The never ending drug epidemic in Dublin and further afield

Train Dragon · 16-12-2016 01:36AM #1

Ive been in Dublin alot on business the past few months and Im fairly shocked with how bad things have got in the city centre. Junkies are everywhere.

Junkies on the quays.

Junkies in Temple Bar.

Junkies harrasing shop staff.

Junkies with kids in prams.

I havent been to many major cities to say this 100%, but we have to now surely have one of the most disgusting capital cities in the world.

What is been done?

And, apart from fücking them all in the Liffey, what can be done?

Based on what Ive seen recently any "war on drugs" (was there ever any one to begin with?) has been lost.

Oodoov · 16-12-2016 02:00AM

Dublin is great.

Drugs are bad.

Train Dragon · 16-12-2016 02:04AM

Oodoov wrote: »

Dublin is great.

Drugs are bad.

Dublin is now riddled with drugs.

So where does that leave it?

Oodoov · 16-12-2016 02:07AM

Train Dragon wrote: »

Dublin is now riddled with drugs.

So where does that leave it?

On the east coast just above Wicklow?

Train Dragon · 16-12-2016 02:09AM

Ah yes. After Hours.

Home of the "smart arse reply to get Thanks"

eeguy · 16-12-2016 02:13AM

Train Dragon wrote: »

Ah yes. After Hours.

Home of the "smart arse reply to get Thanks"

What do ya want? A comprehensive anti drugs plan neatly summed up in a post on an online forum at 1am on a Friday?

Cause brother, that is NOT gonna happen.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 · 16-12-2016 02:14AM

eeguy wrote: »

Cause brother, that is NOT gonna happen.

Thanks Hulk.

RayM · 16-12-2016 02:16AM

I worked in a shop along the quays for several years and never had any hassle with heroin users. Plenty of hassle with drunk people though.

For a start, we should stop treating them like criminals.

DontThankMe · 16-12-2016 02:16AM

Start treating them as addicts instead of criminals.

fritzelly · 16-12-2016 02:20AM

You forgot Junkies in wheelchairs

(and yes I've seen them get up and vacate it for someone else)

Ted111 · 16-12-2016 02:20AM

Train Dragon wrote: »

Junkies are everywhere.

Junkies on the quays.

Junkies in Temple Bar.

Junkies harrasing shop staff.

Junkies with kids in prams.

.

The quays is contained in everywhere.
Or we could say that in the set 'everywhere' which contains all places, places being elements in that set, the element 'Temple Bar' is a member.

Everywhere={quays, Templebar, prams......}

Atlantic Dawn · 16-12-2016 02:20AM

It's their culture.

learn_more · 16-12-2016 02:21AM

Actually a lot of cities are like this. Usually the smaller ones. Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham..

The west end of London has a no tolerance policy for people like this which is why you only see the occasional nutty tramp there.
It's not an accident it's like this. They have been hounded out of the west end of London because it is a huge tourist attraction.

Train Dragon · 16-12-2016 02:25AM

RayM wrote: »

I worked in a shop along the quays for several years and never had any hassle with heroin users. Plenty of hassle with drunk people though.

For a start, we should stop treating them like criminals.

Well today, first hand, I saw a security guard been abused by a junkie couple. The supermarket on Aston Quay. Think it's a SuperValu.

Train Dragon · 16-12-2016 02:27AM

learn_more wrote: »

The west end of London has a no tolerance policy for people like this which is why you only see the occasional nutty tramp there.
It's not an accident it's like this. They have been hounded out of the west end of London because it is a huge tourist attraction.

And all moved to the East End Im guessing.

Train Dragon · 16-12-2016 02:29AM

eeguy wrote: »

What do ya want? A comprehensive anti drugs plan neatly summed up in a post on an online forum at 1am on a Friday?

Cause brother, that is NOT gonna happen.

There's over 200 people viewing this forum right now. Are they all drunk?

Can they all not engage in a sensible debate?

Arghus · 16-12-2016 02:31AM

Train Dragon wrote: »

There's over 200 people viewing this forum right now. Are they all drunk?

Can they all not engage in a sensible debate?

Sometimes you have to ask yourself, how much do I want to wade into this debate right now?

Train Dragon · 16-12-2016 12:20PM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

It's their culture.

Well this "culture" needs to move out of the city centre of our capital. The methadone clinics need to be relocated. That's what draws them into town to begin with.

yourdeadwright · 16-12-2016 12:29PM

DontThankMe wrote: »

Start treating them as addicts instead of criminals.

