

Yes any drug that makes the user eat another person's face is terrible. I use legal cannabis responsibly most of the time and wouldn't do any of them crazy synthetic drugs or opiates ever .

Exactly mate.right now it's taking all I have to not try crystal.but £2a pop.ok coz a bit

Who would want to live in Stoke if they are not from there? It's a sh*t hole

Good old Mr Macari should of opened one of these centres around his own area where he lives.. This " Fantastic place" is nothing but a stain on the area.. Smack bang in the middle of Hanley town centre it encourages the junkies to go shop lifting, begging and literally shitting in the streets.. Ask the community or even the good people who live in the same street as this centre and hear what they realy think of it..

since this hostel opened the crime rate especially burglaries has shot up in area around Hanley nothing is safe kids bikes in garden mower in shed clothes on washing line even get stolen

agreed a lot moved from Manchester

@@Wildernessoutside Ol' Veitchy probably kicked them out for being a nuisance in the city centre.

Absolutely right

in fact the Anglo system is now built on causing this. sometimes they sell the drugs. if drugs become a problem, they open up charities and foundations and funnel money through them. then they justify increasing police presence. increased taxes. it's just another way anglo society monetizes off lives

At last! A comment that I can 100% agree with!

Bollocks. The truth is people are weak. Without guidance young people will spend many years idle and without prospects for housing or starting a family they spend their cash poisoning themselves. The stronger they are the quicker they sort their lives out, the weak will be sniffing coke and bath salts into their 40’s

So the rest of use walking upright had just never experienced emotional trauma. Hmmm. Perhaps it has to do with government interference in education (which used to be reading, writing, arithmetic and lots of commons sense. Now politicians use education to push political agendas. Politicians need people to believe they are helpless and dependent on the politicians so "vote for me."

Captilism

Pharmaceutical drugs are killing and disabling people as well it’s just “hidden” in plain sight.

I don't think it will ever go away fully, but I do think it can change. In either direction.

Drugs are immortal at this point they will be around till human race is gone

The drug war is a failure. Obliteration of the black market can only be had by legalizing the freedom to use drugs supplied by taxed businesses. Take MMJ and RMJ for example…

@@shaecloud4403 What about Singapore or Dubai? Where’s the junkies there?

So true, the data backs this. Decriminalisation has worked else where!

Portugal has decriminalized as well as Portland USA, and its a total homeless wreck of a town. They've not stopped taking drugs. Its increased

@@nevermind824 Strange, all the sources I can find state Portugal's drug related deaths, drug related crime and healthcare costs due to drug use have all plummeted.

@@Dan-xx7rt Look up the Washington Post article from 7th July entitled "Once hailed for decriminalizing drugs, Portugal is now having doubts"

@@smike9884 the US media is full of shite. If they truly disproved of decriminalization then why is weed legal in most states?

Legalise Khat..stuffs brilliant.

Khat contains cathinone but its synthetic cathinone here. Bath salt are meth-cathinone btw

Also to be born addicted to heroin and have to do a cold turkey as a brand new baby, it's a horrible thought.

Twins too. Double homicide

They should be sterilised. I suppose we’ll never know the full reasons as to why people get hooked on drugs and alcohol but there’s usually a slippery slope in to such depraved circumstances. You don’t wake up one morning and think oh I’ll become a drug addict. It’s a gradual thing which usually happens due to those individuals wanting to escape some form of mental or physical trauma. But there is help out there and lots of it but it’s a revolving cycle of keeping bad company and bad decision making which sadly not many are unable to break free from. This is the trouble with these down trodden midlands and northern towns where lack of investment after the decline of industry has exasperated these kind of social problems.

@@a-bootiful-mind6648 absolutely tragic

Her 2 unborn babies died, and you're relieved about that. Having the miscarriage is a major part of the reason she is taking the drugs, to cope with the trauma of losing her babies, and you think that's a good thing. You care so much about her babies, and are glad they're dead. WTF is wrong with you?

True, not one looked up.

Probably actors

There is no heaven when you're living in hell.

​@@cattysplatyes there is.

Probably is/was bath salts.

More than any drug put together that's for sure.

SHHHHH, they might notice their own hypocrisy, and don't forget the alcohol pushers are the biggest dealers in town and they have the law and politicians in their gang, and they ain't giving up their turf any time soon, so PLEASE keep the herd looking the other way.

