Scotland's Valium Crisis - Dundee

Scotland's Valium Crisis Documentary Recorded in Dundee

[@madscottishman95_98]

So I lived in a homeless unit with Levi, I was young and didn’t understand a lot of what was going on around me….one night I was having a panic attack and he sat me down near enough all night and talked to me, I’ll never forget how comfortable he made me feel. He’s a genuine guy and deserves the best

[@grahamblack1961]

It’s important to remember that no matter how far a person falls in life they’re still a human being

[@carmenl163]

I think most people who are addicted are very sensitive and can be the most caring persons to be around.

[@sweatyhaggis4303]

I met and spoke to Levi at the time this doc was made, he told us to look out for him on the documentary, seemed like a nice guy just hope he’s doing okay

[@Carter54s]

any update on Levi?

[@user-md9ee9xk8q]

I've used diazys to help coming off booze and heroin but the withdrawal off benzos is absolutely horrific.

[@thomaslouise8238]

Tragic. That was someone’s baby boy. I hope and pray Levi gets the help he needs.

[@mdogg1604]

2:06 You are "wrapped in bubble wrap...(but) the problem's still there in the morning..." I hope this young man finds someone to listen and in the long run it helps...

[@EinsteinsChalkboard]

I feel so much for Levi… He’s stuck in an extremely destructive cycle but seems like such a genuine person. One of those persons that really touched me, I have never been on the same dependence level as him, but God I wish I could just meet him over s drink, talk to him and try helping him find new ways in life. If you’re reading this bro, I truly hope you’re now doing better than by the time of the recording. We’re alot of people who truly understands you, I hope you get in touch with some of us just to at least get some of that support and motivation you need to move on from this. Gods speed brother.❤

[@ricmay2837]

Invisible and go shop lifting …you end up locked up .. better begging …harming no one…13 when first taking dangerous unknown drugs …. Today……Levi is his a Born Again Christian..off almost all drugs ..still takes weed …and in a shared family home near me…with dog, kids, many people who care about him…. Levi is very much better And will keep improving…. As he recovers …. Ric

[@leckomio3]

Very nice to hear. Benzodiazepines are a hell of drug and the Withdrawal ist worser than heroin. Wish him the best, greetings from germany.

[@SCROTOROLA]

​@@leckomio3the only reason why it is worse is because you can get seizures if you drop from a very high dose to none. But psychological, benzo withdrawal is easier than heroin.

[@CO-oz1fk]

❤️

[@Finrayy]

I was wondering if you might be able to help me get in touch with him for an interview. I live next to Baxter Park, been a Dundee resident for 15 years. Don't work for anyone, I just want to film a follow-up.

[@livingstone8347]

​@@SCROTOROLANot true at all, benzos are the most difficult to withdraw from.

[@cooocooballs9783]

The guy that said your indestructible he lives in my street and he is so sound. The guy that died in his flat that’s the same street my dad died in

[@Dorvita]

My Sister too xxx

[@Del-Canada]

I wonder if there is any update about Levi. I looked some years ago but found nothing.

[@Finrayy]

I found a report in The Courier from 2019 which said Levi had been charged with possession of a lock knife, and sentenced to a prison sentence in Perth Prison. Didn't say how long the sentence was.

[@nathandufc3785]

Tip to anyone who is visiting Dundee. Dont go anywhere other than close to the tay.

[@zalgo]

i live there and it's a shithole

[@nathandufc3785]

@@zalgo so do I

[@rebornkidJS1]

So whichs good area to live in Dundee?

[@rambo-cambo3581]

You'll be safe enough walking the streets, but you want to minimise it. If it's a day out you're looking for, Dundee is an unusual choice but just stay in the town There's fuck all to see outside the town anyway

[@rebornkidJS1]

Dredd Mau5 thanks mate, what about jobs in Dundee?

[@alyahal-jasser7094]

this is about Dundee and the whole show is about 2 Geordie junkies.

[@ShitJitsu]

yip you got that right

[@neilrenzo2186]

Vallium is llluuuuurvvllyy!!! 😂 😂

[@SaddamHussain-gx9nc]

You must be one of those rich Saudi chicks who think Britain is their country somehow. Stfu

[@Teeb2023]

...who live in Dundee.

