I'm not sure why, but the words of Douglas Murray hold a lot more meaning and honesty than the usual media. Might be because he actually goes where things happen and isn't a politically minded robot. Thank you, sir.
He is a person who reports - eloquently too. Big contrast to other outlets which are straitjacketed by their various DEI and other legal complications.
@@timdarville4827and yet he can't hold his own, with a half decent opponent, in a debate about Israel?? Goes to South Africa and only addresses zionist Jews. 🤔
what do you love about him? The Oxbridge accent? or the closetedness? or the incredibly aggressive and blinkered view he has about anyone but British Christians?
Douglas Murray is such a nice genuine guy in person. My wife and I got to talk to him for a minute, and he never made things rushed, willing to give us his time. Super humble guy, and knows what he stands for.
I think even more than knowing what he believes he knows WHY he believes it. He has wrestled with his beliefs challenged and tempered them. We need more people willing to do that.
Douglas, my name is Katie and I thank you. I thank you for the humanity you gave Esther. People have no idea how horrific it is to be the families in this situation. My family is from Niagara Canada. We lived in a safe small town, my sister was severely addicted and in and out of shelters and on the streets, she is now 29 and 5 years sober. The only reason we found her 5 years ago was because she escaped a sex trafficking ring she was lured into. My grandma was just like Esther, my mom and I would take shifts. The reason she is alive today post rescue is because of family who never let go of her future. We were always grasping at it begging her to take hold of it. She escaped the fentanyl infiltration by such a sliver. We are so thankful.
I want people to also know, that if you are the family members of someone deep in this hell- you are not alone. Nobody can understand the battle you face where you wish someone was dead because they are so horrible to you, yet begging them to live and seize their humanity back from their demons. You are not alone.
I would also like to add, I think there’s something serious to be said about interventions. Trudeau and Regan got rid of institutions, but no real replacements ever came to pass. A good 8 years of trying to help my sister involved treatment centres - even as a minor. But once you’re 16 you can check yourself out. It is SO HARD to get someone properly formed, and it’s never long enough for them to recover. We have so many people falling through the cracks and so many are mentally unwell.
@@KatieScarlett93 Families are just as ruined by this....sometimes more. I'm a recovering addict & I truly know how my addiction has so deeply affected my loved one's 😮
Same thoughts, exactly ,, no wonder America is having trouble finding people other than 2 geriatrics to run for President. Douglas Murray is the best ! This story is flat out ugly !
The jailhouse saved my life after 22 years of addiction to heroin. The judge was compassionate enough to lock me up for 90 days, put me in a program after that with the threat of years in prison if I didn't live up. It was hell for months but, they saved my life. I thank God every day now for that tough judge.
How long did it take you to get through PAWS, if you had any? Acute was nothing to me compared to the post acute withdrawal that was nearly 24 months of mental anguish.
That just in from the grifter and ideologue corner. Thanks for playing, Comrade. There is NO "Us or Them" in We The People GOP - Government Of Putin @@BPchadlite
@@BPchadlite Exactly. This is why Douglas Murray shouldn’t be slurred with the word journalist, since grifters and ideologues have murdered that profession and made the name into a joke. Murray is something much better than a journalist.
Douglas, I know you get praised upon and also hated. I sincerely believe you to be a necessary and profoundly important voice for truth today. Thanks so much for your hard work on many many issues.
@@geordieal9187because his powers of reasoning and common sense result in empty-headed wokes foolish enough to engage with him not standing a chance.
8 years sober from heroin now, and I can tell you with confidence that methadone is worse, don't fall into that trap. Just kick and get it over with, it's going to hurt but you'll be ok. Getting off drugs is the easy part; reintegrating into society and rebuilding healthy connections with people and hobbies is the hard part. Stay strong, and trust in God, life is worth living.
Hey bro, I'm so glad you got clean and healthy. But, remember that even tho methadone or suboxone may not have been great for you, doesn't mean that it won't work for others. Just as an example, I've been on subs or methadone for almost 10 years now and it completely saved my life. I'm a fully functional, successful, happy person thanks to those medications. But, again I support whatever works best to get someone clean!
Methadone has saved my life. It cannot be compared to Heroin because my entire lifestyle has changed for the better. Am I on an opiate? Yes, however I do not live like I used to and I'm not dependent on a "plug" that doesn't take you seriously.
I started doing drugs 23 years ago as a teenage, got addicted to cocaine. Spent my whole life fighting cocaine addiction. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Cocaine addiction actually destroyed my life. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.
I love hearing great life changing stories like this. I want to become a mycologist because honestly mushrooms are the best form of medicine (most especially the psychedelic ones) There are so many people today used magic mushrooms to ween off of SSRI medication- its amazing! Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death buddy, lets be honest here.
Hey mates! Can you help with the source? I suffer severe anxiety, panic and depression and I usually take prescription medicine, but they don't always help. Where can I find those psilocybin mushrooms? I'm really interested in treating my mental health without Rxs. I live in Australia don't know much about these. I'm so glad they helped you. I can't wait to get them too. Really need a reliable source 🙏
Mushrooms are very medicinal. This is why anybody familiar with psilocybin and any other kind of fungi will tell you, "They are alive." They have a very ancient wisdom. To my experience, all mushrooms have always said, "Pay attention to your life. How you think, how you feel, and what will you do with the information that you always knew, but now are seeing in this point of view." This is why mushrooms are so respected in tribal cultures. This mental health treatment works for me too. Half micro doses do the trick for me. At least a few days at a time with lengthy time in between. Never addictive. Thank you for sharing this point!
Thank you so much for your work, Douglas. My cousin killed himself in 2016 after a drug addiction had given him schizophrenia and he couldn't take it anymore. The consequences of drug use are so often downplayed, because pain and despair are a huge market.
@@graysonwalker The susceptibility for schizophrenia is genetic and it can break out without drug use. But drug use makes symptoms much more likely. So maybe I should have written "triggered" rather than "given" schizophrenia, since this is more precise. Still the bottom line is: Genetics cannot be changed, but drug use can and nobody else in my family ever experienced any symptoms.
*_It's seriously like something out of a really scary horror movie, absolutely horrifying ..._* *_Thank you Douglas for bringing this to our attention, you're doing such important work._*
This man shows more leadership capability, investigative ability and nerve than any politician I've ever seen. If he could be PM would you vote for him?
I was a morphine and heroine addict for over 15 years, I was completely hopeless and lost. The statistics for us to have recovery is somewhere around 1% over 5 years. On March 28 of this year I celebrated 16 years sober. Free from ALL mood and mind altering substances. Harm reduction methods are just reskinned enabling and won't work. Holler at me Douglas and I'll be glad to share my story and my understanding of what the truth is under all this mess.
I have so much respect for Douglas. As a British person Im also proud of him. Hes such an exceptional journalist, a strong straightforward human being who is utterly fearless.
@@utredutredson1686 He is a human being. He likely has as many flaws and shortcomings as you and I do. Maybe try being a little more understanding that we are all just on this planet for a short time.
@@gregjustlovesyoutubeguidelines I'm not referring to the things he has said in this video. Remember he is just acting though. He couldn't care less he's just getting paid.
Douglas Murray is absolutely my favorite journalist and author,he goes where Angels feat to tread and tells the absolute truth , I wish there were more Douglas Murray's in the world
The streets of Kenzo are ruthless! I don’t miss any of those days on the corner of Kensington and Clearfield. If you’re reading this and still using, just know You CAN do it! It won’t be easy, but I promise there is a light at the end of that dark tunnel. 4 years clean November 6. Prayers to all of those sick and still suffering. DO NOT GIVE UP!
I am an addictions counsellor in UK. There’s worse drugs and consequences coming Douglas. Societies across the world have some tough choices to make. My priority will always be protecting children first
In Bangor Maine they hand out needles and the junkies leave trash everywhere. They hang out by bridge choke points, parks and public streets depending on what city and state they are in. Most can do drugs all day and still get into a shelter if they want to overnight.
Good man, I'm a patient at achievement Salford and right now im sick to death of trying to warn people about the Nitazenes but they just don't care nor believe me, as you know more and more underground BZD's are getting mixed with Nitazenes.
I’m an addictions counselor in the US. I grew up in the neighborhood in North Philly where this was recorded(Kensington). I’ve been clean and sober for 15 years. I’ve also spent time practicing/volunteering in Europe and Asia for stretches the past 5 years. The drug issue is a nightmare in Asia and Europe. But believe me when I tell you they pale in comparison to whats happening in America right now. Metaphorically speaking, Asia/Europe aren’t even on the same planet as whats happening here. Its the epicenter of this entire issue. Its going to spread in your direction. Not the other way around. I try not to get into comparing war stories or circumstances. And that’s not my motivation in saying any of this. My motivation is to advise people to buckle up. Because this is the stuff of intentional societal endgame. Its unlike anything even I could ever have imagined.
@@Andy-wn6wm Well the continued use of drugs doesn't help these addicts either. Speaking as a former addict of many years myself I understand just how difficult it is to get sober but at the same time it is still a choice at the end of the day. I also came with excuses and sad stories of using drugs to numb my pain etc etc. I made a choice to stop because I eventually saw the damage I was causing on my family, especially my mom. My love for them overpowered my addiction, even though it took me a few years to realize that. I sat in some crack den somewhere doing my usual thing when this epiphany hit me and suddenly I realized, what the fuck am I doing here? I don't belong here. Whilst still flying from the drugs I got up, left my "friends" there and walked out, without saying a word. I went home and broke down in front of my family and asked for help. I just didn't want to be an addict anymore. So I understand that getting off drugs is difficult, I tried for many years but when I finally kicked it I realized it was a mere choice, that's it. No excuses. It's still a choice. So that's where they need to find their hope my friend, in the fact they can make a choice in a moment to do better. It will be a rocky road ahead, I relapsed twice in the beginning but I remained committed to my choice. Been clean for more than 15 years now. At the end of the day they need to find positive outlets to help cope with their pain. We all have pain, everyone has some sort of hopelessness in their lives about something. Taking drugs only amplifies that hopelessness . Every addict will tell you that if they are honest.