Because it’s legal once it’s legal and people are informed about its effects, they can choose how much they want to consume, but a lot of people use drugs and alcohol as a coping mechanism because services are so Under funded they are the only cheap options left the people that take them are victims of a broken society that values profits over people our government blames poor people for seeking relief in drugs when they refuse to pay for them to get support and help them get back to a more stable normal life

A huge amount. Alcohol is by far the worst drug. Fun, though

Our society especially the English, is told alcohol is safe and socially acceptable to get in an uncontrollable state every weekend, spending your hard earned money, perfect way to get it all back into the economy quick.

Spot on fella I’m glad i saw the best 3 eras of my time ware men were men and women were women. 60s 70s and the 80s. After that the country started going downhill know look ware we are. At least I’ve got some very good memories and my old friends we still keep in touch to this day. That is what’s left of us. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍🏼🍻

@@section5760 don't forget about the lead poisoning, bring back the good old days!!!111!

@@pepesad5016 what you on about lass?

Al part of the agenda IMO

@ Melissa Martin, Yes Melissa. I saw your reply on my feed but they didn't let it go through 🙏

America's biggest. problem is opiates, mostly down to doctors prescribing massively high doses of painkillers to people then cutting them off abruptly when their health insurance runs out. Same with tranquilizer.

​@@earthdog9552of course, people need to come to that realization, then maybe they'd fight back.

One of the worst drugs , alcohol, is legal most places.

Indeed. Look at the prohibition!

What about suppliers and dealers?

@@uhtred7860 We legalise all drugs. If they were licensed, regulated, and sold by a qualified pharmacist, why would criminals bother dealing and trafficking drugs to begin with? You have to take away the profit incentive which is what drives organised crime. Another great benefit is that our prison population would significantly be reduced.

Sterilisation would help.

@@uhtred7860 the drugs are on the street to clean it , just like the USA, the government are in on it, the quicker you die the better their off, that's why they give alcoholics money for beer, its kills them quicker.

Save your prayers for someone else I've had the pleasure coming across these people in Hanley.

Nothing fails harder than prayers!

Praying will not get you anywhere. These people made the choice to take these drugs.

Why though? They’re making the choice to do it to themselves? It’s not a disease they were born with and can do nothing about.

​@@chocoholic832"Shitty choices." - Franklin Saint (snowfall)

No wonder you can never find a plumber when you need one. Unless I pay in dust 🤔

What the hell is monkey dust ? This is the first time , I've heard about this. God look after everyone. Drug are bad 👎.

I got fairy dust

@@dannyhouse5630 apparently it's the scrapings from around the anus of old monkeys. Drugs are everywhere, it's the addictive ones that f u up. 😉

@@goodnightmyprince6734 how much do you want for a nose full?? 😜

😂

Gorilla gravel

Does fentanyl mixture intensify and obscure the original concoction ?

​@@John-sp9kw @John-sp9kw Mixing synthetic cathinones ( in monkey dust) and opioids (fentanyl)can increase the risk of heart strain/attack and respiratory arrest. Both are stimulants. Synthetic cathinone's and MDMA: can cause anxiety, heart strain, and increased neurotoxic effects. Synthetic cathinone's and cocaine: can cause anxiety and heart strain which can lead to stroke. Synthetic cathinone's and benzodiazepines: can decrease/mask the effects of both. Risk of overdose if one wears off before the other - depending on amount taken. Look up Talk to Frank. they explain everything very honestly and clearly and tell you what it's like to take. Xx

No one said reclassification would stop it. The government are cutting back on spending on spending on prison staff, probation, you name it. I doubt they are going to start pouring money into rehab unfortunately.

​@@RaphaelDawkinsCombatRadio 😢

How so?

I agree. Every decade, it is simply a different kind of new drūg, in addition to the old drūgs, that start getting abused. Nothing other than that ever really changes. Some people will survive it and get clean, while others stay addicted, and others unfortunately die by overdosing. The girl at the end of the video sounds like many of America's drūg addicts and, if they are provided with housing and food stamps, they have no incentive to get clean. They have no worries about sleeping in the cold or going hungry due to their addiction, so there is plenty of freedom to do their drūgs with less worries about doing them. Why would they quit? Sadly, she has dealt with hardships that a multitude of people deal with, but the majority of those people deal with those things in healthier ways. I have to be honest, considering her life path, she doesn't need children at this point in time. Maybe one day, she will be in a better position to do so.