[@alyahal-jasser7094]

@@SaddamHussain-gx9nc Just about. From the Ferry, so I suppose rich is right 😘

[@thecontinuityguy3476]

I have extremely bad anxiety and diazepam is the only thing that ever makes me feel happy, I get 14 5mg a week ( from the GP ) and take them all on the same day then let it leave my system for 4 days

[@internationalparam]

Ah yes that sounds like how someone with anxiety would take diazepam

[@aldorfc220]

2 10mg a day morning and night 1 each 2 a day helps with panic attacks anxiety. Try not to abuse them tho

[@internationalparam]

@@aldorfc220 but that is abusing them, taking valium every day is a terrible idea. So are you really scripted 20mg a day? You dont just take them when you panic? Where are you from

[@internationalparam]

@@aldorfc220 (keep in mind ive had to do valium detox)

[@buzzin-hornet]

They ain't leaving your system in 4 days pal. Try weeks or months! Been there, 4 years hooked, 6 seizures, 9 days in hospital. Don't play with benzos because benzos don't play with you! Be careful dude! ; )

[@Del-Canada]

Now they're Levi's little helpers.

[@stevendale7658]

Levi is a nice guy

[@lesliegriffin4866]

It so saddens to see this it reminds me of my long friend who died 40 years old same age as me this year drug overdose I been. Clean now’s of alcohol free for 12 years off the drinks and 3 years off powerful painkillers and speed cokes weeds my 12 year old son save my life without him I would’ve dead by now’s

[@w00df0rd]

Good work man

[@user-nl3cy6kk7l]

Everyone I’m taking a shit, I keep watching clips from this doc over and over and over.

[@user-nl3cy6kk7l]

I always am popping out a turd when Levi does his monologues

[@farmaprams]

Methadone & Valium will have you nodded hard as hell but smoking spice on top of that is crazy work

[@SCROTOROLA]

I took 300 mg of diazepam along with 6000 mg Tramadol, I know it's not a flex and you won't believe me but still, I wasn't as high as the dude in the video. Spice is actually the scariest in that combination with the methadone and diazepam. 80% of the high is caused by spice and the rest of 20% is methadone and the diazepam.

[@SCROTOROLA]

And I say this because last time when I smoked spice, without any other substances, I felt like I was dying and got blacked out for 10 hours

[@ktcooki276]

Are you English?? I remember more than 20 years ago there was blues but also reds?? Tablets that were abused too?? Began with a d I think??

[@lauralishes1]

Makes me so proud to be born in Dundee, brings a tear to a glass eye, just bursting with pride...

[@mmckay3]

That's nice

[@granthogg2824]

Were any of the people in this actually dundonian?

[@lauralishes1]

They went to Dundee to film 2 Geordies

[@jomo9314]

Anyone ever have those days where they feel like levi?

[@jamiegent5621]

Drinking tea to bring the dunt on

[@BM-lw6gn]

lol. I was addicted-off-many years pass. Moved away-knowbody knows fully my addiction. Your comment - this me thinking in a morning going to work- folk drinking tea.

[@stehenbranton5447]

Red bull works even better 🚀 🤯

[@lauralishes1]

Sounds like you're speaking from experience

[@baxterbunch]

@@stehenbranton5447no tea dissolves them quicker coz it’s hot red bull is cold so it doesn’t

[@stehenbranton5447]

@@baxterbunch It's the caffeine content that accelerates not the heat

[@brandonknowles3629]

This breaks my heart

[@billharmony8121]

Good. Let it break kunt

[@SCROTOROLA]

​@@billharmony8121let's go to therapy together, you need help just like me

[@OkOk-lp5sv]

@@SCROTOROLA😂😂😂

[@marksbrisby]

I can't understand someone taking diazepam recreationally. I get it from the Dr and have to take it when I am in distress I hate taking it I can't function on it I feel groggy and it takes 3 days for 1 tablet to wear off I get no enjoyment out of taking it whatsoever

[@donnajk4423]

What milligram do you take .😊

[@marksbrisby]

@@donnajk4423 5mg

[@oswaldjr.]

@@marksbrisbyThink yourself lucky then I suppose. Not lucky that you have to take them. Lucky you don’t enjoy it. The things are murder.

[@marksbrisby]

@@oswaldjr. I use other substances for enjoyment

[@majormackeral]

Don't do it then

[@Peacefully-Happy-86]

Anyone else think that Levi looks like gump off the fantasy film legend?

[@slimecitadel9248]

Love that film!

[@mdogg1604]

In the States we have a huge problem with opioids, and yes, it's big business for the pharmas/ "doctors".......