Today is day 6,151 days Sober and recovering. We DO RECOVER. There is ZERO INTEREST in treatment from the State. No one knows where to go, and the few places available are full. It’s a crying shame. My own proposal to Los Angeles was denied. I’d rather pay for jail and treatment, than “meet them where there at” It just makes MORE ADDICTION.
@user-ug3cc6vq5j I agree. If they get a firm 1 year sentence of jail, OR Treatment they them can chose. Treatment should be no tolerance for relapse. If you relapse back to jail you go. To serve your Felony jail sentence
@@newfoundmoralclarity we already pay to keep them sick. It’s inhumane. Set up a program with the money going towards crack pipes and rigs and GET THEM WELL. In that year, they get detoxed, month 3 has certain privileges, month 4, month 5, then month 6-9 you take classes, financial education, parenting classes, nutritional classes, etc and month 9-12 is securing a job, and housing. If you treated the drug addiction, but helped set up long term understanding of how to help yourself, and deal with root issues you will have good outcomes long term. Some mentally ill need hospitalization. Medicare can cover that. They use to mitigate the illness. The Same money. Not MORE MONEY. It’s so messed up.
I have been trying to help my daughter. So frustrating! No one, and I mean no one, takes her Medicare advantage insurance. They say call for help, there is no help!
Let no-one ever say that Douglas Murray is uninformed! I mean how could that be the case when he actually cares enough to go out there and witness these shocking things first hand. He is at the coal face of where its at! Same thing in the Gaza/Israel war, he risks his life to report on the war, to get the facts and to witness matters first hand. Douglas is truly worthy of our admiration and in turn, our respect for what he does. Douglas not only talks the talk, more importantly he walks the walk! I love the man! He cares, and that is good enough for me. Douglas, I want to say thank you for all you do.
Thank you Douglas for your great Investigative Journalism. You are intelligent and humble. This video should be shown in high schools to better educate children and teachers.
Thank you for this powerful, no-holds-barred work, Douglas! San Francisco has also failed with their "progressive" drug policies and "treatment". And the open borders are not helping. I hope "Douglas Murray Investigates" will be a series. Bless you.
That is very true. My gf is addicted to blues aka fentanyl. No sign of stopping.. we're in Phoenix AZ and they are very cheap here bcuz our close proximity to the open border with Mexico..
Truly shocking. I was born and raised in rural Ireland 🇮🇪. I’m so lucky. I’m 48 with a wonderful family and career. I’ve never taken any drugs , never even been offered drugs . Never drank alcohol or even smoked a cigarette . This is like living in hell . I came to this because I’m a fan of Douglas Murray and have read his books . Amazing documentary
This actual journalism is a thing with you Mr Murray. So refreshing and enlightening. Hearing about the problem for what seems like YEARS, then seeing some actual investigative journalism to back it up just beckons so many questions.
I'm a Brazilian-British citizen and absolutely love your work. I can't believe it took me so long to realize you have your own channel! I'm trying to buy all your books but they are sold out on Amazon UAE! I've just managed to buy "The Madness of Crows" to gift a friend. Hoping the 3 books sets or individual tittles will become available soon. The west is falling apart. Brazil, my country of origin is under a dictatorial regime. The supreme court is corrupted, journalists are being imprisoned and having their assets seized as they can’t speak against the tyranny. My profound respect and admiration for journalists and writers like yourself.
@aimhigh3701 Yes, same as that book of his "The strange death of Euro currency" great book if you have invested in France or Belgium and lost. Then his follow up book: "The war on the vest" Brilliant book for anyone disliking undergarments. etc etc.
Douglas, thank you so much for actually investigating and talking about emerging issues instead of wasting your intellect on the culture war, like so many people have. You are amazing for this.
This is *part* of the culture war, that’s part of the problem. Or perhaps, more accurately, has become so. The hard right approach of throwing everyone in jail doesn’t work well and causes other serious side effects. The hard lefts’ brainless insistence on decriminalization works not at all and now a lot of people are digging in on their respective corners.
I've been following you for years douglas. You are on my top 10 hero list. Probably cracking the top 5. Thank you sir! For being a light in the world that allows people to see.....
Thank you, Douglas Murray. Seems like a hopeless situation, in almost every western country. You did/do a splendid reporting job. Love the way you actually LISTEN. Not many reporters listen as well as you do.
I’ve been a pharmacist for 30 years. There is also a definite correlation between Opiate prescription regulations enacted in 2016 when basically millions of people who were now chemically dependent were cut off from their supply. Many patients have been able to change to other therapies but too many turn to street drugs because providers have left patients feeling like there is no other option.
I’m another pharmacist of over 30 years who came here to say the same thing. But I would like to add my opinion that the government’s obsession with decreasing the use of legally prescribed opioids, claiming that as the cause of the crisis, actually increased the problem. And I think that cracking down on doctors, pharmacists, pharmacy chains, drug wholesalers, and manufacturers was mostly about the amount of money that could be recovered. The fentanyl crisis was already taking hold and was ignored for years before the press began to acknowledge the scope of the problem. So, for the sake of monetary gain through outrageous fines from people and organizations that in large part thought they were helping people, many thousands have died of overdoses and many thousands of patients have been made to suffer due to physicians fearful of prescribing the drugs and pharmacists fearful of filling the prescriptions.
yes but people always forget, it's not only the addicts who need protection , it's all the people that are not yet addicted. The children who are not : they are the priority. You can't just allow things to go on to protect the ones that already fell for it. So you do need to stigmatize, and you do need to criminalize and cut supplies and you do know there will be loss, but it will be less than if it keeps going.
But the problem started in the 1990s when some brainiacs got together and said “pain is whatever the patient says it is”. There are slightly better protocols now that reduce the risk of developing dependency, a hell worse than the initial acute pain, and even some chronic pain.
@@backintimealwyn5736 you’re definitely on the right track, the medical field fails at helping people manage chronic pain, but in the 1990s MDs were almost forced to OVERprescribe and opiates are fairly inexpensive…and the patient left happy without any thought of longterm consequences, for all of society.
This. One of my friends is a 40-year-old fentanyl addict. Purdue Pharma got him started when he was a teenager. He's kinda missing right now, and I'm worried about him.
Thank you for doing this documentary to bring more awareness of the drug crisis in America. Our politicians don't like to bring it up during their national televised debates.
Thank you for all your coverage of the issues and ills happening in our communities. Objective and un- apologetic, you are truly the voice of reason in a very UNreasonable time. 🙏
All I know is that having people laying all over the sidewalks, everyone walking over them, is not a good sign of a healthy society. It’s also very stressful to live in such a culture. I live in San Francisco and it’s not uncommon to see someone laying across the sidewalk and you don’t know if they’re alive, not alive, or maybe they’re just a normal person who got mugged and needs help. Everyone is so used to walking over them. I am too.
The family structure is much stronger in Singapore. Children growing up in stable, functional families, with parents who are present, are far less likely to become addicted to emotion numbing substances. Strong law enforcement helps but the main issue is there isn’t the same demand.
Sure..throwing a person in jail for 10 or more years will keep him out of ANY trouble ..especially when you first give them a cane lashing as well. I see they are tough on theft too.."the accused was charged with stealing a carton of drinks from a supermarket. He was apprehended outside of the supermarket, and was charged with theft. He was sentenced to 3 years’ imprisonment." Another crime in Singapore is Stealing wireless access may occur when one logs into another’s unsecured wireless Internet network...Offenders may be fined up to $10,000 or jailed up to 3 years, or both. This place sound like a horribly oppressive environment..a kind of Stepford wives holiday destination. Especially with their thought police and sentencing of people for threathening alone to do something to actual jail time. By all means ..let's take a lead from Singapore! Or why not right away install Sharialaw? What a horrible idea to take Singapore as an example BRRRRRRrrrrrrr
@@sookibeulah9331 This is key. Each society is different, sometimes in subtle ways other times in obvious ways, but they are all different and so what solves a problem for one will make worse for another. Gun control is a perfect example, Australia had incredible unprecedented success in banning them in total except for farmers etc just a couple decades ago, in America this simply will not work at all even if they give it their best attempt because guns are embedded in American culture in a way that wasn't the case in Australia
I’m a Singaporean and it really isn’t that oppressive. Lol. I think most people are surprised that what they imagine and what they experience on the ground is different. There is free wifi available in public transport, libraries and most shopping malls, McDonald’s. Most people don’t steal wifi like you’ve posted and made a huge fuss about since free internet can be had. I think the punishment is more geared towards those stealing wifi by hacking and using it esp for mischief. There are certain laws that are there as a warning to toe the line but not strictly enforced, since the law is enough to deter most people. Are there laws against littering? Yup. Does some secret police pounce on you if you toss a piece of candy wrapper on the floor? No. But you might have people coming up to tell you off or no one bothers and a cleaner sweeps it up later on. Some times if you’re unlucky and are seen by the police, you do get fined and made to do corrective work order. You wear a bright luminous vest and are made to do a certain number of hours of public cleaning and picking up of thrash. The shame of doing CWO once is enough to deter most of these people from littering in future. But MOST people litter without repercussions. But let’s look at the important thing… about the more serious crimes: Our norm isn’t drug users zombie walking down the streets. Our normal isn’t pharmacies allowing you to buy drugs without strict regulation. Our normal isn’t mass shooting in schools. Our normal isn’t protests shutting the city down. Our normal isn’t people being told they can’t pray in school. Our normal isn’t kidnapping. Our normal isn’t widespread lawlessness. I can walk down the streets anytime of the day or night without any fears of being shot to death. I’ve been on video calls with my American friends who were shocked I was going alone to a minimart past midnight to buy snacks whilst talking on my phone to them. No one of walks about with their brand new iPhone ready to be snatched by criminals from their hands where they live in America. They would carry hand guns in their purses if they head out at night to head off to night shift at the hospital where they work at. It is so safe here I can leave my laptop on a cafe table to go order some food and come back to it- untouched. Am a mom of three and I don’t have to worry about my kids being in school and their school being taken hostage by random shooters. I allow my 9 year old to walk to school and back on his own because he’s not going to be kidnapped or shot or sexually assaulted. That safe. Are there drug users and drug pushers here? Yes. But they aren’t out in the open. My uncle has been hooked on drugs and in and out of prison for years. The govt tried really hard to help him- rehab, requiring him to check in every day evening for testing and track that he return home before a certain time (they wear a tracker which is removed eventually). Unfortunately he couldn’t overcome his addiction despite strong family support and made a horrible mistake- helping to hold a huge amount of drugs. He was arrested and sentenced to death. He is awaiting his execution by hanging. We’ve rallied around him but are saying our goodbyes. He will have a few years before he is executed. Right now, he is allowed to eat what he wants and read what he wants and watch whatever shows he wants in prison. He gets to have counselling by chaplains too. He can’t overcome the addition and is resigned and relieved by the sentence. His wife was an addict but was successfully rehabilitated by the govt and supported also by our caring family members. She has gainful employment and is doing well. She’s sad for my uncle but was unable to help him stop his habit. Is our family protesting the hanging? No. Why? Because laws are there to protect the society so people will not become like my uncle, to protect our people against a drug epidemic that is spreading everywhere else in our region. It is tragic that he is one of those who will flee executed. It is very sad for us. But we acknowledge the necessity of the strict laws. The death penalty has huge support in Singapore. It’s not because the people are for death by hanging, but because we don’t want our kids to be scourged by drugs like Tranq and Fentanyl. If you enjoy your absolute freedom, I’m happy for you. I’m happy with my type of freedom- the freedom not to have to wander streets like those in Philadelphia, the freedom and peace of mind that our streets aren’t crawling with drug pushers and people robbing people. Freedom from the worry that an angry youth will go around gunning down students using a gun they stole from their parent. You choose your freedom. You choose your poison. There will always be pros and cons. I’m happy with ours.