Try moving away when you don't even have enough food, a roof over your head, or any support. Your last sentence is idiotic.

The 90s were very different, socially, to the 2020s.

​@@cathlaurs9754I did exactly that. Abandoned by care system at 15, on drugs by 17, without support from friends and no family I still sought a way out. I have no one to thank but myself.

smack on trent I think it was called or smoke on Trent

@@Wildernessoutside Stoke-on-Dust

Slow news day!

It's called GRAB A JAB ! It seems to have contributed to much mental health issues ? Cognitive problems?

lol😂

That'll be the jab.

Have you ever thought this story could be sensationalised? Could this really be a mixture of chemicals? a 5m grant, that comes in handy for a certain people! It´s like winning the lottery. You certainly don´t want to end the problem if it´s bringing in 5 million jackpots. Think about who really profits. You had the meth drinkers, in the 1960´s. Nothing new.

^^^Druggie^^^

@@RustyShackleford66 Nope, never touched drugs, smoked or drank in my life, i'm too anxious for that.

" life is hard so I'll make it harder" - plumber

That's commendable ,but the crime impact to pay for it all is horrendous. We went from zero crime, being able to go to a parade of shops between 7-11, 2 mins away, to muggers alley. When you are a suddenly a target it's devastating. When the dealer is outside your house in cars it's demoralising. When a distributor lives 10 doors away untouched... Oh, and because you may be vulnerable too ... (kindhearted etc) research Cuckooing, it is the largest type of modern slavery in the UK and, it affects those born here not trafficked from elsewhere.

Indeed life can at times, rather all too often , seen like just a constant rut of inadequacies and inconsistencies , day in and day out, here we go again and blah, blah, blah, riding the ground hog , so is it any wonder that a few disillusioned individuals feel the need to take a trip to spaceland every once in a while? The best of luck to them and all who sail the magic ships to other shores ,and beyond.

They're not zombies. They're infected.

I sure wouldn't mind taking a trip to spaceland!😜

. . . and coming up next a special report from the Czech republic on the horrors of CAKE!

SO Brass Eye, exactly what I thought.

the city isn't destroying itself stoke although lacking funding and a council with vision, still has great people this dust issue has been caused by other cities homeless moving to stoke {Lou macari centre } and the release of dust onto our streets combine the two and its caused a big issue for a relatively modest sized city ,council has no idea how to sort it ,most citys have drug problems growing up in the 80s in stoke there were always the odd smack head you knew about but with dust being so cheap its just taken hold of all these homeless and with no real government programs to speak of to help tackle the social and metal aspects then its just a mess

@@WildernessoutsideNonesense, Stoke has been a drug hub for decades.

@@RaphaelDawkinsCombatRadio it hasn't I've been born and raised in stoke my whole life and never seen an issue like this before every city has drugs but never seen it like this in stoke before and im almost 50

​@RaphaelDawkinsCombatRadio just like the rest of the UK 🤣 even the countrysides are ridden with stash spots lmao

monkey dust or as it used to be called bath salts are nothing new. it's not on the rise etc. Bath salts have been around since the early 2000's...

Sadly, I think it's just too damned late. The hand holding, coddling, excusing and _protecting_ of these people only makes things worse but the social workers & politicians are too busy pandering to those w/$$$$ to stop the pandering because they think it makes them look like they "care" when it's the _worst_ thing they could do for them.

Nobody could possibly agree with you more!! Self responsibility and consequences for your action left many years ago!!!

Ah finally a logical comment in this thread! Honestly it sickens me the amount of excuses there are for these people who make their own choices. In a sense since they're so inept at doing so I believe the only resource we should allow is rehabilitation services treated like prison sentences. We also need mental asylums to house the mentally ill that are a danger to our society. The rich live pleasantly away from this horror the rest of us endure and our poor children witness. When I see ppl voice decriminalization I just think, "oh so u want MORE of this filth?!"

Especially since most people start using drugs while they're partying and having fun. They don't start because they're victims.

Making a bad choice in life due to circumstances shouldn’t mean we treat that person inhumanely.