[@neilrenzo2186]

matt zehentner GOOD🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@DutchBane]

1:06 how old are you? 15-55

[@user-bh8xy3ye6j]

Street diazys are temperamental. I only use them when I am proper skint because the withdrawal is fkin horrific

[@mariec6056]

Really I’ve been on prescription 30 mg daily for 22 years n I don’t feel anything off them anymore that with zopiclone mitazipine n methadone too

[@BoogieDoo]

In uk we call it charge sheet because u are going to get knicked because u feel invisible so do things you wouldn't normaly steel fight what ever

[@dsean4040]

Been on and around it for years and never heard it called that

[@Arahsure]

​@@dsean4040Neither have I. (Plus Scotland is part of the UK? So not really sure.) I think it's a play on the kinda sayings like "I'm allergic to them,I always break out in handcuffs"

[@dsean4040]

@@Arahsure yeah could be, and it does sound about right, especially if you don’t have a tolerance to them, they can make you feel invisible and untouchable, that’s the desired effect when you feel anxious, they basically stop any negative/bad feelings but I’ve just not heard anymore refer to them as charge sheets, it’s pretty funny but yeah maybe that one just hasn’t hit my area yet, they’re everywhere around here too! And if your from Scotland with how bad the diazepam and street diazepam problem is up there I’d have took a guess that the saying originated from Scotland, but if you’ve never heard of them being referred to as that as well then gosh knows! 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@gcroller93]

@@dsean4040heard it called that in the North east England pal

[@dsean4040]

@@gcroller93 yeah? It’s probably on its way down here then (West Midlands) so I’m guessing it did originate from Scotland and is coming down the country, it is pretty funny and about right as I’ve said if you don’t have a tolerance to them, you can take say 3 or 4 blues (real ones from the docs) and if you’ve not got a tolerance at all I can see them making you wake up in a cell with a boat load of shop lifting charges and things like that lol because they do relax you ALOT in the beginning but for those who’ve been on them years…man to feel like that again you’d either have to come off them for a year to lower your tolerance again (because that’s how long it takes with them because of their half life) or you’d have to take bloody boxes of genuine 10’s for that effect!! I’ll never forget the first and second time taking them and taking 10/20mg ☁️ lol I couldn’t lift my arms off the bed!! It was bliss! But as with everything nice, what goes up must come down unfortunately.

[@gemmi1]

20 in one go?! One knocks me out 😂

[@LeeEisPrettyStrange]

8:40. That "don't hurt yourself" was deeper then that fall

[@MBM1117727]

It was "Watch yourself" I think lol

[@ricmay2837]

A Tranquillised existence…..

[@robertheron7017]

If the doctor's would just give us a detox of them that would help big time but the dpc and your doctor's don't do fuck all to help us they would rather you buy of the street than help u its rediculous,they would rather u die so they can say we never gave u them but it was my doctor who got me hooked on them cause bk in the day they had no problem handing them out but now when u really need help they say fuck off makes me sick i hate having to buy them of the street.

[@lauralishes1]

I've always said this. They should be detoxing people in an inpatient facility. Methadone is even worse than being on heroin. Rots people's teeth makes them fat and sweat and they become a shell of their previous selves.

[@baxterbunch]

@@lauralishes1 Methadone does not rot teeth if you brush them it’s the sugar in it and not brushing that rots teeth, it doesn’t make you fat that’s a myth, getting clean and eating properly again is what makes people gain weight and sweating isn’t caused by methadone it’s actually a secondary issue caused by things like hep c and people only notice it when they get clean. Im highly educated on MAT and have spoke to a lot of doctors and specialists. These are common misconceptions

[@chrisvibzWithrow]

free healthcare for ya. in usa we get detox

[@carmenl163]

​@@chrisvibzWithrowSo, the US has better free Healthcare than the NHS?

[@rrred100]

So the giy doesnt even know whats hes taking, he just knows how the pill looks and the factiry code written on em?

[@zoesdada8923]

Valium? Really?

[@lindagallagher3711]

So very sad feel for Levi he seemed a nice guy just went down the wrong path from he was just a boy hope and pray he gets out this destructive cycle and does something with his life

[@KC-CHIEFS-1]

Alcohol and cigarettes are also a type of drug that can kill you. If you take it more than what you need same thing with drugs you can overdose people should take it normally everything will be fine.