I've fortunately never suffered from a hard drug addiction, but years ago I used to party nightly to excess, with alcohol and cocaine and other "recreational" party drugs, to varying degrees for almost a decade. In my 20s and early 30s, living in NYC, it just came with the lifestyle of always going out and seeing friends - everyone does it from all walks of life. The mantra might very well be: Work hard, party hard, rinse, repeat. Thankfully I kicked all of it before the pandemic, coming up on 5 years sober. I'm glad I did when I did, the risk has grown exponentially in the past few years. I know people from my circle, and friends/family of friends, who would never willingly do an opoid but have died from laced "recreational" drugs. I still live in the city and it makes me sad how often I see people laying on the sidewalk, or bent at the waist with the "fentanyl fold." The thing about these various kind of drugs is that recreational users think of party drugs as being not only safer, but also more upscale, trendy, cool. "I'm not one of those drug users" they'll tell themselves after doing a key bump in the bathroom of an upscale michelin star restaurant. Movie stars openly joke about it, singers and rappers casually reference it. Partying with "designer drugs" or coke or MDMA at a rave with all your stylish rich friends doesn't have the same stigma of doing fetanyl or heroin in a dark alley, living out of a suitcase with no shoes and pants at your ankles. But what many of these recreational users don't realize is that the drug doesn't care, it doesn't discriminate, whether you're doing it from wall street or a dark alley in bumfuck USA. And the dealers couldn't care less. It can happen to anyone. Seemingly normal lives can be completely ravished. Thank you for creating this video Douglas! We need more journalism like this.
The best report on the subject I have seen. There is no solution except to cut off the supply. My grandfather was born, and grew up in Kensington, over a century ago and it wasn't nearly as lawless as now. Even the police don't go there. No one should be rewarded for abuse, and criminal justice has no answer. I worked in criminal justice for 33 years, and nearly everyone was drug connected in some way. There is rarely a successful outcome, even years later.
He's right you can't cut off the supply. Drugs should be made legal in a similar way to alcohol so the supply can be controlled and taken out of the hands of organized crime. It's not going to solve the addiction problem but it would make the whole situation a lot less horrible.
I'm willing to bet that allowing nutritional food in our country would solve at least half of the problem. People do drugs because they want to feel good, and they don't feel good because our food is sh_. Mandatory radiating of all produce kills the vitamin C in it, as well as who knows what else. Americans are extremely vit C deficient. Also current mass farming methods don't produce food with adequate minerals. A certain almond type can kill cancer, but the tree is outlawed in the US. Pasturized milk doesn't "do a body good" either. We cook the milk to kill the bacteria that produces yogurt, then add the bacteria in again to make the yogurt, as with all other dairy products. It's insane reasoning. Create a good effective health product and you'll be hearing from the FDA and FBI. I once had a molebdenum suppliment that helped me. I ran out and ordered another bottle, but it was worthless - didn't help at all anymore, so I left a bad review on Amazon. The company that produced it told me the FDA made them change their formula. Our leaders don't have our best interests at heart, and it's interesting - or should I say "predictable" that they don't really want to stop this drug crisis. They want us dead.
i have worked in medicine for 33 years and the number of patients i see with drug addiction has exploded! Love Douglas Murray he is not afraid to tackle difficult subjects.
Thank you for doing the work to dive into this, DM. I pray this journalistic endeavour touches everyone who sees it to learn more, consider more, care more, and provokes genuine conversations in our churches, our communities, our schools, our mental and public health spheres.
That's untrue. If you think it was unsafe to smoke a joint in 1985, you've never smoked a joint in 1985. When I graduated high school in 1996, it was safe to take ecstasy or smoke a joint. Perhaps has never been safe or nothing amphetamines,but we used to take ecstasy and dance all night during the summer and all of us made it out without addiction and without death.
Clean and sober for 14 years now by the grace of God. I practice medicine and am board certified in psychiatry. Thank you for sharing this Douglas, MAT with abstinence should be the goal.
Methadone is so brutally hard to get off. Even after a 6 month taper I still got sick below 20 Mg. At 6 Mg. I switched to Suboxone. Been on it for 19 years and am tapering. Down to 1 Mg. Next week. I hate having a body that gets sick not having something. I haven't been doing really well lately but I need to not be physically addicted for my own psyche. I did better with cravings for everything on methadone. I didn't need to use. Sub just blocks opiates and I still been doing speed. Gotta stop. I'm over 50. Maybe a bullet to the coconut.Sigh.....
Please advise how to reach you I sponsor a doc... sober..employment prob board cert..no prof or law prob other than disease related..networking is good..Talbot .
@@P.T.Barnum-tk1ky Day at a time, P.T. Keep your vitamin and nutritional levels at their highest and avoid the addictive corn syrup infected, low nourishment Big 6 frankenfoods... Replacing one addiction with another would not be my approach, but perhaps it bought you some time. Prayers, and I'm sure you found your way to NA - Narcotics Anonymous...free, near you, fellowship...shared struggled, encouraging successes...
@@P.T.Barnum-tk1kytry marijuana and kratom...i kicked a ten year pain pill addiction seven years ago cold turkey..didnt consider using methodon ..if you can go thirty days you can keep going..its all in what you want
Thank you Douglas, an informative and compassionate video. This should be shown at every school, college, and university worldwide. Your reputation for honesty and integrity in your reporting is well deserved Sir.
You do great investigative work Douglas, I am currently reading The Strange Death Of Europe; your commitment to such research and travelling such distances for it is commendable.
I've been following this situation for a few years in America, its out of control. The people have lost hope and no one is coming to help. Excellent job highlighting this.
Me too- seems the USA have been very slow to react and are still what I consider to be in the Dark Ages with their fragmented way of treating the huge problem it has more recently become…this tranq with fentanyl is serious stuff, the worst of all. Good luck to everyone struggling with addiction of any sort 👍🏴
I remember when I was using in the mid 2010s, thinking shit couldn’t get worse than what it was. If you were to tell me that in a decade there would be no heroin on the market and it would be fake lab made fent mixed with tranq that eats ur skin away and people are losing limbs to, I would think you’re nuts and that no one would do it if it became that.
"some amount" of stigma is absolutely needed. Actually a huge amount of stigma is needed. With no stigma, you remove the last frontier that was keeping people away from drugs.
And with the stigma people cant get help, stigma is not needed. It hurts more than it helps but INFORMATION is needed, EDUCATION is needed. Its obvious to me that you have very little knowledge about how it works.
Thank you Douglas, as ever you voice is a shining beacon in the darkness. I’m a parent of young children and this issue scares the living shite out of me. I hope this is fixed soon before too many are lost to the madness and greed.
I have a nephew who is 19. In the middle of watching this, I called him and we talked for a good half hour--about music, his life plans, what he's wearing to a party next week... and drugs. I told him that rather than looking to escape any pain he's feeling, he can ALWAYS call me and I will help, or at least listen. He was kind of combative at first ("I'm not stupid, you know!") But eased up on me later. And I told him that I'd be haunted if anything happened to him and I *hadn't* had this conversation.
This information knocked the socks off me. I never realized what an enormous problem drugs have become. I live in South Africa, and am 78 years old. The only thing I have had to deal with a lot in my life is alcohol, my grandfather, my father, my son and now my grandson. What I would like to ask is what drives these poor people to taking drugs and how do they afford to buy them? I know in the Cape Town areas there are "drug lords" running gangs and I have heard that they start their sons on drugs at an early age. But this is heresay . It breaks my heart to watch these people in this program but I thank you for making it. Maybe it will help some young people to stop and think?
