Is a new opioid crisis about to devastate the UK?
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Publicado 2024-07-16
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With very little on-the-spot testing available in the UK, experts are concerned about how to keep drug users safe from harm. The Guardian visited Copenhagen to see how the Danish approach to problematic drug use differs from the UK and asks, with a new safe injection room set to open in Glasgow this summer, whether we might have something to learn from our continental neighbours
Chapters:
00:00 - The Taliban's crackdown on heroin production and the rise of synthetic opioids
01:02 - A charity in one of London's worst hit areas for problematic drug use
02:06 - Street outreach work in Tower Hamlets: how has the drug supply changed?
04:08 - How does the UK deal with drug use and policing?
04:44 - A tour of Denmark's drugs fixing room as the UK prepares to open it's first consumption room
08:31 - How Copenhagen's police treat drug users differently
10:30 - How to deal with an opioid overdose
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Todos los comentarios (21)
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9:16 this policeman is an absolute saint. Deeply deeply moving moment
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Wow. A policeman whose first instinct is. ”how can i help you”, not “respect my authoritaaa”. Imagine. He’d never get into the Met
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The “war on drugs” the longest war the US UK have been involved in, and lost.
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Wow what a credit to himself and the Police force that Cop was in Copenhagen.."im not interested in what you have in your pockets..im interested in how you are today and how can i help you today" the UK Police should take note.
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UK follows USA in many ways, drugs are no different
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Why are we still having this conversation, this should have been in place years ago, first heard about it happening in Switzerland
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There already is A heroin epidemic here And has been for years, I guess it doesn't get as much attention compared to another article about JK Rowlings Twitter account
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The history the officer told was impressive. Quite interesting to know what is the drug problems like from the consumers and local authorities perspective.
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Provide support for the whole human!
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The best way to judge a society is how they treat those less fortunate.. Really shows how English politicians think of ppl with substance abuse problems.. 😢 Denmark is the best!!❤❤
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The reason they won't work on the drug issue is because it avoids all tax and drug money runs all the way to the top
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Wait until people in Britain find out about the massive harm caused by the super widely available drug Alcohol?
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The war on drugs, instead of the reasons of drug use, has created even worse drugs. Look at the proliferation of Spice, truly awful drug.
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That story was so sad. We need to help people in need not hurt them more.
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I have never heard a caring and genuine police officer before. What a great view he has
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Great video, but a caveat, it's not about how many people have to die before calling it a crisis, but who has to die for public health to take notice. We've seen it before with HIV/AIDS in the 1980s, and we are on the precipice of seeing it again. And that cop is truly an angel. He sees users as people, not unrecoverable junk.
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I blame Gareth Southgate.
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Pretty grim doing rehab 30 times and still addicted
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Good video, but it's a shame the journalist didn't visit Glasgow. It's now easier to visit Copenhagen than to visit Glasgow? Come on Guardian... don't forget about Scotland........
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Portugal has decriminalised hard drug use and The problem has shrunk. As a therapist, in my experience, it's all about trauma, in this life or inherited. Sexual abuse being the most prevalent. Ear acupuncture, gives the same hit as methodone, and NLP, Timeline Therapy, cuts through deep trauma. But, the Medical/Pharmaceutical industry makes a huge amount of money from the suffering of others. Social support to give hope, ie a decent after care life, is vital. Most middle class addicts, recover and move on.
