You are not wrong there 😢

This gentleman is taking far too much diazapam.

Absolutely That’s why my perspective is to try my absolute hardest to create a pleasant reality I don’t want to escape and same for others It’s effort and scary One can feel so lost but then addiction can be the same. A healthy example of escapism from reality is reading fiction books or going on holiday. Sadly the other end of that is harmful stuff like drink, drugs, reckless sex etc. the best thing is trying to get on that track for ones reality to be as pleasant as possible to avoid the drugs that cause so much pain and devastation. Love to all the souls in Glasgow and Scotland struggling with this as living here is scary as hell at times.

Reality seems worse after drugs

I've done microdosing for help and it works does cut depression out its been the best remedy I've ever had psilocybin been illegal is actually a crime against humanity

Hey! Yes very sure of Dr.benshrooms. my first shrooms trip was really awesome. It felt like I was deep into the sea

Can I find him on insta? How do I reach out 🙏

Yes he's Dr.benshrooms.Lsd and psilocybin are amazing teachers along its dmt mah dudes have safe trips all. Shrooms are blessings from nature.

was addicted to what i called a trifecta Meth, Opium, Alcohol. I also suffered severe depression i went to a party and consumed about 2 eights of shrooms i was lost in my head for 2 days but when i came back my depression and addiction to my trifecta was gone. I didn't realize it at the time. The psychedelic experience is temporary but many people have good permanent results

But contributes absolutely nothing to society

@@miguelkeeno3403 It's a two way street.

@@miguelkeeno3403 Society?🤣

@@miguelkeeno3403what’s society doing for him ???

Goan

Spot on 👏

alprazolam, lorazepam, pure weed (no tobacco as i quit) mixed with booze is my problem these days, the physical and mental pain is insane after not taking them for 24 hours

More than 30 of ma pals have died through these

@@FrostFire1987 Yep, I was doing the same as you (mixing benzos with alcohol) because I loved the calm feeling that washed over me. But towards the end I was just so miserable and desperate that I knew I had to get clean. The first 5 days can be a real shock to the system because the mind and body is screaming out for more booze / pills. But you eventually become accustomed to the pain and learn to push through it. The hardest part for me was my mood swings and emotional reaction to everything. Some days I would be just walking and burst into tears for no reason at all. But needed to let all of that emotion out to cleanse myself of the madness I'd put myself through. Try and get clean buddy. It will be the best thing you ever do! I now have my own apartment, a good job, a nice car and can sit down at the end of the day and feel content and at peace with myself.

@@Man_fay_the_Bru Sorry to hear that. I lost many friends to pills and booze as well. Addiction is a cruel condition.

@@phatheffer3439congratulations on getting clean x

Broad Glaswegian takes some understanding.

Wit ye siy'in?

I agree that heroin (NOT fentanyl) withdrawals are like a 4 day orgasm compared to benzo withdrawals!

Perfectly said, everyone has the ability to better themselves and that’s all that matters. Let bygones be bygones, the future and what you do with is all that matters

Wow, fifteen years of luck considering your choices. Well done, now to make up for the damage caused🐻

@@BobPharmacon you don't know me or my choices or the huge changes in my life for the good to judge me, I give every day, what do you do ?

@@billyfivefive. I do know your life, choices and journey because, friend, you told everyone in your message. The damage you caused was perpetuating the drugs scene. Do you feel responsible or don't you? Getting cleaning doesn't mop up the mess you made for fifteen years. If you really are scratching your head over this concept, research catharsis. It helped me.🐻

@@BobPharmacon Clean 15 years, the worst of my addiction happened over a much shorter period and I brought it to an end with my own will power, so piss off with your poison filled crap, every recovered junkie is a deep well of regrets and you must think your the philosopher stoned, fkn heard it

already has

Not to mention dangerous for those unaware that's what someone has ODd on, touching the tiniest bit can make the good Samaritan OD too.