Here in America we had a massive pharmaceutical company called Purdue Pharma. They created a time released form of Oxycodone that they ended up calling Oxycontin. They had thousands of "sales" men and woman go to doctors ALLLL over the country and tell them that Oxycontin was non addicting because it slowly released through your body with the time release seal. Unfortunately all you have to do is put the pill in your mouth and rub the seal off and from there you can snort, smoke, and even shoot it into your veins. They then had doctors give Oxycontin to people who had the smallest of pain such as a headache. They would take these doctors to what they called seminars but they were really buying them off and giving them a cut of the oxy sales. When our government finally stepped in and did something it was to late. When oxy became impossible to get everyone went to heroin which is what opiates are in a sense. Then fentynal came out because its stronger and cheaper to make since you don't have to grow it like heroin. As for affording it people here rob people, steal from stores and re sell or trade it for drugs, sell their bodies or whats even sicker will sell their children. Since its so cheap $40-60 can get you high all day. So yeah thats America for ya, we aren't that great of a country like a lot of people say.
@@vericacvetkovic9093 That's a nice generalization, but not always the case. To consider that as being the __only__ reason, ignores the fact that we are *not* all the same people with the same drive, inspirations, and experiences.
Douglas you are lovely and do care! You handle an important issues. You are big hearted and do understand that sometimes we express ourselves wrong. I am sorry for any pain. Love you Douglas ❤
Very powerful and important investigation, thank you Douglas for taking it on. Hearing and seeing the tales of loss from the families is brutally heartbreaking. We can't allow this tragedy to go on
I can tell you with certainty that Portland's decriminalization of drugs has been an absolute disaster, not just for addicts but for the entire city. Portland has become a wasteland where it is unsafe to be on the streets after dark and you have to watch your belongings at all hours - this, in a once beautiful city. Voters, the overwhelming majority without any knowledge of substance treatment, should NEVER have been allowed to vote on the issue. Many voters I have spoken with who voted 'yes' on measure 110, voted based on their feelings or beliefs, not on actual research or facts. Now we all sit in the nightmare of measure 110, weak-minded city politicians, and permissive attitudes toward mob rule and vandalism. It feels like the apocalypse here. In regard to addicts having autonomy over their lives: If an otherwise able bodied person cannot be self supporting, as a taxpayer, I do not want to fund their addiction. I see so-called 'safe use' programs as addiction funded by tax payers. If you want to talk about autonomy, how about we talk about responsibility and the common good?
And yet in other cities around the world without fentanyl and that flesh eating horror issues, decriminalization has been effective. I think it's pretty safe to say decrim is not the whole issue - the introduction of these synthetic opioids in the past few years has run roughshod over societies.
I don't think you quite get it. For the problem to exist, these drugs must already have been in your city. In fact, evidence from across the US suggests every single city has been affected. So even without any kind of legalization, the problem would have been there, and lots of problems would have resulted. In other words, don't blame the de-criminalization, it's not the cause, it's a band aid for control.
@@MaterLacrymarum I think you are the one who doesn't quite get it. Certain laws only work in certain environments. Decriminalization was one of the major catalysts to Portland descending into shit because drugs were already a problem there before decriminalization. Certain native Tribes ban alcohol on their lands for instance because their people can't handle the drink. Decriminalizing radically increased the availability, which also lowered the cost, which is why people can stay high all day every day from the spare change obtained from recycling cans. Are you suggesting a different solution? Or are you just saying there is nothing we can do?
Douglas Murray is the best and most professional journalist that I've seen in years. 👏🎬
And that’s why the Left hates him.
He really is amazing!
INDEED THE BEST AND HONEST JOURNALIST
He has risen to be the greatest journalist of my generation.
You need to get out more, he’s a hateful individual.Let him stay in Israel, AmeriKKKa or wherever he finds an audience. WE sure as hell dont want him.
I'm not sure why, but the words of Douglas Murray hold a lot more meaning and honesty than the usual media. Might be because he actually goes where things happen and isn't a politically minded robot. Thank you, sir.
True. I trust Douglas tenfolds more than I'll ever trust MSM.
They are just propagandists for the Democratic Party and the woke.
@@slilach78yep t.v. isn't healthy it's a weapon in the wrong hands
He is a person who reports - eloquently too.
Big contrast to other outlets which are straitjacketed by their various DEI and other legal complications.
@@timdarville4827and yet he can't hold his own, with a half decent opponent, in a debate about Israel?? Goes to South Africa and only addresses zionist Jews. 🤔
I think Mr Murray should continue doing documentaries on pressing issues like this. He is a natural.
He is also a natural news host.
I think he should run for Prime Minister...
@@SubjectiveFunny He's said before he would, on the condition that his speech be unimpeded.
@@mylescasey8914 Well, he speaks as freely as I have seen. If he cannot, then nobody can.
what do you love about him? The Oxbridge accent? or the closetedness? or the incredibly aggressive and blinkered view he has about anyone but British Christians?
Douglas Murray is such a nice genuine guy in person. My wife and I got to talk to him for a minute, and he never made things rushed, willing to give us his time. Super humble guy, and knows what he stands for.
hahahahah shut up bot
He cares so much about people's well-being
@@extremeresponsibility foxtrot oscar yankee charlie
I think even more than knowing what he believes he knows WHY he believes it. He has wrestled with his beliefs challenged and tempered them. We need more people willing to do that.
@@broden7777 absolute fake account nonsense 77th
Douglas, my name is Katie and I thank you. I thank you for the humanity you gave Esther. People have no idea how horrific it is to be the families in this situation. My family is from Niagara Canada. We lived in a safe small town, my sister was severely addicted and in and out of shelters and on the streets, she is now 29 and 5 years sober. The only reason we found her 5 years ago was because she escaped a sex trafficking ring she was lured into. My grandma was just like Esther, my mom and I would take shifts. The reason she is alive today post rescue is because of family who never let go of her future. We were always grasping at it begging her to take hold of it. She escaped the fentanyl infiltration by such a sliver. We are so thankful.
I want people to also know, that if you are the family members of someone deep in this hell- you are not alone. Nobody can understand the battle you face where you wish someone was dead because they are so horrible to you, yet begging them to live and seize their humanity back from their demons.
You are not alone.
I would also like to add, I think there’s something serious to be said about interventions.
Trudeau and Regan got rid of institutions, but no real replacements ever came to pass. A good 8 years of trying to help my sister involved treatment centres - even as a minor. But once you’re 16 you can check yourself out. It is SO HARD to get someone properly formed, and it’s never long enough for them to recover. We have so many people falling through the cracks and so many are mentally unwell.
Power to you and your sister Katie.
Yea, Douglas is the kind of human so clearly missing from positions of power nowadays.
May your sister stay safe. 💯🙏
@@KatieScarlett93
Families are just as ruined by this....sometimes more. I'm a recovering addict & I truly know how my addiction has so deeply affected my loved one's 😮
Going to Israel or Ukraine is one thing, but hanging around Philly takes guts. Stay safe, Murray.
Don’t come back with irony
I am irony depleted
I support pushing back against this woke nonsense
But this Scottish Douglas goes too far
@@aroemaliuged4776what the hell are you even talking about?
Same thoughts, exactly ,, no wonder America is having trouble finding people other than 2 geriatrics to run for President.
Douglas Murray is the best !
This story is flat out ugly !
@@aroemaliuged4776????
This video needs to be shown in high schools
Agree, I've forwarded it to the parents of my teen grandchildren.
@@kenguru22 good stuff…you may just save a life
Actions need to be taken so that this video DOESN'T need to be shown in highschools.
It would be nice to learn your reasoning.
@@thatpointinlifeIt’s called stop voting democrat. Crime, drugs, and border is all on the left.
The jailhouse saved my life after 22 years of addiction to heroin. The judge was compassionate enough to lock me up for 90 days, put me in a program after that with the threat of years in prison if I didn't live up. It was hell for months but, they saved my life. I thank God every day now for that tough judge.
How long did it take you to get through PAWS, if you had any? Acute was nothing to me compared to the post acute withdrawal that was nearly 24 months of mental anguish.
Will Douglas run for presidency?
Judge was kind and compassionate
Maybe God's influence
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God bless you 🙏
A True Testament to a Recovery from a Helpless Condition!
One of the TRUEST journalists in every sense of the word.
Thank you Douglas.
A grifter and ideologue isn't a journalist
@@BPchadliteThat comment is so off the mark it is only a reflection on you, not Douglas Murray.
@@useruseruseruseruser790 simp more for a grifter
That just in from the grifter and ideologue corner. Thanks for playing, Comrade.
There is NO "Us or Them" in We The People
GOP - Government Of Putin
@@BPchadlite
@@BPchadlite Exactly. This is why Douglas Murray shouldn’t be slurred with the word journalist, since grifters and ideologues have murdered that profession and made the name into a joke. Murray is something much better than a journalist.
Douglas, I know you get praised upon and also hated. I sincerely believe you to be a necessary and profoundly important voice for truth today. Thanks so much for your hard work on many many issues.
Why does he get hate? I’ve just come across him here so…
@geordieal9187 Some people don't like to hear facts, and he speaks them.
@@facts-hurt-feelings8318 His opinion is not a fact no matter how much you agree with him.
@@mmfood3004 you're clearly one of the haters
@@geordieal9187because his powers of reasoning and common sense result in empty-headed wokes foolish enough to engage with him not standing a chance.
Once again, you prove you are one of the most important voices of our generation. Your work is incredibly valuable. Thank you!
I have the highest admiration for Douglas Murray as an author and journalist . By far one of the most professional and brilliant.
Douglas Murray cares so much about people's well-being
Will Douglas run for presidency?
There is NO NEED to document “the drug problem.” It’s BEEN here for 60+ YEARS! THIS video is 100% USELESS!!!!
@@MacroAfriKComedyTvNOT in the U.S., DUMBBELL!!!
8 years sober from heroin now, and I can tell you with confidence that methadone is worse, don't fall into that trap. Just kick and get it over with, it's going to hurt but you'll be ok. Getting off drugs is the easy part; reintegrating into society and rebuilding healthy connections with people and hobbies is the hard part. Stay strong, and trust in God, life is worth living.