[@jaiiskii2262]

That’s a fact! Not sure why most Americans people over look this

[@davidscott1141]

Drink to much water you will drown

[@Arahsure]

What has that got to do with ANYTHING? It's not some sort of secret or anything..

[@carmenl163]

I never heard of anyone overdosing on sigarettes.

[@mhairiwalton7684]

Eminem - My Mom Lyrics valliummmmmm

[@piad2102]

Age-restricted. Lol.

[@lauralishes1]

20:58 So these people aren't even from Dundee? Sound like they are from Newcastle

[@RossKempOnYourMum01]

Sounds like it

[@baxterbunch]

Living in dundee

[@frankbooth2879]

i'd like to know how he ended up in Dundee, and also it looks like his mouth has been slashed 😬

[@ricmay2837]

Your own shield … a bubble…calm stresses of life …. Bubble wrap…invisible…your king … invincible…. Super man feeling ….

[@amina-pr8xt]

What do these benzos effect except tranquillize you?

[@justinboocock]

Taken therapeutically, valium is fine for anxiety

[@stevendonad463]

If you're Docter will always supply them .c

[@tobybishop4614]

Keep telling yourself that

[@sheenamcdonald8021]

I find that sad for these people who are addicted to these drugs .

[@dundee520]

aye they say that about smoking too and drink , NOO adiktive just so they can get the money oot of yer pocket and milk you for the rest of your short life .

[@nickkijackson7501]

dundee520 well said mate !!!!

[@Erawearrr]

Saw the dude that was in the beginning yesterday going doon the hill in a wee kids pink bike out his face on methadone.

[@cabletv1911]

@@user-tq6md2qp7f wtf do u mean and?

[@buzzin-hornet]

Where is that in Scotland? You saw the guy on a pink bike lol

[@London780]

When a person needs help with benzos doctors always say i can't help you when you know they can doctors don't want to know and always pass the buck so they don't have to prescribe pick and choose who they treat. Which is disgusting I thought doctors took an oath. That means nothing

[@TartanArmy85]

Some doctors do help and others don’t give a shit.

[@user-nk9wo3il8j]

But then in 10 years time when your fked up on them and can't get off them you'd be blaming your doctor for even giving you them....

[@michaelcooke8665]

Valium's bad mkay

[@SCROTOROLA]

If you abuse it yes, just like with any other drug. Well... dude in the video can't quit it without help since it is very dangerous. But people who don't take more than 2-3 pills a day can quit it quite easy

[@trapJoezki]

poor boy at first got bumped, £20 for 20 vallies? its £40 for 100 usually

[@FergalSparky]

Where you getting them . They going for 2 pound for one 10mg

[@trapJoezki]

@@FergalSparky you're getting bumped mate, i dont take them myself but people around me do. Im in central Scotland, £40 for 100 or 300 for £100 is the average just now. 10mg whites or blues

[@ScottMcK74]

I live just outside Glasgow and they go for 100 for £30.

[@user-wu2lh7di2l]

Price doesn’t matter if they’re fake

[@whywhywhy9659]

Yes, that's what's important here.

[@jamesreilly1172]

is he no reporting tae the jobcentre?

[@MaloPlayz]

The un-funny thing is this could have been me but I was one of the lucky ones who were adopted at a young age

[@OkOk-lp5sv]

😂😂

[@Jackb0203]

Billy drawing pills, what a nugget.

[@grahamcameron8905]

Doctors have a lot to answer for

[@Paul__Allen]

They aren't prescribed, they are using 'Street' valium

[@seekp2676]

I wonder if Harry potter would've been addicted to these too 🤔

[@SCROTOROLA]

Naaa, Harry Potter would be more of a LSD, Shrooms, Ketamine and DMT user 😂

[@peterjones2407]

Very sad social deprevation

[@billharmony8121]

Not as sad as your shit life

[@SCROTOROLA]

​@@billharmony8121bro, who hurt you? It's the 2nd commentary full of hate I see from you. Well... I guess I know why you are frustrated. And that's lack of pussy 😅

[@gavmackenzie]

100mg in a oner. Mega tolerance

[@stephenturner757]

I wonder what the withdrawals are like for coming off vallum. I've never done it before myself, but I've withdrawaled off Suboxone and that was a nightmare.

[@gavmackenzie]

@@stephenturner757 just as bad nearly

[@liquiddnb1305]

exactly, 100mg is unreal. I knew a lad that took 3 strips and had a seizure though, this shit is so depressing.