@@leeriches8841dude that is just not true. You MUST INGEST IT. Please stop spreading that myth. I have a massive amount of experience with opioids on both sides of the addiction spectrum and it’s just not true you can overdose on fentanyl from just touching it. The people who overdose on it, take it. Don’t be fooled

@@oppressing. really ? I’ve not noticed the same zombie style you see in the USA in Glasgow ….yet

It never will there is no need for it, it’s to close to the source where it’s made, same as Australia where I live, we are that close to the golden triangle where china white heroin #4 is made. Fentanyl is non existent here practically. And I was a heroin addict for years

It should be law if someone overdoses they are left as other people can’t keep picking up the pieces or this will go on for ever there is help for these people but they are selfish as foook all they do is take from society this is not a free ride

Reason police attended those calls was because ambulance staff know those overdose callouts are dangerous, overdosed addicts can become violent when given naloxane. Dyu expect the police that show up to turn a blknd eye to warrants and not do the job their paid to do? Cmon mate, grow up

and to top it off the police control all these drugs dont care what anyone says.

​@@Deadmau5l😂

@@JP-et6fj That may be, but it's not the point. The point is that many overdoses don't get called in because people are afraid of the repercussions. A friend of mine took way too much acid once, and the way the police dealt with it was appalling. My man's having an out of body near death experience, swapping dimensions and timelines, talking to infinite versions of god etc... and the police are treating him like a fucking criminal lunatic.

GREETINGS FROM ENGLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 💯...I LOVE & NEED VALIUM ANXIETY AND GOD KNOWS WHAT. SAD TO SAY MY DOCTOR TOOK ME OFF THEM TO FAST! I BUY OFF INTENET OR STREET

@@jamieclarkclark756my doc gives me 100 Valium’s 😂😂. Scotland stingy on them . Drop em on me methadone Zzzz😊

​@@jamieclarkclark756any good sources for moggies 😊

god love them would love to help them they are lovely people

Your government are too busy looking after the boat people in 5 star hotels 😄

There is work being done , But it comes down ti the causes of drug and alcohol misuse , Unresolved traumas via shit parenting acts or their habits passed on gen to gen

@@conkadonk4976 there is some work getting done but nowhere near enough all the treatment centers are struggling due to funding same as mental health services they've all been cut and only the most serious of cases are getting seen so if keeps going the way it is then the drugs crisis will be 100x worse 👍

@jamesstitt1585 They've never been better funded , But then they ignore the root cause brother , Hope you're well , It is the conky you know lol

@@conkadonk4976 know something I had an idea it was you lol I'm good bro hope you're keeping well yourself 😉👍

@jamesstitt1585 LOL am good bud, Stronger every day, Fitness head on again and running hard back to college next month , Glad your good, every year we are breathing is a good year bud 👍🏼

🤦‍♂️it has got better

@@conkadonk4976 it goes to show just how bad it was that this is what a "better" glasgow looks like

Scotland has the highest drug deaths in Europe!!!! It ain't getting better. It will only get worse if its decriminalised! Which the S.N.P are trying.

@@no.7893 Just goes to show that tories are bastatds pal 👍🏼

@@no.7893a hand picked few people don’t reflect a whole city

were is it coming from n why isnt England getting them ?

Most of it comes from china

​@davechristian7543 they get imported from abroad, India etc, pressed by drug dealers in this country and diverted from legitimate sources. They're in England aswell especially North East but its bigger in Scotland cos its more deprived

@@akmilli8179 a weeks not long really need to be on it for longer than a few weeks to get addicted

@@akmilli8179 it'd take doses of about 10 to 20mg a day up to about a month before u need to worry about addiction

Name one country where that has worked. The country is too soft, that's the problem.

@@karmoogum Belgium, Estonia, Australia, Mexico, Uruguay, the Netherlands and Portugal

@@frozenrats Mexico is almost a failed country.