Hey bro, I'm so glad you got clean and healthy. But, remember that even tho methadone or suboxone may not have been great for you, doesn't mean that it won't work for others. Just as an example, I've been on subs or methadone for almost 10 years now and it completely saved my life. I'm a fully functional, successful, happy person thanks to those medications. But, again I support whatever works best to get someone clean!
Stay strong man,, seek help and speak to someone when times are dark.
Much respect to you Sir
Shouldn't have used in the first place :)
@@msergio0293
I pity untalented trolls. 😊
Methadone has saved my life. It cannot be compared to Heroin because my entire lifestyle has changed for the better.
Am I on an opiate? Yes, however I do not live like I used to and I'm not dependent on a "plug" that doesn't take you seriously.
A true journalist here! Absolute respect for this man.
HIs pace is much appreciated. Candace Owens talks as fast as the Chinese.... not pretty. She's a hag.
A fake, just has the accent that fools the likes of you
Will Douglas run for presidency?
Thank you Douglas
F chris coumo! fjb ! The biden crime family is the # 1 supplier of fentenal and meth in the us
I started doing drugs 23 years ago as a teenage, got addicted to cocaine. Spent my whole life fighting cocaine addiction. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Cocaine addiction actually destroyed my life. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.
I love hearing great life changing stories like this. I want to become a mycologist because honestly mushrooms are the best form of medicine (most especially the psychedelic ones) There are so many people today used magic mushrooms to ween off of SSRI medication- its amazing! Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death buddy, lets be honest here.
Hey mates! Can you help with the source? I suffer severe anxiety, panic and depression and I usually take prescription medicine, but they don't always help. Where can I find those psilocybin mushrooms? I'm really interested in treating my mental health without Rxs. I live in Australia don't know much about these. I'm so glad they helped you. I can't wait to get them too. Really need a reliable source 🙏
YES very sure of mycologist Predroavaro. This treatment worked for me too. Helped me get rid of my life long depression and BPD.
Mushrooms are very medicinal. This is why anybody familiar with psilocybin and any other kind of fungi will tell you, "They are alive." They have a very ancient wisdom. To my experience, all mushrooms have always said, "Pay attention to your life. How you think, how you feel, and what will you do with the information that you always knew, but now are seeing in this point of view." This is why mushrooms are so respected in tribal cultures. This mental health treatment works for me too. Half micro doses do the trick for me. At least a few days at a time with lengthy time in between. Never addictive. Thank you for sharing this point!
How do i find him? Is he on instgram
What, Douglas - you're not content with just solving your own country's and the Middle East's problems? You're an international treasure.
Douglas Murray is an amazing gent. He's just finished a speaking tour of Australia too.
We need him in the UK desperately, find your own Douglas Murray!!!
Manufacturing pharmaceutical drugs disguised as medicine 💊 is economically a fundamental problem after poverty.
Everything from US will spread to Europe, always. 😢
@@monicaericsson2692 Everything from Europe spread to the US in the first place.
I am sure the native Americans would have something to say to you...
Thank you so much for your work, Douglas.
My cousin killed himself in 2016 after a drug addiction had given him schizophrenia and he couldn't take it anymore.
The consequences of drug use are so often downplayed, because pain and despair are a huge market.
@@directinprint Thank you so much.
schizophrenia is genetic, not drug induced
@@graysonwalker The susceptibility for schizophrenia is genetic and it can break out without drug use. But drug use makes symptoms much more likely. So maybe I should have written "triggered" rather than "given" schizophrenia, since this is more precise.
Still the bottom line is: Genetics cannot be changed, but drug use can and nobody else in my family ever experienced any symptoms.
@@scg7092 Thank you for your comment and thoughts - it really hit me hard.
@@robw2486 I wish you well.
*_It's seriously like something out of a really scary horror movie, absolutely horrifying ..._*
*_Thank you Douglas for bringing this to our attention, you're doing such important work._*
@bhante1345
*_Yes, of course I am ..._*
@@jane---489At least the thumbnail is nice to look at....
@@helbitkelbit1790her account is 10 years old so she is probably a real person
@bhante1345 .......bots dont have playlists or uploads
This is one of the single most important and powerful news documentaries I've watched in a decade. Great work, Mr. Murray.
This man shows more leadership capability, investigative ability and nerve than any politician I've ever seen. If he could be PM would you vote for him?
In a heartbeat. Sometimes I think he's quoting me...
Yes. Douglas Murray cares so much about people's well-being
I wish all of these smart guys…Rogan, Peterson and the Weinsteins would stop doing politics🙏🏼
I don’t listen to any of them anymore
Important work as always, a genuine journalist amidst a sea of idiots
Amen!
I was a morphine and heroine addict for over 15 years, I was completely hopeless and lost. The statistics for us to have recovery is somewhere around 1% over 5 years. On March 28 of this year I celebrated 16 years sober. Free from ALL mood and mind altering substances. Harm reduction methods are just reskinned enabling and won't work. Holler at me Douglas and I'll be glad to share my story and my understanding of what the truth is under all this mess.
The truth is that you made a choice to live that way.
I also used for over 15 years. I am 9 years clean this July! God and fitness saved my life 🙌🏻. I look better at 40 then I did at 20
The success rate is higher than that especially with MAT.
@@Ken-fh4jc no it’s not.
@@Ken-fh4jcwhat's mat?
🌹 THANK YOU Douglas Murray for creating this USEFUL, balanced, and honest report!
I have so much respect for Douglas. As a British person Im also proud of him. Hes such an exceptional journalist, a strong straightforward human being who is utterly fearless.
A liar and an actor
As an American, I am proud of him too.
@@utredutredson1686 He is a human being. He likely has as many flaws and shortcomings as you and I do. Maybe try being a little more understanding that we are all just on this planet for a short time.
@@utredutredson1686which part is he lying about? Is there no drug problem?
@@gregjustlovesyoutubeguidelines I'm not referring to the things he has said in this video. Remember he is just acting though. He couldn't care less he's just getting paid.
Douglas Murray is absolutely my favorite journalist and author,he goes where Angels feat to tread and tells the absolute truth , I wish there were more Douglas Murray's in the world
THIS is investigative journalism. Thank you, Douglas Murray.
DM is an intelligence asset.
A lost breed.
Prove it
And he's only doing it about fove year after every mainstream news organisation covered it. Inspirational.
@@outdoorloser4340explain
Douglas - true hero journalism !!
The streets of Kenzo are ruthless! I don’t miss any of those days on the corner of Kensington and Clearfield.
If you’re reading this and still using, just know You CAN do it! It won’t be easy, but I promise there is a light at the end of that dark tunnel. 4 years clean November 6. Prayers to all of those sick and still suffering. DO NOT GIVE UP!
Forza. Bravi
Well done.
Can anybody explain to me why the pants on the guys are always falling down in this drug induced zombie apocalypse state?
@@tracywatts1459 out of my head I imagine them pulling out that jogging pants its rope to tie around their arms for a shot of drugs
Well done! Coraggio!
Bless you Douglas for shining a light on this darkness.
Douglas couldn't find a genocide if he was embedded with the troops who were starving and killing civilians.
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Douglas Murray is a hero. He is so brave and compassionate.
NONSENSE, HE IS AN ELITIST WHO DESPISES THE 'LOWER CLASSES' HALF OF THE PRO Murray COMMENTS ARE THE RESULT OF Solomon Asch LIKE BEHAVIHOUR
Solomon Asch
Douglas Murray cares so much about people's well-being
Please keep making documentaries Douglas. We love you.
I am an addictions counsellor in UK. There’s worse drugs and consequences coming Douglas. Societies across the world have some tough choices to make. My priority will always be protecting children first
In Bangor Maine they hand out needles and the junkies leave trash everywhere. They hang out by bridge choke points, parks and public streets depending on what city and state they are in. Most can do drugs all day and still get into a shelter if they want to overnight.
Good man, I'm a patient at achievement Salford and right now im sick to death of trying to warn people about the Nitazenes but they just don't care nor believe me, as you know more and more underground BZD's are getting mixed with Nitazenes.
I’m an addictions counselor in the US. I grew up in the neighborhood in North Philly where this was recorded(Kensington). I’ve been clean and sober for 15 years. I’ve also spent time practicing/volunteering in Europe and Asia for stretches the past 5 years.
The drug issue is a nightmare in Asia and Europe. But believe me when I tell you they pale in comparison to whats happening in America right now. Metaphorically speaking, Asia/Europe aren’t even on the same planet as whats happening here. Its the epicenter of this entire issue. Its going to spread in your direction. Not the other way around.
I try not to get into comparing war stories or circumstances. And that’s not my motivation in saying any of this. My motivation is to advise people to buckle up. Because this is the stuff of intentional societal endgame. Its unlike anything even I could ever have imagined.
@@davidmuir7711 9mm vs .45
We need to give people meaning more powerful than just a feeling.
Douglas Murray is fearless. He tackles everything with earnest style and respectful curiosity. What a journalist.
Douglas is not just the UK’s but Europe’s best voice for sanity 👏👏
Will Douglas run for presidency?
Douglas Murray ought to be given a weekly TV show doing this sort of reporting. Really just a fantastic guy to listen to, very sharp.
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Will Douglas run for presidency?
I'm 100% down for a "Douglas Murray Investigates" series. Please keep these coming!
Drug court solved this for my son’s addiction of 35 years. The choice was drug court or jail. He has a life now….thank God.
Love to read this! My dad helped get drug courts started in my county back in the 90’s. He believed addicts should have the option of getting help.
Congratulations it happens for like 1 percent of the 1 percent llol
Yep. It comes down to the "carrot or the stick."
How is a drug court going to help when they have absolutely no hope and live shit lives ?