[@KrisRoberts114]

​@@stephenturner757 it's worse, I was getting weird shit like my jaw shaking and severe muscle spasms while I was Ill and it takes longer

[@onnnbbb]

​@@stephenturner757there a hell aspecially the ones you get on the street hell on earth

[@aquious953]

Looks more like the effects of fentanil to me.

[@baxterbunch]

It isn’t, this was 6 years ago in Dundee fentanyl wasn’t readily available. I used to have a Valium habit and this is exactly what it does

[@baxterbunch]

If that was fentanyl he’d be dead put it this way how many he took

[@SCROTOROLA]

Spice is a hell of a drug. Worse than opioids like oxy, fent, heroin. That's why it looks like fentanyl to you. Also he combined it with 10 valiums and methadone.

[@dannythompson1948]

Often fake benzo drugs are etizolam or aprazolam

[@annemurphy9691]

It really gets me angry. They get dole money. And just abuse the dole money

[@lynzb7750]

They should get vouchers for food and clothing. Their benefit money goes straight to drugs.

[@lauralishes1]

@@lynzb7750 That's their choice. Authoritarian idiot.

[@bengaliinplatforms1268]

@@lauralishes1it’s our choice actually to enable them

[@livingstone8347]

​@@bengaliinplatforms1268It's not your choice, you ain't choosing shit.

[@carmenl163]

Society gives them a little bit of money every month but doesn't invest in them to get actually clean.

[@andrewpetersen6116]

Australia in the 70s was valium and Mike Walsh

[@888ssss]

gammie some jellies on the noo'

[@leeloy9135]

I wonder who is paying for his Virgin Media, his real tobacco, his rent, his pop tarts and his other household bills.

[@samoday2992]

You

[@iainstirling1475]

Leejoy91 Yeah there're living the life. Do you fancy changing places?

[@gordonaliasme1104]

@@samoday2992😑⚰

[@AlwaysAC]

Aye real life of luxury he’s living there eh, so jealous of that feller

[@gordonaliasme1104]

@@AlwaysAC 💊💉😣

[@Del-Canada]

No way I am eating anything Levi made with that dirt that's caked onto his mitts. lol

[@nicolemontgomery2346]

My😊

[@justaman-km1hl]

Levi is a wreck. He needs help in the worst way. I hope he gets it.

[@iankerr934]

I am shocked5

[@nickkijackson7501]

U CAN only get help if u want it nd LEVI does not

[@davidjones3666]

You stole this from BBC

[@jamesanthony4946]

About time people started stealing back from them.

[@2outerspace]

I didn't know that Mr. Spock takes Valium. This explains why he's always so calm. 🤔

[@shaunlodwig]

turns out he's smoking spice, the biggest mong out drug ever , worse than heroin.

[@coolercallum3601]

Silly choices

[@krzysiukrul1183]

Results of neoliberal capitalism, nice isn't it?

[@_jamesbro_]

better than tyrannic socialism

[@krzysiukrul1183]

LOL, how brainwashed can you be?@@_jamesbro_

[@baxterbunch]

@@krzysiukrul1183you’re joking aren’t you

[@oswaldjr.]

@@baxterbunchThese problems wouldn’t have happened under National Socialism.

[@glencurtis3183]

Levi is a howl

[@ricmay2837]

50p per pill… a seizure of a million pills [ Half million pounds final value ]

[@raymondchassell4204]

The interviewer looks just as bad as the drug users

[@buzzin-hornet]

How? Because he has a tattoo?

[@SCROTOROLA]

No one said that the interviewer never did drugs or stuff like this but he looks healthier than the abuser from this video. There is a big difference between smart user and abuser

[@linedriver1]

Let`s all turn a blind eye and feel sympathy for drug addicts.

[@20GaugeSX4]

Sociopath.

[@pobbyfbi]

Guy needs more help than the addicts

[@linedriver1]

@@20GaugeSX4 I may be but I know who needs LESS help than those who choose to live within the rules of society. I`ve NEVER heard of a PENSIONER going out and stealing /breaking into houses/ mugging junkies.

[@linedriver1]

@@pobbyfbi Tell me why.

[@pobbyfbi]

@@linedriver1 By that logic, anyone who chooses to smoke, let them die of lung cancer, who drinks, liver disease, hell, the guy who chose to eat too much, let him die of diabetes. Who thinks like this? Not anyone with a healty mind.