@@karmoogum The legal status of a drug has little influence on its popularity/prevalence

It is not decriminalised at all in Australia, lmao. Don't use us as an example, goofball

Proud eh u buddy addition isny easy 👏🏻👌

Baclofen is addictive mate. Tells you on the leaflet, not to suddenly stop taking it as it can cause seizures and withdrawals. It has to be tapered down like Gabas or pregabalin. Most GABAergic drugs are physically addictive. it's the reason why I hate it as a 21 year old 55% burn victim. 3 days or longer without it and I feel like doing myself in, the headaches are worse than a migraine and the spewing kicks in on the 3-4th days. It works amazingly for spasms and general nerve damage but the cons start to outweight the pros when you've been on it for nearly like I have. Fair play to you though, takes some willpower to get through that.

@@Mr_Makina hi m8 thanks for your reply i never new that thay were adictive the backlofen you mean iv bin on them for years du to a brain injury i had in my erly 30s wich left me with a stroke and paraliced my left side im sorry to here about what happend to you tho i hope you are as best as you can be now tho all the best m8

Learn to rest , not quit. Read that again.

@@jaycee2815 thirs no qwiting in my futer m8 doune it to meny times to old for the shit of bean ill everyday hope your well m8

sad but the reality has to be addressed, glaswedians are suffering , dying at the hands of addiction. people need to do more to understand the struggle and the govt help solve this crisis at its core

Beautiful people, ugly conditions

Cunts always bring this up 😅✌🏼

We do in Aust as well.

patter. what's patter? american here haha. love the linguistic differences between the various branches of English

At least you are honest enough to admit you were the one to blame , my ma used to blame my mates for me getting into trouble (screwing shops pubs etc) but I was the one that always had a crow bar stashed told my wee ma it was me that decided to do whatever no one else

@@kevindunne6832 I was told I got into the wrong crowd! I was the wrong crowd

@@michaelbradley3061 I got nicked for nothing when I was almost 16 got 3 month detention centre training ,so came out with a sack of spuds on my shoulder no a chip

He's exaggerating

so the whole of scotlands a disgraced cos your da got aids 🤔 likely via injecting wow talk about pass the spliff .....

I’m so sorry that happened to your dad and to you.

I am sorry for your loss I never realised how bad the drug problems in Scotland were until recently.

@@paulyarlett1238 They aren't

@@conkadonk4976 get your head out from under that rock, open your eyes and take a look around. Even in the poshest parts of Scotland have drug users.

It is what you make it imo 😁

London

AWWWWW poor you , Did some weegie lassie break your heart 😅 fud

One of the best cities in Europe!

U ever been to dundee 😂

Why is there always some idiot, on reading about street drug use, wanting to talk about alcohol? It's such a tired argument, and has changed nothing. Have you any idea how boring it is to see? Is this really the best argument you've got to offer? Jesus....

I’d guess the number is far greater

@@headfullofacid8088 Almost identical. Approx 1,245 alcohol-specific deaths in 2021. But if you add how many deaths cause by people on alcohol, i.e. murder, it would be a little higher. It's not that bad really. The SNP are right but need to go further; legalise, regulate, & tax them. If they are regulated, like alcohol, then people know what they are getting, the strength, who's taking what etc.

@emsspacex Alcohol is taxed a lot in the UK. However, there is a little strangeness. For example, a 9% ABV beer will cost £3 a can, but 9% ABV Cider is £1.50 a can due to the fact that Cider is taxed differently.

Wonder if there is an agenda. This is happening across all western countrys

The police are literally the worst. Uninformed, unintelligent, black clad weapon carrying hired bully boy enforcers of the state who are attracted to that ‘job’ as it facilitates them wielding power over people and fucking them up. “It’s the law” they proclaim without a deeper more informed understanding of the situation and its causes. Arrogant egotistical buffoons who are dangerous.

Well you see there's the problem. Rather than doing anything you've prayed to the invisible man in the sky. Thoughts and prayers do nothing.