@@Andy-wn6wm Well the continued use of drugs doesn't help these addicts either. Speaking as a former addict of many years myself I understand just how difficult it is to get sober but at the same time it is still a choice at the end of the day. I also came with excuses and sad stories of using drugs to numb my pain etc etc. I made a choice to stop because I eventually saw the damage I was causing on my family, especially my mom. My love for them overpowered my addiction, even though it took me a few years to realize that. I sat in some crack den somewhere doing my usual thing when this epiphany hit me and suddenly I realized, what the fuck am I doing here? I don't belong here. Whilst still flying from the drugs I got up, left my "friends" there and walked out, without saying a word. I went home and broke down in front of my family and asked for help. I just didn't want to be an addict anymore.
So I understand that getting off drugs is difficult, I tried for many years but when I finally kicked it I realized it was a mere choice, that's it. No excuses. It's still a choice. So that's where they need to find their hope my friend, in the fact they can make a choice in a moment to do better. It will be a rocky road ahead, I relapsed twice in the beginning but I remained committed to my choice. Been clean for more than 15 years now. At the end of the day they need to find positive outlets to help cope with their pain. We all have pain, everyone has some sort of hopelessness in their lives about something. Taking drugs only amplifies that hopelessness . Every addict will tell you that if they are honest.
Serious, straightforward journalism on a huge problem facing people in the United States. Great job Douglas!
Been so long since I’ve seen unbiased journalism , thanks Douglas Murray , stay safe and God bless.
Today is day 6,151 days Sober and recovering. We DO RECOVER.
There is ZERO INTEREST in treatment from the State. No one knows where to go, and the few places available are full.
It’s a crying shame.
My own proposal to Los Angeles was denied.
I’d rather pay for jail and treatment, than “meet them where there at”
It just makes MORE ADDICTION.
How many resources do you want the state to dedicate to helping millions of people who don't want to help themselves?
i wish you the best in life. good luck
@user-ug3cc6vq5j I agree. If they get a firm 1 year sentence of jail, OR Treatment they them can chose.
Treatment should be no tolerance for relapse. If you relapse back to jail you go. To serve your Felony jail sentence
@@newfoundmoralclarity we already pay to keep them sick. It’s inhumane.
Set up a program with the money going towards crack pipes and rigs and GET THEM WELL. In that year, they get detoxed, month 3 has certain privileges, month 4, month 5, then month 6-9 you take classes, financial education, parenting classes, nutritional classes, etc and month 9-12 is securing a job, and housing.
If you treated the drug addiction, but helped set up long term understanding of how to help yourself, and deal with root issues you will have good outcomes long term.
Some mentally ill need hospitalization. Medicare can cover that. They use to mitigate the illness.
The Same money. Not MORE MONEY.
It’s so messed up.
I have been trying to help my daughter. So frustrating! No one, and I mean no one, takes her Medicare advantage insurance. They say call for help, there is no help!
Let no-one ever say that Douglas Murray is uninformed! I mean how could that be the case when he actually cares enough to go out there and witness these shocking things first hand. He is at the coal face of where its at! Same thing in the Gaza/Israel war, he risks his life to report on the war, to get the facts and to witness matters first hand. Douglas is truly worthy of our admiration and in turn, our respect for what he does. Douglas not only talks the talk, more importantly he walks the walk! I love the man! He cares, and that is good enough for me. Douglas, I want to say thank you for all you do.
Thank you Douglas for your great Investigative Journalism. You are intelligent and humble. This video should be shown in high schools to better educate children and teachers.
Thank you for this powerful, no-holds-barred work, Douglas! San Francisco has also failed with their "progressive" drug policies and "treatment". And the open borders are not helping. I hope "Douglas Murray Investigates" will be a series. Bless you.
The War On Drugs is worse than drugs.
There is NO "Us or Them" in We The People
GOP - Government Of Putin
Being close to someone who is addicted...is like a long goodbye to them.
I feel so sorry to read that!
That is very true. My gf is addicted to blues aka fentanyl. No sign of stopping.. we're in Phoenix AZ and they are very cheap here bcuz our close proximity to the open border with Mexico..
So devastating
🙏🏻
That's exactly right. My father died from a fentanyl overdose on the streets of LA last October.
Truly shocking. I was born and raised in rural Ireland 🇮🇪. I’m so lucky. I’m 48 with a wonderful family and career. I’ve never taken any drugs , never even been offered drugs . Never drank alcohol or even smoked a cigarette . This is like living in hell . I came to this because I’m a fan of Douglas Murray and have read his books . Amazing documentary
Who needs poisonous drugs when you’re consuming bargain-basement rubbish from slobbering, snake-tongued Douglas Murray
I think you were fortunate. In the 1980s heroin was at crisis levels in the UK. Perhaps even the '90s -- I remember the movie, "Trainspotting."
Ireland are looking to discrimination of drug users
Lucky you don't live in Dublin then. Ireland needs to wake up regarding the procuring and supply of these drugs.
I live in Adelaide Australia & ive never seen anything like this here in Australia, its sad to see this happening 🇦🇺
Shocked to see Douglas on here discussing drugs. Top man.
Douglas Murray is God sent to help humanity get on the right track, starting in Europe, through the MidEast and now the US. God Speed and God Bless! ❤
And even down here in South Africa ❤
Have you checked for a history of mental illness in the family?
Douglas Murray is God?
Are you fucking insane
No really, why would you say something so nuts?
Don't insult us with your poor God logic. Your hidden God doesn't nothing to stop this pandemic. What does that suggest? He's either not real or evil.
God sent? Seriously? He also sent a bunch of plagues on Egypt, caused the Great Flood, got his son murdered, etc ... Some God.
This actual journalism is a thing with you Mr Murray.
So refreshing and enlightening.
Hearing about the problem for what seems like YEARS, then seeing some actual investigative journalism to back it up just beckons so many questions.
So sad. Douglas I’m a big fan, you do great work.
Me too
The most genuine journalist on planet earth!
Thank you Douglas , I am going to show this video to my children and grandchildren
I'm a Brazilian-British citizen and absolutely love your work. I can't believe it took me so long to realize you have your own channel! I'm trying to buy all your books but they are sold out on Amazon UAE! I've just managed to buy "The Madness of Crows" to gift a friend. Hoping the 3 books sets or individual tittles will become available soon. The west is falling apart. Brazil, my country of origin is under a dictatorial regime. The supreme court is corrupted, journalists are being imprisoned and having their assets seized as they can’t speak against the tyranny. My profound respect and admiration for journalists and writers like yourself.
@aimhigh3701 Yes, same as that book of his "The strange death of Euro currency" great book if you have invested in France or Belgium and lost. Then his follow up book: "The war on the vest" Brilliant book for anyone disliking undergarments. etc etc.
I feel utterly sad for our country. If we continue down this road, very soon we'll be no different than any communist country in the Americas.
Lula is a dictator? Sério?
@aimhigh3701 His follow up "The War On The Nest" was very engaging.
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Douglas, thank you so much for actually investigating and talking about emerging issues instead of wasting your intellect on the culture war, like so many people have. You are amazing for this.
he seems to have demonstrated for some years, now, an unusual capability to do both and quite well.
This is *part* of the culture war, that’s part of the problem. Or perhaps, more accurately, has become so.
The hard right approach of throwing everyone in jail doesn’t work well and causes other serious side effects. The hard lefts’ brainless insistence on decriminalization works not at all and now a lot of people are digging in on their respective corners.
You don’t think this situation has leftism/socialism/marxism written all over it? Ignorance is bliss I guess
Both are important. People take drugs to begin with when the culture degrades
I am very pleasantly surprised at how good this documentary is. Very broad minded and wide ranging. I wish it were longer.
Thank you Douglas for your work!
Thank you Mr. Murray for your hard work and insight. You give me hope that empathy, truth, and sanity can all coexist.
Oh Douglas, is there no end to your brilliance? Thank you for this very powerful and honest expose.
I've been following you for years douglas. You are on my top 10 hero list. Probably cracking the top 5. Thank you sir! For being a light in the world that allows people to see.....
Thank you, Douglas Murray. Seems like a hopeless situation, in almost every western country. You did/do a splendid reporting job. Love the way you actually LISTEN. Not many reporters listen as well as you do.
This is some quality old school type journalism. Very glad I clicked the video.
I’ve been a pharmacist for 30 years. There is also a definite correlation between Opiate prescription regulations enacted in 2016 when basically millions of people who were now chemically dependent were cut off from their supply. Many patients have been able to change to other therapies but too many turn to street drugs because providers have left patients feeling like there is no other option.
I’m another pharmacist of over 30 years who came here to say the same thing. But I would like to add my opinion that the government’s obsession with decreasing the use of legally prescribed opioids, claiming that as the cause of the crisis, actually increased the problem. And I think that cracking down on doctors, pharmacists, pharmacy chains, drug wholesalers, and manufacturers was mostly about the amount of money that could be recovered. The fentanyl crisis was already taking hold and was ignored for years before the press began to acknowledge the scope of the problem. So, for the sake of monetary gain through outrageous fines from people and organizations that in large part thought they were helping people, many thousands have died of overdoses and many thousands of patients have been made to suffer due to physicians fearful of prescribing the drugs and pharmacists fearful of filling the prescriptions.
yes but people always forget, it's not only the addicts who need protection , it's all the people that are not yet addicted. The children who are not : they are the priority. You can't just allow things to go on to protect the ones that already fell for it. So you do need to stigmatize, and you do need to criminalize and cut supplies and you do know there will be loss, but it will be less than if it keeps going.
But the problem started in the 1990s when some brainiacs got together and said “pain is whatever the patient says it is”. There are slightly better protocols now that reduce the risk of developing dependency, a hell worse than the initial acute pain, and even some chronic pain.
@@backintimealwyn5736 you’re definitely on the right track, the medical field fails at helping people manage chronic pain, but in the 1990s MDs were almost forced to OVERprescribe and opiates are fairly inexpensive…and the patient left happy without any thought of longterm consequences, for all of society.
