Of course we do, but at least in Western Europe we take better care of them. There’s generally social welfare programs, shelters, etc. In Amsterdam there’s shelters where they can safely use crack so they have access to clean supplies.
The question “like we DON’T have” is kind of silly. It’s about how predominant the problem is, not whether we also have a couple.
The US has several times the crack user per capita compared to Europe, depending on where in Europe.
Some people are just assholes though. There was some junkies poking used needles in lemons in stores here to clean them some years ago, even though they could get free needles
I would have assumed the same but the littering of the candy bars was a specific part of the problem.
I have little reason to believe this person was lying, i also don’t want to give to much if their personal detail context online but fair i wasn’t there myself to witness it.
bryophile@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
It’s ok, be glad you’re clearly too European to get this. Leave the Americans to deal with their problems
Gregers@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Like we don’t have addicts doing stupid stuff in Europe
Soleos@lemmy.world 1 month ago
But you don’t have aluminum foil over there. You only have aluminium, it’s a completely different situation, you wouldn’t understand.
lime@feddit.nu 1 month ago
as everyone knows, aluminium foil is completely unusable as drug paraphernalia.
PattyMcB@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah… al-you-min-EE-um
bryophile@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Of course we do, but at least in Western Europe we take better care of them. There’s generally social welfare programs, shelters, etc. In Amsterdam there’s shelters where they can safely use crack so they have access to clean supplies.
The question “like we DON’T have” is kind of silly. It’s about how predominant the problem is, not whether we also have a couple.
The US has several times the crack user per capita compared to Europe, depending on where in Europe.
redsand@infosec.pub 1 month ago
The CIA worked very hard to get those numbers where they are thank you very much.
Gregers@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Some people are just assholes though. There was some junkies poking used needles in lemons in stores here to clean them some years ago, even though they could get free needles
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
I ve heard from someone in europe how a shopkeeper frequently has candy bars stolen.
The candy gets tossed on the street, its the foil they want.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Fake news
They would obviously eat the candy also
LSNLDN@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
Not on crack they wouldn’t
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
I would have assumed the same but the littering of the candy bars was a specific part of the problem.
I have little reason to believe this person was lying, i also don’t want to give to much if their personal detail context online but fair i wasn’t there myself to witness it.
bryophile@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
“Having heard from someone” this or that is a whole different category than the extent of the drug problems in the US.
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
I wasn’t really comparing the severity of drug problems in the US vs Europe.
Just that the phenomenon is not exclusive to the US just like being naive about drugs isn’t exclusive to Europe.
CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I am North American, and I have never seen this before.
garbagebagel@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Am Canadian and have never noticed it before but I have no doubt it happens in my city. I never thought about how they get that stuff