God Bless you and may He protect and strengthen your son and his resolve to remain sober.

And, I pray for your situation....that God may put people in your path to offer solace, guidance & faith...and to keep putting the right people in your son's path, that he may open his mind & heart to recovery & back to his family. God Bless.

I think all addicts, especially dealers should be sent to prison. This would be good for the addicts because they will at least have a better chance of recovering from their addictions. If the addicts are not mentally suitable for prison, they then should be forcefully held in a mental rehab program until they can show they're able to function properly. I know many will find this offensive but this will save a lot of lives, so if you care about people remaining alive, you should be supporting solutions like the ones I presented🙏

Her coat actually says EASTVAN, short for East Vancouver.

Praying for you Cindy. Don't lose hope.

@@CDN1975 Thank you so much. I will never lose hope and pray to my Angels every single night to keep him safe. Be blessed.

I am praying for your child and mine May God give them courage 💖🙏 and you as well.

I'm sick of comments like this. What about the businesses these druggies steal from and the unsanitary conditions they create for everyone else who doesn't take drugs. Enough with being sympathetic for bad behaviour.

@@woyaochinidedoufu2753 read my comment again. It's obvious you haven't.

@@woyaochinidedoufu2753 People who are on hard drugs, their minds aren't working good and it's very hard for them to get off drugs and the cycle unless they get real help. I am tired of comments like yours, a person who most likely has a wonderful life, no addictions, no money problems, nice family etc smacking down the downtrodden instead of supporting the addicted to get off drugs and get the help they need for recovery. IMO you are very apathetic and a miserable human being. My 2 friends got off drugs because they got help and now are both working and doing much better. They wouldn't have if people like you ran the show.

@@andrewjohn2124 They get plenty of government help and help from various other entities which is why they're able to live so long in such poor conditions. You should go f urself u pee ussy. In fact, take a very large object and shove it up ur u know what

@Barry Dingle you're totally right, it'll never work

Ty for this documentary

God bless all the people they rob and steal from to support the habit aswell? None of those DTES lowlifes have jobs.

Addiction lures people there. Unaffordable housing leads people there. You need a reality check. How about going down to the east side and talking to some of the people down there. They’ll tell you their story. Coming from other provinces to Vancouver, trying to work, make ends meet to pay the rent, rent is too high, they end up homeless, and either selling drugs or get wrapped up in using them. And the provincial govt only looks at temporary solutions rather than permanent ones to help the homeless. No plan to get them off the street only to give the a “safe spot” to continue using, that isn’t a solution, they need to get them into housing, get them the help they need to deal with addiction, then move past it, deal with other issues, help them find work and then be independent providers for themselves.

Most have traumatic issues. Most in DTES are people who were adiCted to Drigs in the Burbs but are now hiding because of the bad reputation they have in the Subs. Tons of Rats and goofs down there I. fact u can’t help a skid or a thug. There’s two types who love Dope so of your trying to help a Skid or a Thug? Stop cause they are just playing U.

@@Liberal_From_Prairies689 Sorry but this is a common excuse used. The reality is that most people who take these kinds of drugs have serious mental problems and the drugs only make their situations worse. The problem stems from not having enough resources and support for their mental health, so they turn to serious drugs to help cope. Lack of money is an issue but isn't the reason

@@Liberal_From_Prairies689 as if addiction is a person or something. Calling out your name and tempting you with good times.

Its just the culture also and lack of good role models

Or the exportation of opioids such as Fentanyl from Asian black market dealers

I totally understand. Seek out and find others in recovery, make a new community ❤

this is old achool thinking..now its every addict for themselves..theres no such things as friends in addiction

@@tiggercampbell6198 no, there is. Just few and far between. I found out who my true friends were after I got clean, they still stay in touch every now and then, the same ones who urged me to get clean, to never go back to that place.

@@asleepcloud I totally get that..I m native and was looking for other natives..well I found them and they became my family..back in the 80s was just weed and booze..I'll never forgive myself for trusting those that turned me onto hard drugs..

That's something people often don't understand is that street life is often like a family and you do feel better around those who understand your struggles.. joining community with recovering addicts will help. Garden therapy pet therapy...I am going to focus my dreams and goals on making life better on the east side

i am deeply so sorry that you have gone through this painful journey, a parent should not have to suffer the lose of a child its the most painful thing to go through . i too lost my child . i hope you have lots of support and love around you .

He will be successful ❤

You’re not funny

Wrong mindset.

You poor thing.

🤣🤣🤣🤣

I agree I’ve been through pw it will scare you off getting clean. Now I’m on slow release morphine and it works a hundred times better then methadone for me and subs were useless for hardcore addicts.