Police Scotland are in the back pocket of the criminals.

I'd take drugs if I lived their. I don't think you've imagined what it would be like to be homeless there.

@dougwhiley4028 Do you know how depressing some English cities are?

@@dougwhiley4028 a lot of drug addicts in Glasgow arn't homeless, those that are face a challenging and miserable existence, that is why when i see them struggle I do not judge, i do what I can to alleviate their struggle. If the change I spare is invested in smack to alleviate the pain & despair of everyday life I have no grounds to stop anyones sovereign decision. Corruption and lack of action within Glasgow City council, the procurator fiscal and Police Scotland have allowed the same groups to distribute poison in the areas around glasgow for decades now. These groups contributions to the city are a huge part of our peoples affliction. This applies to all walks of life, all manners of substance abuse and at all levels of society. We are a medicated nation. Trust me.

@@andrewwotherspoona5722 no, I don't. I live in Australia. It looks much nicer here. I recently moved to a small town in Tasmania. It's very green and beautiful. But I'm very depressed and lonely. I think one thing you have in Britain is a sense of community. I wish I had that.

Yes you can.

@scottthompson58 you really can't.not on their own. you'll need other drugs in your system for them to play a part in overdose..it is why people can swallow handfuls of them and still live,sure you could have accident while downered up but its not an OD ..in the late 70s and early 80s benzos where seen as an alternative to barbiturate prescriptions for the exact reason I am talking about..the thing they didn't count on was the dependency to valium can be crippling

It can occur but is extremely unlikely.

​@@scottthompson5800you can, but you'd basically have to have over 5 grams of valium to do so. In other words, 500 10mg tablets, and that's without tolerance!!

@@RustyBannerit's my understanding that death by overdose happens when somebody chokes on vomit and mucus..valium on its own doesn't illicit that biological response,.when you take too much the neurological response just stops happening and it basically stops working..of course its dangerous and potentially life threatening to be in that situation but if we are talking about the mechanism of overdose its not really possable..most people drink or take opiates in such a situation and that will definitely increse the overdose potential of the other drugs (or alcohol poisoning..a term which is basically discribes alcohol overdose but as society went to to great efforts to gentrified it its an hypocrisy we are forced endure lol)...I think the greatest threat valium poses is in its dependacy risk..an addiction to valium is as much a protracted entanglement as methadone (which itself is worse then herion)... in somebody's system..

Ah yes we should punish the addicts! That'll teach them for having genuine problems wont it!

@@bigp2450 it's not punishment, it's rehabilitation

@@joshb7415 The prison system has failed in its task of rehabilitating offenders. These people need medical help, not to be locked away with violent criminals.

@@bigp2450 How do you control an addict without imprisoning them?

​@@joshb7415prison doesn't rehabilitate idiot.... Them days are well gone , there's more drugs in there aswell as sky TV . SMH

I've moved to Glasgow 15 years ago from Poland. I know British ppl have an opinion about us that we are heavy drinkers but tbh I was and still I'm in shock about drinking and drug culture in Scotland. In Scotland its normal that everyone is drinking, after work, while watching sports, dates, family holidays, family days out like bowling etc there is no activity where is no alcohol involved in your culture and this is shocking especially that this is not just "junkies", this is a norm in academics and successful ppl lifes and when heavy drinking is happening most of the time drugs will be involved too to coop with life.. also GPs very often instead of trying to find the reason of your health problems just prescribe medications, usually very addictive and without warning about that. So if this is a norm for "normal" ppl how guys coming from abusive homes where parents were drug users like in that video can do better? How there is more and more addiction in Glasgow? I'm not sure but for sure one of the reasons is that Scottish kids from very young age can see that alcohol and drugs are the amazing substances which u take when u sad, when u celebrate, when u have had good day, when u want to relax, have fun when u meet with friends or family...also very often getting their first drugs from gp for their anxiety etc instead of counselling..