This.
One of my friends is a 40-year-old fentanyl addict. Purdue Pharma got him started when he was a teenager. He's kinda missing right now, and I'm worried about him.
Thank you for doing this documentary to bring more awareness of the drug crisis in America. Our politicians don't like to bring it up during their national televised debates.
This is what we call journalism. ❤
Douglas Murray is one of the greatest thinkers of our time.
@bhante1345he is right
Agree, he is awesome.
@bhante1345well I would agree with him . If you think not who do you call your top 3 thinkers
Lol no, if he's so smart why won't he solve this is issue then
yeah nah, he's one of the new greatest grifters of our time. He is literally a charlatan.
What a heartbreaking reality this is. Well done Douglas, I learned a lot here.
Thank you for all your coverage of the issues and ills happening in our communities. Objective and un- apologetic, you are truly the voice of reason in a very UNreasonable time. 🙏
Damn Douglas please keep on making documentaries!!
I love you Douglas Murray!❤
Thanks for covering this tragic reality, Mr. Murray.
All I know is that having people laying all over the sidewalks, everyone walking over them, is not a good sign of a healthy society. It’s also very stressful to live in such a culture. I live in San Francisco and it’s not uncommon to see someone laying across the sidewalk and you don’t know if they’re alive, not alive, or maybe they’re just a normal person who got mugged and needs help. Everyone is so used to walking over them. I am too.
Will Douglas run for presidency?
The Singapore model works. It's harsh by design. Enforcement is strong. They do not have a drug and crime problem like the US. Our choice.
The family structure is much stronger in Singapore. Children growing up in stable, functional families, with parents who are present, are far less likely to become addicted to emotion numbing substances.
Strong law enforcement helps but the main issue is there isn’t the same demand.
Sure..throwing a person in jail for 10 or more years will keep him out of ANY trouble ..especially when you first give them a cane lashing as well. I see they are tough on theft too.."the accused was charged with stealing a carton of drinks from a supermarket. He was apprehended outside of the supermarket, and was charged with theft. He was sentenced to 3 years’ imprisonment."
Another crime in Singapore is Stealing wireless access may occur when one logs into another’s unsecured wireless Internet network...Offenders may be fined up to $10,000 or jailed up to 3 years, or both.
This place sound like a horribly oppressive environment..a kind of Stepford wives holiday destination. Especially with their thought police and sentencing of people for threathening alone to do something to actual jail time. By all means ..let's take a lead from Singapore! Or why not right away install Sharialaw? What a horrible idea to take Singapore as an example BRRRRRRrrrrrrr
@@sookibeulah9331 This is key. Each society is different, sometimes in subtle ways other times in obvious ways, but they are all different and so what solves a problem for one will make worse for another. Gun control is a perfect example, Australia had incredible unprecedented success in banning them in total except for farmers etc just a couple decades ago, in America this simply will not work at all even if they give it their best attempt because guns are embedded in American culture in a way that wasn't the case in Australia
I’m a Singaporean and it really isn’t that oppressive. Lol. I think most people are surprised that what they imagine and what they experience on the ground is different.
There is free wifi available in public transport, libraries and most shopping malls, McDonald’s. Most people don’t steal wifi like you’ve posted and made a huge fuss about since free internet can be had. I think the punishment is more geared towards those stealing wifi by hacking and using it esp for mischief. There are certain laws that are there as a warning to toe the line but not strictly enforced, since the law is enough to deter most people. Are there laws against littering? Yup. Does some secret police pounce on you if you toss a piece of candy wrapper on the floor? No. But you might have people coming up to tell you off or no one bothers and a cleaner sweeps it up later on.
Some times if you’re unlucky and are seen by the police, you do get fined and made to do corrective work order. You wear a bright luminous vest and are made to do a certain number of hours of public cleaning and picking up of thrash. The shame of doing CWO once is enough to deter most of these people from littering in future. But MOST people litter without repercussions.
But let’s look at the important thing… about the more serious crimes:
Our norm isn’t drug users zombie walking down the streets. Our normal isn’t pharmacies allowing you to buy drugs without strict regulation. Our normal isn’t mass shooting in schools. Our normal isn’t protests shutting the city down. Our normal isn’t people being told they can’t pray in school. Our normal isn’t kidnapping. Our normal isn’t widespread lawlessness.
I can walk down the streets anytime of the day or night without any fears of being shot to death. I’ve been on video calls with my American friends who were shocked I was going alone to a minimart past midnight to buy snacks whilst talking on my phone to them. No one of walks about with their brand new iPhone ready to be snatched by criminals from their hands where they live in America. They would carry hand guns in their purses if they head out at night to head off to night shift at the hospital where they work at.
It is so safe here I can leave my laptop on a cafe table to go order some food and come back to it- untouched.
Am a mom of three and I don’t have to worry about my kids being in school and their school being taken hostage by random shooters. I allow my 9 year old to walk to school and back on his own because he’s not going to be kidnapped or shot or sexually assaulted. That safe.
Are there drug users and drug pushers here? Yes. But they aren’t out in the open.
My uncle has been hooked on drugs and in and out of prison for years. The govt tried really hard to help him- rehab, requiring him to check in every day evening for testing and track that he return home before a certain time (they wear a tracker which is removed eventually).
Unfortunately he couldn’t overcome his addiction despite strong family support and made a horrible mistake- helping to hold a huge amount of drugs. He was arrested and sentenced to death. He is awaiting his execution by hanging. We’ve rallied around him but are saying our goodbyes. He will have a few years before he is executed. Right now, he is allowed to eat what he wants and read what he wants and watch whatever shows he wants in prison. He gets to have counselling by chaplains too. He can’t overcome the addition and is resigned and relieved by the sentence. His wife was an addict but was successfully rehabilitated by the govt and supported also by our caring family members. She has gainful employment and is doing well. She’s sad for my uncle
but was unable to help him stop his habit.
Is our family protesting the hanging? No. Why? Because laws are there to protect the society so people will not become like my uncle, to protect our people against a drug epidemic that is spreading everywhere else in our region. It is tragic that he is one of those who will flee executed. It is very sad for us. But we acknowledge the necessity of the strict laws. The death penalty has huge support in Singapore. It’s not because the people are for death by hanging, but because we don’t want our kids to be scourged by drugs like Tranq and Fentanyl.
If you enjoy your absolute freedom, I’m happy for you. I’m happy with my type of freedom- the freedom not to have to wander streets like those in Philadelphia, the freedom and peace of mind that our streets aren’t crawling with drug pushers and people robbing people. Freedom from the worry that an angry youth will go around gunning down students using a gun they stole from their parent.
You choose your freedom. You choose your poison. There will always be pros and cons. I’m happy with ours.
@@reddragonready You need to read the reply as they didn't tag you. You might want to do more research
Excellent insight to a problem symptomatic of our growing crisis of meaning.
A man after my heart. Fearlessly strikes at nonsense and injustice, a gay man who is more man than a lot of straight men
What has his sexual orientation got to do with anything?
Who cares ??
HA, GAYYYYYY
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As a gay lesbian man of colour this I hilarious
I've fortunately never suffered from a hard drug addiction, but years ago I used to party nightly to excess, with alcohol and cocaine and other "recreational" party drugs, to varying degrees for almost a decade. In my 20s and early 30s, living in NYC, it just came with the lifestyle of always going out and seeing friends - everyone does it from all walks of life. The mantra might very well be: Work hard, party hard, rinse, repeat. Thankfully I kicked all of it before the pandemic, coming up on 5 years sober. I'm glad I did when I did, the risk has grown exponentially in the past few years. I know people from my circle, and friends/family of friends, who would never willingly do an opoid but have died from laced "recreational" drugs. I still live in the city and it makes me sad how often I see people laying on the sidewalk, or bent at the waist with the "fentanyl fold." The thing about these various kind of drugs is that recreational users think of party drugs as being not only safer, but also more upscale, trendy, cool. "I'm not one of those drug users" they'll tell themselves after doing a key bump in the bathroom of an upscale michelin star restaurant. Movie stars openly joke about it, singers and rappers casually reference it. Partying with "designer drugs" or coke or MDMA at a rave with all your stylish rich friends doesn't have the same stigma of doing fetanyl or heroin in a dark alley, living out of a suitcase with no shoes and pants at your ankles. But what many of these recreational users don't realize is that the drug doesn't care, it doesn't discriminate, whether you're doing it from wall street or a dark alley in bumfuck USA. And the dealers couldn't care less. It can happen to anyone. Seemingly normal lives can be completely ravished.
Thank you for creating this video Douglas! We need more journalism like this.
The best report on the subject I have seen. There is no solution except to cut off the supply. My grandfather was born, and grew up in Kensington, over a century ago and it wasn't nearly as lawless as now. Even the police don't go there. No one should be rewarded for abuse, and criminal justice has no answer. I worked in criminal justice for 33 years, and nearly everyone was drug connected in some way. There is rarely a successful outcome, even years later.
Cutting off the supply is impossible.
He's right you can't cut off the supply. Drugs should be made legal in a similar way to alcohol so the supply can be controlled and taken out of the hands of organized crime. It's not going to solve the addiction problem but it would make the whole situation a lot less horrible.
I'm willing to bet that allowing nutritional food in our country would solve at least half of the problem. People do drugs because they want to feel good, and they don't feel good because our food is sh_. Mandatory radiating of all produce kills the vitamin C in it, as well as who knows what else. Americans are extremely vit C deficient. Also current mass farming methods don't produce food with adequate minerals. A certain almond type can kill cancer, but the tree is outlawed in the US. Pasturized milk doesn't "do a body good" either. We cook the milk to kill the bacteria that produces yogurt, then add the bacteria in again to make the yogurt, as with all other dairy products. It's insane reasoning.
Create a good effective health product and you'll be hearing from the FDA and FBI.