I work in an addictions clinic. We can recommend people read Gabor Mate's books or look to him for advice, but if they don't have the proper social or economic support, the advice can be hard to "follow." This is not an issue of personal discipline, but a larger societal issue, unfortunately.

Look into alternative treatments. Psychedelic therapy in a clinical setting has 95% long term success rates. 12 Steps? 3% who try it are still off Dope a year after leaving. The Sytem is set up to Fail. The government supports 12 Steps because it almost 97% guaranteed that the addict will be back. Cops,lawyers,judges,jails etc all depend on these Addicts 4 a paycheque. End war on drugs is the best solu

He so lucky to have her

Its many things but this is not the ONLY thing and it can all happen at the same time The point is to help before they die. Its someone baby.

The courage, strength and resolve of Tim's mother is impressive.

What is that?

12 steps work of your ready to work the program with the right sponser and they are self supporting no affiliation to government or any sect unless treatment centres ore using them but they aren’t gonna work in a treatment centre only for those of us who decided on our own to commit ourselves to sobriety. Rehab needs cognitive based therapy instead and we need way more rehabs. It’s sad it takes almost a year to get into one

How on earth does one save money when your Income Assistance is $575 per month? Stop eating too?

@@sharong8511 doesn't sound right people should be able to eat.

I think all addicts, especially dealers should be sent to prison. This would be good for the addicts because they will at least have a better chance of recovering from their addictions. If the addicts are not mentally suitable for prison, they then should be forcefully held in a mental rehab program until they can show they're able to function properly. I know many will find this offensive but this will save a lot of lives, so if you care about people remaining alive, you should be supporting solutions like the ones I presented

@@woyaochinidedoufu2753 How many times did you copy and paste this? Addiction is not a crime! How would you like being thrown in prison because you developed an addiction due to pain relief prescribed by your doctor? You have no idea what it’s like. Your “solution” won’t work because Canada is not China!

@@sharong8511 If I were an addict who couldn’t function normally in society and was a danger to myself or others, I’d too deserve the same treatment I just proposed. Would you rather let people sleep in their body waste, inject drugs out in the open and possibly OD?

Ya his mom is sweet and caring but that’s not her son anymore.. as in not the same guy he once was he’s a junkie now that’s all he cares abt

What do you mean home less mental cases? I understand and agree with the first part but the ending doesn’t make sense.cause way one way streets? Not even 5 seconds on the walk timer? Why would you want that lol

@@Rajonrondoo99 yes like a highway just runs through the neighborhood one way there are 2 of these and they encircle Oppenhiemer Park actually, sadly. Powell and E Cordova. And yes the timers on the majority of crosswalks across these roads in the downtown eastside portion are literally about 5-10 seconds including the timer and the traffic lights, in the highest disability pedestrian traffic area I've ever seen.

7-11 shut down. Probably because of too much shop lifting from the store. I dont blame them, I would have pulled out if I was them.

@@lawrencelawrence3920 you're 100% right it was notoriously hounded by shoplifters constantly and 24/7 street life standing outside, always someone sleeping in the corner near the door, i know.. but now that is gone, the virus and the economy is not helping either.

What was 7-11 supposed to do? Be a hero in a cape for all the addicts?? Hahah smart decision to pull out

Anybody like me, has has spent many years away from Canada, knows how drug use and heavy drinking, so common in Canada, is really weird and abnormal.

You don’t know what your talking about. It’s closed minded people like you that makes life for the homeless and addicts a lot harder. Try walking in someone else’s shoes. Do you really think people wake up and decide to be addicts. No they don’t.

No. They get high to feel good. Then they get high to not feel sick. Ever had a drink mr.Ferguson?

I wonder how many of them make a conscious choice with full consent of the will "Yeah, I think I am going to become drug addicted and hang out in the DTES because it's cool." Or are they people who fell through the cracks of society, lost hope, couldn't see light at the end of the tunnel and took drugs because they wanted to be numbed out. IMO it's easy for someone like you to make a value judgement without knowing people personally.

Ya we made a choice that first time and life obvious isn’t great if you made that choice but there is no choice after that if we have the true illness of addiction we were predisposed to that and yes we can recover I am but it truly becomes a sickness that is so hard to break.

I’ve heard a lot that family pays for the phone I know it sounds crazy but these people have family.. people who love them and worry about them

我這一生也實在太厲害了

每個人想要被還原清白身世 首先要能獲得生父生母的賠償費 這種事簡直是天方夜譚

Would you have done better as a 16 year old?

@@Tribuneoftheplebs Should have opened your mind and closed your legs.

@Sara ._. If you really do the best you can, it will go the right way 9 x out of 10, but if you do it the wrong way, well you're odds of failure?

I don’t want to blame the mom but I do blame the son and his own actions