Being in possession of Heroin is a crime, there for they must be criminals

yourdeadwright · 16-12-2016 12:29PM

DontThankMe wrote: »

Start treating them as addicts instead of criminals.

Being in possession of Heroin is a crime, there for they must be criminals

readytosnap · 16-12-2016 12:40PM

Train Dragon wrote: »

Ah yes. After Hours.

Home of the "smart arse reply to get Thanks"

Thanks

Train Dragon wrote: »

Well this "culture" needs to move out of the city centre of our capital. The methadone clinics need to be relocated. That's what draws them into town to begin with.

I don't live in Dublin anymore so as far as I am concerned they can all stay in Dublin, they are the scum of the earth in my opinion. I've yet to meet a junkie who wasn't a criminal (have met a few and have been related to a few over the years) Pure scum.
Just out of curiosity, where would you suggest they move the Methadone clinics?, Not that I am concerned about the scummy junkies, if it was up to me I wouldn't even have methadone clinics, lock em all up and cold turkey the filth.
I only feel this way because I am such a tolerant and caring person.

Train Dragon · 16-12-2016 01:24PM

readytosnap wrote: »

where would you suggest they move the Methadone clinics?.

To industrial estates in the various kip estates of Dublin. Let's be honest, it'll save most of the junkies a bus fare into town.

readytosnap · 16-12-2016 01:26PM

Train Dragon wrote: »

To industrial estates in the various kip estates of Dublin. Let's be honest, it'll save most of the junkies a bus fare into town.

They pay bus fare? :eek::eek:

Train Dragon · 16-12-2016 01:30PM

readytosnap wrote: »

They pay bus fare? :eek::eek:

Probably not as drug addiction and being an alcoholic is, unbelievably, seen as a disability in the country.

Oodoov · 16-12-2016 01:32PM

Train Dragon wrote: »

To industrial estates in the various kip estates of Dublin. Let's be honest, it'll save most of the junkies a bus fare into town.

Slowly the veil drops. I'm shocked, not.

Train Dragon · 16-12-2016 01:38PM

Oodoov wrote: »

Slowly the veil drops. I'm shocked, not.

It is simply following the same model as Mayor Rudy Giuliani who got rid of the junkies and people on the streets in Manhatten.

He fücked them off to the outskirts and it was a total game changer for New York.

Having junkies in built up areas in the city centre of a capital city is asking for trouble.

super_furry · 16-12-2016 02:56PM

Train Dragon wrote: »

There's over 200 people viewing this forum right now. Are they all drunk?

Can they all not engage in a sensible debate?

You don't want a sensible debate. You want to rant and rave about a couple of things you may have seen and you want people to agree with you.

tonycascarino · 16-12-2016 03:13PM

Train Dragon wrote: »

It is simply following the same model as Mayor Rudy Giuliani who got rid of the junkies and people on the streets in Manhatten.

He fücked them off to the outskirts and it was a total game changer for New York.

Having junkies in built up areas in the city centre of a capital city is asking for trouble.

This should have been done here years ago. Those walking zombies in Dublin really are an eyesore.

5starpool · 16-12-2016 03:54PM

We need a Dublin version of 'hamsterdam'.

Knex* · 16-12-2016 03:58PM

Decriminalisation coupled with a rehab process, such as the one implemented in Portugal, would be a great start.

wakka12 · 16-12-2016 04:02PM

Train Dragon wrote: »

Ive been in Dublin alot on business the past few months and Im fairly shocked with how bad things have got in the city centre. Junkies are everywhere.

Junkies on the quays.

Junkies in Temple Bar.

Junkies harrasing shop staff.

Junkies with kids in prams.

I havent been to many major cities to say this 100%, but we have to now surely have one of the most disgusting capital cities in the world.

What is been done?

And, apart from fücking them all in the Liffey, what can be done?

Based on what Ive seen recently any "war on drugs" (was there ever any one to begin with?) has been lost.

Well it shows, as its quite simply not one of the most disgusting capital cities in the world, as shown by our ever increasing tourist numbers. http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/number-of-tourists-to-ireland-in-2016-set-to-top-nine-million-1.2881305
But seriously that statement is ridiculous, so you think dublins one of the worst capitals in the world genuinely? Worse than Damanscus, Pyong yang, karachi, dhaka, lagos, tripoli, mexico city,kiev and the many other capitals which are objectively much worse places to live?Really quite a first world problems thing to complain about junkies here and say its the worst city to live in in the world when hundreds of other world cities deal with terrorist bombings, kindnappings, drug gangs, poverty we cant even begin to imagine and massive homelessness, draught and other natural disasters daily

The never ending drug epidemic in Dublin and further afield

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