DRUGS ON BRITAIN'S STREETS

The scourge of drugs on Britain's streets: Shocking footage shows people turned into 'the walking dead' after taking Spice and 'zombies' slumped in town centre

MARCH 6TH 2017,

Shocking footage shows homeless people being turned into the 'walking dead' after taking the drug Spice.
The video, shot in Manchester city centre, captures disturbing scenes of people frozen like statues as the substance takes hold of their whole body.
The city has experienced a surge in ambulance call outs after users have fallen victim to the drug's lethal side effects, with some left keeling over and smashing up their faces.

Meanwhile in Wrexham, north Wales, pictures have emerged of bloody needles and other drug paraphernalia discarded on a bus station floor, alongside images of people 'slumped' against walls and even a flower pot.
Bus driver Gavin Rodda, 35, took the photos to raise awareness of what he calls a 'growing problem' in the Welsh town, particularly with heroin.

Meanwhile, charity figures estimate that 95 per cent of Manchester's young homeless are believed to be on Spice.
One user said: 'I have used it for about two years. It's cheap in bundles and they are going for daft prices.
'Heroin users are saying it's the worst stuff going. It's dangerous.'
Julie Boyle, support worker at youth homeless charity Lifeshare, said the new Spice on the streets had terrifying effects on people.


Last Thursday she found a woman collapsed at a tram stop, having taken a drag of what she thought was cannabis but turned out to be Spice.
When an ambulance arrived the paramedic told her they had been called to 26 similar incidents that day alone.
Ms Boyle said: 'In the city centre there are people who just look like they are frozen, like the walking dead, sat in a catatonic state not moving.
'You wouldn't even know they were alive – it's like when you press pause on the telly. They don't know where they are.
'I first noticed it probably the beginning of last week but then it's intensified more as the week's gone on.'
Spice is a general term for a synthetic drug originally classed as a legal high but outlawed last April. It is now being dealt on the streets instead of being bought in shops.
The drug has already been causing chaos, with Lifeshare warning of youngsters being trafficked, gang raped, contracting HIV and even dying as a result.
However, Ms Boyle said the latest strain – which she is hoping to get tested for its contents – is even worse.
She explained: 'Whatever's going round the city centre at the moment is causing this.
'Every corner where there are beggars or homeless people hanging about, out of every six or so at least two will be catatonic.
'People are falling without even putting out their hands, which would be your natural instinct.

'They're just falling face down, injuring their face or the back of their head. It's horrible. It was bad enough before but this is another level.'
Lewis Morris, 37, who has been living on the streets since December 2016, knows all about this new strain of Spice.
He said: 'It's lethal. I was walking down Market Street the other day and 17 people went down on it. They hit the deck shaking out of control and I had to phone an ambulance.
'It's madness. It's so cheap. Whoever is selling it they are making a lot of money on it. It's unreal.
'The new stuff is mixed with the tranquilizer they use when transporting koi carp to calm them down.
'Somebody could offer me £1,000 of it now but I would just burn it. That's how against it I am.

'It's really cheap. People are getting it for £5 a gram and it will last you all day. It's taken over heroin and crack.'
Another homeless man Michael Cauchi, 37, said he accidentally took the new strain of Spice and thought he was going to die.
He said: 'Somebody passed me half a roll-up once and I didn't realize it was Spice. I thought I was dying.'
In Wrexham, Mr Rodda said he felt it was time 'the public saw what was going on' and shared a variety of pictures of drug paraphernalia.
Writing on Facebook, he said: ‘Some of these pictures are shocking but it's the reality of everyday life for the addicts that use there and the mess that they leave for the public to see.
‘I want people to see this and come together to find a solution to the major drug problem that Wrexham currently has. Is it really going to take a death of an addict inside the bus station to make a change? I hope not!’
He added: ‘People of all ages use Wrexham Bus Station and a lot of children pass through it on a daily basis. ‘

‘No one should be subjected to seeing people high on legal highs like Mamba or high on heroin which is being smoked in the toilet cubicles and injected too.
'As you can see in some of these pictures, there are needles being left in the toilets with blood by them.
'There are the remnants of Heroin that has been smoked using Tin Foil. There are empty Methadone bottles that were left on the back of toilets.
'All of the paraphernalia pictured was within reach for a child.’
There is no evidence to suggest the people pictured are drug-users.
Mr Rodda said a friend is responsible for clearing away paraphernalia from the station and ‘does not get paid enough’ for it.
He added: ‘Elderly passengers who use the Bus Station are increasingly saying that they no longer feel safe in there and they are intimidated by the groups of addicts who ask them for money.

‘Even with two security guards now present in the Bus Station, it is not enough to deter the addicts and their behavior.’
It is understood North Wales Police have stepped up patrols in the area but Mr Rodda is calling for the police to set up a base near to or in the bus station.
He added: ‘For a lot people, myself included, Wrexham Bus Station is our workplace and we feel that it is no longer safe to work in, even with the attempts that have been made to control the drug problems.
‘We work in a place knowing that there are people walking around carrying syringes on them which could be used as a weapon at any given moment.
‘I personally feel that if a person is not using a bus service or a shop inside the Bus Station then they shouldn't be allowed inside there. We need stricter controls to make it a safer place for everyone.’