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    Town's addicts struggling to get drugs, police say
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    Town’s addicts struggling to get drugs, police say

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    1. lapayne82 on

      How long before we get a compoface of an addict unable to buy drugs? But also good job by the police now we just need help getting them off the addiction.

    2. Thandoscovia on

      Damn, you really feel for them and the criminals from whom they buy. Life’s tough out there

    6. boilinoil on

      Another economy getting trashed by this government smh, where is the union of criminals to stand up for these gangs getting put out of business by the state

    7. ElliottFlynn on

      Other more ruthless gangs will move in, it’s a temporary pause in supply

      IMO all that’s happened is you now have a group of desperate addicts who will commit more and more serious crimes to secure the smaller supply of drugs

      Drug policy in the UK is joke

    8. cornedbeef101 on

      >Project Renew has been running in the western half of the centre of Rhyl, Denbighshire, since April, and North Wales Police said crime was down 14%

      The town is Rhyl, for anyone else wondering.

    10. JadedInternet8942 on

      With the all county lines stuff going on is this not just advertising to gangs… “There’s a gap in the market here if you want to come fill it”

    11. 0ttoChriek on

      I think addicts are generally pretty creative when it comes to getting a high. If they can’t get their usual drug, they’ll try to find an alternative.

      See the oxy > heroin > fentanyl progression in the US.

    12. DiligentCockroach700 on

      But isn’t that a good thing? Surely the whole purpose of making drugs illegal is to cut off the supply.

    13. gin0clock on

      Just in a town in Wales guys.

      You can get just about any drug in any other UK city in like 20 minutes flat.

    14. OldSchoolRollie62 on

      So desperate addicts with basically nothing to lose are now going to be even more desperate? Can’t imagine this is going to have any negative consequences for society😂

      All this is really doing is creating an opportunity for other criminals to come in and start selling their products to these desperate addicts who I imagine will jump at the chance for a new (and likely cheaper) fix.

    15. Careless_Agency5365 on

      Police get drug dealers off the street – more crime committed by addicts

      Police don’t get drug dealers off the street – more crime as gangs compete for territory

      Police cannot solve the issues surrounding drugs. Whatever action they take results in more crime.

    16. Substantial_Client_3 on

      Without clicking the link I didn’t know the town’s addicts were two guys in the police department.

    19. setokaiba22 on

      Sort of related – one thing that I remember from school is how easy it was to get hold of drugs if you were inclined to do so.

      I went to quite a decent school in a nice area and we all knew someone in the year who you could get drugs from if you wanted.

      Likewise I had friends at other schools who had the same experience. Sometimes there was even a dealer who’d be outside the main gates.

      Given that was nearly two decades ago I can only imagine that’s much easier now