@@GG-wh1gt I'm English, live in Northern England. And we don't have the same problem as Scotland, it's what perplexes me about the whole situation, as there are plenty of parts of England with similar economic and social problems to Glasgow, yet this particular problem seems unique in its severity there. If you live there yourself maybe you're right and it is purely down to the culture there, but as you say Poland has a hard-drinking reputation as does England, but we don't have this issue, at least to this degree.

No it hasn't

Yes I had terribly real hallucinations cramps 11 days without food water or sleep and ended up in casualty and was seen by a psychiatric doctor who explained to me I was having severe withdrawal symtems and he was shocked my doctor had just decided to stop prescription after over 20 years, he told me to go back to doctor and insist I was slowly reduced over a t least a year or two, I did go and the doctor just said no so I had no choice but to go online and try to cut down myself, this approach by the NHS for what THEY prescribed to me is shamefull, neglectful and probably criminal as they have a duty of care, I never asked to be put on these decades ago I was just having anxiety due to a lot of personal issues

Thinking like this is the exact reason we have this problem.

PROHIBITION doesn't work , It's been tried and tested and failed , Hence why we have booze sold legally

There’s been mind altering substances since day dot. Crackdowns won’t alter that. If people want to use drugs then let them. They know the consequences

They're being manufactured in factories all over the world, in different countries. There's no way it'll ever be stopped. It'll a multi, multi billion dollar industry.

To an extent, but nobody forces these people to take drugs I was in a make or break situation 20 years ago, I'm 38. I had a couple different groups of friends . I used to take ecstasy with one group if friends, then after a year or so, at like 3am one would disappear from the party and come back with the foil (heroin) and they would smoke it, after this happened 2 weeks in a row I stopped hanging around with them, now most of them are dead and the ones who are alive are a MESS. 2 of them died in the same weekend from street valium, their lives were destroyed by drugs , they all started stabbing each other an shit , some were murdered , some died of drugs, I think out of about 8 of them and maybe 3 are alive today, one is doin okay actually but he was younger than the rest and was only on the fringes , the 2 who were the same age as me are an absolute mess

@emsspacex no, not at all. I think they push and promote drug use. They do it inadvertently, but nonetheless, I think they are fully on board with the genocide of the people of these cities

@emsspacex help would be so easy I could do It with enough money and resources, I would use clued up ex addicts and compassion to give these very lovely people' the time to heal without the stigma of being accused of being "scum" or the low life's of society, tbh the addicted are normally the most switched on people because they are medicating for a pain that most couldn't even begin to comprehend

@emsspacex The crap they have in place now is just about stitching the person up. For example, in my local area, the NHS works hand in hand with social services and the drug and alcohol people, you have to sign a waver to get any so-called help when all they do is put pressure on genuine families in need. Now myself I had issues but I always cared for my children but as soon as the state got wind of any problems they very quickly made me out to be a bad person, it's not right to call abuse support in my eyes.

U solved the problem who knew it was that easy u should work with addicts

omg U have answer😮 why did no one think of that 😮😮

@@ritadonnelly8820 but if you do drugs take the ones that kill you quick!! Then other people that choose not to can live in a better one! 😊

How is that they are all speaking English you ignorant person

You also forgot to mention hardcore criminals live in these places, revolving door for them and normal homeless folk are attacked stabbed and slashed on a regular basis, so my question to you is would you take the room your offered? I've seen it first hand so I'll answer for you no you wouldn't because i reckon you'd not like being slashed while eating your cornflakes surely.

Bullshit

And bullshit

It’s not as simple as that though as the majority of homeless are in this position due to drug abuse. The power of addiction is so strong that they will choose the drugs over shelter. Most addictions stem from some form of trauma or neglect, more needs to be done for people access the mental health services they need

Most don't let their dogs live with them. Their dogs are with them through good and bad, why should they give up their only constant? I swear if I had the money I'd open a rehabilitation centre where their dogs would be allowed.