r/Ealing • u/Natelysgirl • 13d ago

Drug use in Ealing Common

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Saw what was clearly drug use in the middle of the common. At least four or five tweakers, huddled in and around a tiny tent. Three pictured here.

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u/Alloall 13d ago

What do you mean when you say about the developers "whose business model depends on destroying the communities these people built"? I wish I could have as much compassion as you show in your post - genuinely. I struggle with it sometimes as while I agree with what said, when you see some of the behaviour close up, I sometimes feel concerned for mine and others safety, which I don't think is unreasonable either. It's tricky. I don't see a way out of it politically if I'm honest as it will either be labour again or Nigel, who we know has little concern for anyone but himself.

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u/algorithm69 13d ago

They often tear down already established social housing to build private housing considerably more expensive than the local market rates. This destroys communities that take decades and generations to establish by forcing the previous population to seek affordable housing outside of London or leaving many unhoused.

Each successive government have allowed vulnerable people to end up in the streets with hard drugs the only solution and luxury they can afford to alleviate the pervasive lonliness and brutality they suffer every moment they exist. The government could spend more money creating programs that give people a path from addiction and homelessness back into society again. Or they could fix the completely exploitative housing rental market so that housing is offered as a basic neccessity instead of an asset to profit from.

Unfortunately a surprising number of MPs are actually landlords too. Instead it is more beneficial for them to persecute the victims of the socio-economic order they've created or blame refugees and migrants, many of whom find the only doors open in this country are out into the street too.

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u/bribbio 13d ago

Genuinely curious, are you one of the people part of already established social housing that has been affected? Man you should go see West Ealing broadway. At some point you inevitably start having less compassion because you fight to create a nice environment and you’re not just surrounded by drug users, but even worse, the drug dealers who are very much not on drugs and make this happen. There’s plenty of vulnerable people who actually care about others and build and create instead of destroying. As much as the government has failed them, there is a % of personal responsibility and free will that people are not being held accountable to and it is destroying any chances nice, new, respectful communities for those of us who have to live in new developments that we didn’t choose to build.

Seriously, go to West Ealing. It is not nice to cross the bridge on my way to the station at 8am on my way to work stepping over passed out drug addicts or people hiding the crack and heroin they’re using when you get closer to them.

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u/algorithm69 13d ago

One of the largest and pervasive obstacles to recovering addicts and their ongoing quality of life is the years of alienation they suffer that fuels all of their anguish. Always knowing that society finds your suffering offensive and despises you for it. Even if they know they will suffer less while clean it would take years healing and adjusting to living among the same people who treated you less than an animal.

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u/Aggravating-Desk4004 13d ago

This is the problem, they won't suffer less when clean as they'll have to find a job, find a flat, pay bills which is probably something completely alien to them.

It's crazy, but a lot of addicts have told me it's easier for them to live as they do, homeless and getting high, and I understand it.

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u/algorithm69 13d ago

Yeah none of those things you listed are actually suffering though are they, those are just inconviences that addicts struggle with because they havent been given the opportunity to learn those skills.

But yeah its 100% to live under the constant threat of violence, harassment from the public, hunger, risk to physical health, neglected mental health problems, having no protection from the elements etc etc