drug dealers that turned there lives around

He has been using the services provided by the 'prekursor' drop-in centre for years, exchanging needles when he was using and now for washing, eating a warm meal and drinking tea.Īrtur is also homeless, he currently lives in a car that he shares with a friend. Artur was released a few years ago and has since been struggling with a heroine addiction. At the start of 2020 he began substitution treatment. He even spent twelve years in prison for kidnapping. He worked as a lorry driver in the 1990's, then he got involved in drugs, dealing and organised crime. They put the drugs under a brick or into some hole in the wall, in a brick wall, or something similar.”īut finding alternative ways to get drugs to addicts is not the only problem created by the COVID-19 pandemic. They don’t have physical contact, it’s done over the phone.

One guy tells another guy: I put the drugs there or there. She tells me that “the only thing that has changed is that the drug-dealers do not have direct contact with drug buyers. She is still well-connected to the local drug scene. Ewa has been through methadone substitution treatment and she also has AIDS. This trend is confirmed to us by Ewa, a former drug addict.

The European Drug Monitoring Centre (EMDCCA) says a heavier police presence on the streets, to enforce lockdown restrictions, is forcing face-to-face deals to be partly replaced by “ dead drops”, a system once used by secret agents during the Cold War.

It's good news for Pawel, but a far cry from hearing the results from the privacy of a closed space.ĭrug dealers overcome lockdown restrictionsĬOVID-19 has given a helping hand to darknet deals and home-deliveries of illegal substances. She tells Pawel outside and in person that he has tested negative for AIDS, syphilis and hepatitis C. Malwina is one of the coordinators on the prevention team. A drug user getting tested outside a medical van The 'Prekursor' programme

Drug dealers that turned there lives around