I once had a molebdenum suppliment that helped me. I ran out and ordered another bottle, but it was worthless - didn't help at all anymore, so I left a bad review on Amazon. The company that produced it told me the FDA made them change their formula. Our leaders don't have our best interests at heart, and it's interesting - or should I say "predictable" that they don't really want to stop this drug crisis. They want us dead.
"cut off the supply" yeah not like we tried that for 100 years
Pretty much the best post I’ve seen on here, it will be a problem as long as criminals supply the drugs.
Thank you for putting more attention on this important matter.
i have worked in medicine for 33 years and the number of patients i see with drug addiction has exploded! Love Douglas Murray he is not afraid to tackle difficult subjects.
Thank you Sackler family and pharma for stoking the fire.
Brilliant journalism from Douglas Murray - the man is a treasure to humanity
Thank you for doing the work to dive into this, DM. I pray this journalistic endeavour touches everyone who sees it to learn more, consider more, care more, and provokes genuine conversations in our churches, our communities, our schools, our mental and public health spheres.
Stop going to church. No need for it.
Fantastic document. I learnt a lot from this. Thank you, Douglas. Please keep these coming. You are a fabulous documentary host.
There's never been a time where recreational drug use was safe. It's just way more dangerous now. Don't take the risk
Lol. It's not like someone bought a can of pringles and accidentally got poisoned by laced potato chips
That's untrue. If you think it was unsafe to smoke a joint in 1985, you've never smoked a joint in 1985. When I graduated high school in 1996, it was safe to take ecstasy or smoke a joint. Perhaps has never been safe or nothing amphetamines,but we used to take ecstasy and dance all night during the summer and all of us made it out without addiction and without death.
I agree. Cocaine is serious and you take a serious risk when you choose to do it.
Clean and sober for 14 years now by the grace of God. I practice medicine and am board certified in psychiatry. Thank you for sharing this Douglas, MAT with abstinence should be the goal.
Methadone is so brutally hard to get off. Even after a 6 month taper I still got sick below 20 Mg. At 6 Mg. I switched to Suboxone. Been on it for 19 years and am tapering. Down to 1 Mg. Next week. I hate having a body that gets sick not having something. I haven't been doing really well lately but I need to not be physically addicted for my own psyche. I did better with cravings for everything on methadone. I didn't need to use. Sub just blocks opiates and I still been doing speed. Gotta stop. I'm over 50. Maybe a bullet to the coconut.Sigh.....
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@@P.T.Barnum-tk1ky Day at a time, P.T. Keep your vitamin and nutritional levels at their highest and avoid the addictive corn syrup infected, low nourishment Big 6 frankenfoods... Replacing one addiction with another would not be my approach, but perhaps it bought you some time. Prayers, and I'm sure you found your way to NA - Narcotics Anonymous...free, near you, fellowship...shared struggled, encouraging successes...
@@P.T.Barnum-tk1kytry marijuana and kratom...i kicked a ten year pain pill addiction seven years ago cold turkey..didnt consider using methodon ..if you can go thirty days you can keep going..its all in what you want
Thank you Douglas, an informative and compassionate video. This should be shown at every school, college, and university worldwide. Your reputation for honesty and integrity in your reporting is well deserved Sir.
Will Douglas run for presidency?
Douglas is the best with the truth and the story.
You do great investigative work Douglas, I am currently reading The Strange Death Of Europe; your commitment to such research and travelling such distances for it is commendable.
I've been following this situation for a few years in America, its out of control. The people have lost hope and no one is coming to help. Excellent job highlighting this.
Me too- seems the USA have been very slow to react and are still what I consider to be in the Dark Ages with their fragmented way of treating the huge problem it has more recently become…this tranq with fentanyl is serious stuff, the worst of all. Good luck to everyone struggling with addiction of any sort 👍🏴
I remember when I was using in the mid 2010s, thinking shit couldn’t get worse than what it was. If you were to tell me that in a decade there would be no heroin on the market and it would be fake lab made fent mixed with tranq that eats ur skin away and people are losing limbs to, I would think you’re nuts and that no one would do it if it became that.
Great piece. Nice to see someone doing some actual journalism. Bbc could learn a thing or two.
BBC aka British Broadcasting Communism.
"some amount" of stigma is absolutely needed.
Actually a huge amount of stigma is needed.
With no stigma, you remove the last frontier that was keeping people away from drugs.
Yes, I've noticed the desire to remove the stigma sashayed in as addiction crept into the white community and the middle and wealthy strata.
Look at what happened to suicide once we destroyed the stigma behind it. We turned it into a fad, a normal thing to do.
Drugs are what weak people do
Very important.
And with the stigma people cant get help, stigma is not needed. It hurts more than it helps but INFORMATION is needed, EDUCATION is needed. Its obvious to me that you have very little knowledge about how it works.
Thanks for this information. My daughter is a drug counselor in Melbourne. I like to keep informed what she is potentially dealing with.
"potentially dealing" is always a concern with drug counselors.
Man, I love you so much Douglas. Just non-stop "fix the world" with sanity and bravery and brilliance.
Thank you Douglas, as ever you voice is a shining beacon in the darkness. I’m a parent of young children and this issue scares the living shite out of me. I hope this is fixed soon before too many are lost to the madness and greed.
Has Fentanyl reached Ireland yet?
I have a nephew who is 19. In the middle of watching this, I called him and we talked for a good half hour--about music, his life plans, what he's wearing to a party next week... and drugs. I told him that rather than looking to escape any pain he's feeling, he can ALWAYS call me and I will help, or at least listen. He was kind of combative at first ("I'm not stupid, you know!") But eased up on me later. And I told him that I'd be haunted if anything happened to him and I *hadn't* had this conversation.
This information knocked the socks off me. I never realized what an enormous problem drugs have become. I live in South Africa, and am 78 years old. The only thing I have had to deal with a lot in my life is alcohol, my grandfather, my father, my son and now my grandson. What I would like to ask is what drives these poor people to taking drugs and how do they afford to buy them? I know in the Cape Town areas there are "drug lords" running gangs and I have heard that they start their sons on drugs at an early age. But this is heresay . It breaks my heart to watch these people in this program but I thank you for making it. Maybe it will help some young people to stop and think?
they can't get them legally so they turn to the blackmarket
The same reason that anybody turns to crime. It's desperation.
Here in America we had a massive pharmaceutical company called Purdue Pharma. They created a time released form of Oxycodone that they ended up calling Oxycontin. They had thousands of "sales" men and woman go to doctors ALLLL over the country and tell them that Oxycontin was non addicting because it slowly released through your body with the time release seal. Unfortunately all you have to do is put the pill in your mouth and rub the seal off and from there you can snort, smoke, and even shoot it into your veins. They then had doctors give Oxycontin to people who had the smallest of pain such as a headache. They would take these doctors to what they called seminars but they were really buying them off and giving them a cut of the oxy sales. When our government finally stepped in and did something it was to late. When oxy became impossible to get everyone went to heroin which is what opiates are in a sense. Then fentynal came out because its stronger and cheaper to make since you don't have to grow it like heroin. As for affording it people here rob people, steal from stores and re sell or trade it for drugs, sell their bodies or whats even sicker will sell their children. Since its so cheap $40-60 can get you high all day. So yeah thats America for ya, we aren't that great of a country like a lot of people say.
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Many people try drugs out of curiosity and get hooked.
@@vericacvetkovic9093 That's a nice generalization, but not always the case. To consider that as being the __only__ reason, ignores the fact that we are *not* all the same people with the same drive, inspirations, and experiences.
Douglas you are lovely and do care! You handle an important issues. You are big hearted and do understand that sometimes we express ourselves wrong. I am sorry for any pain. Love you Douglas ❤
Very powerful and important investigation, thank you Douglas for taking it on. Hearing and seeing the tales of loss from the families is brutally heartbreaking. We can't allow this tragedy to go on
I can tell you with certainty that Portland's decriminalization of drugs has been an absolute disaster, not just for addicts but for the entire city. Portland has become a wasteland where it is unsafe to be on the streets after dark and you have to watch your belongings at all hours - this, in a once beautiful city. Voters, the overwhelming majority without any knowledge of substance treatment, should NEVER have been allowed to vote on the issue. Many voters I have spoken with who voted 'yes' on measure 110, voted based on their feelings or beliefs, not on actual research or facts. Now we all sit in the nightmare of measure 110, weak-minded city politicians, and permissive attitudes toward mob rule and vandalism. It feels like the apocalypse here.
In regard to addicts having autonomy over their lives: If an otherwise able bodied person cannot be self supporting, as a taxpayer, I do not want to fund their addiction. I see so-called 'safe use' programs as addiction funded by tax payers. If you want to talk about autonomy, how about we talk about responsibility and the common good?
And yet in other cities around the world without fentanyl and that flesh eating horror issues, decriminalization has been effective. I think it's pretty safe to say decrim is not the whole issue - the introduction of these synthetic opioids in the past few years has run roughshod over societies.
@snwtoy name *one* city where decriminalization *alone* has worked?
I don't think you quite get it. For the problem to exist, these drugs must already have been in your city. In fact, evidence from across the US suggests every single city has been affected. So even without any kind of legalization, the problem would have been there, and lots of problems would have resulted. In other words, don't blame the de-criminalization, it's not the cause, it's a band aid for control.
@@Muljinnthe entire country of Portugal.
@@MaterLacrymarum I think you are the one who doesn't quite get it. Certain laws only work in certain environments. Decriminalization was one of the major catalysts to Portland descending into shit because drugs were already a problem there before decriminalization. Certain native Tribes ban alcohol on their lands for instance because their people can't handle the drink. Decriminalizing radically increased the availability, which also lowered the cost, which is why people can stay high all day every day from the spare change obtained from recycling cans.
Are you suggesting a different solution? Or are you just saying there is nothing we can do?
I so appreciate Douglas Murray ...
He's one life making a big difference .
Great work Douglas. Safe travels, admire your courage in all you do.