Faced with the anger of residents, on September 24, the Paris police headquarters evacuated drug addicts stationed around the Eole gardens to take them by bus to the Porte de la Villette, on the edge of the Seine-Saint department. -Denis. To prevent them from crossing the ring road, a wall was even hastily built. From the Place Stalingrad to the Porte de la Chapelle, from the Eole Gardens to the Place Auguste-Baron, for thirty years, the crack problem has never ceased to be moved without ever being resolved.
What is the particularity of this “poor man’s drug” which mainly affects people in great precariousness? What are the solutions to avoid the formation of these outdoor consumption spaces? How to help users to get by?
Luc Vinogradoff, journalist at World specialist in drug-related issues, discusses the origin of this phenomenon and the ways to respond to it.
An episode produced by Clément Baudet, directed by Amandine Robillard and presented by Jean-Guillaume Santi.
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