Exposed: The drug deals being done on our streets - BBC London

Residents in parts of east London say drugs are being openly sold on their doorsteps during the day. Those affected have taken to social media with evidence they are gathering.
Video by Gareth Furby.

[@codykeane6107]

Boys trying to buy a gram of weed for a tenner and she's nearly in tears

[@Isa-qh3ue]

Lmaoo

[@handsome_jay_]

All smoking crack and heroin nowadays

[@davenufc55]

@Wolfie Smith unlikely meth in uk

[@samuel2026]

@@handsome_jay_ They really don’t 🤣😭🤣

[@Cameramanrob_]

The guy that’s filming probably grabbed a baggy when he was finished

[@garethrowlands1305]

Now that east London has become expensive , the rich who have moved there can’t believe what they have walked into 😂😂😂 absolutely brilliant.

[@unknownfrvr6767]

Well it's not our fault this government thought it was a good idea to build council estates right next to million pound homes

[@andredrayton5668]

😂😂😂

[@DRIFT_CORE]

@@unknownfrvr6767 other way round mate

[@unknown0708]

@@unknownfrvr6767 they built modern apartments next to all these estates u idiot 😂😂

[@angelafrontin7687]

Same here in RBKC 🤬

[@declanogorman9749]

The Official Karen Documentary

[@jancyrana5660]

Don’t need to be a Karen to not rate nittys

[@declanogorman9749]

@@jancyrana5660 go back to the library

[@rizzyorylp]

@@declanogorman9749 shuush declan

[@GhosttSnipes]

@@rizzyorylp You shush you neek

[@rizzyorylp]

@@GhosttSnipes shuuush ur acc a beg😂 probs some yr 7 ofb bumlick who thinks hes hard.

[@jasonk1167]

What does Lorraine expect when she lives in a trap flat location 🤣🤣

[@kieranmurphy9404]

I think that’s quite literally the point she made 🤦🏼‍♂️😂😂

[@originalunoriginal4055]

30 years ago, that wasn't the case!

[@timovk]

Give the guy credit for having lights on his bike whilst picking up

[@fizzyfloyd2262]

timothy matthews 😂😂🤣🤣

[@tidalwave4961]

Exactly what I thought

[@wenstafarni]

Santander comes as standard 🤣

[@moh1khan638]

😂😂

[@kzaman1]

It's a Barclays bike actually. It's bound to be stolen. The lights come on automatically once you start peddling! Lol

[@SlapRoundTheChops]

“I’ve got to get my keys ready...” I genuinely thought he was going to put his car key between his fingers for a fight hahaha 2:55

[@ssSTRiKEZzz]

😂 that’s exactly what I thought pmsl

[@gamelookout]

sames here hahaha

[@KeirBo]

"14 druggies fighting" I can tell u in my experience of raving in london for nearly a decade I've never seen any fights in drug filled events. However I have seen plenty of fights in pubs full or drinks

[@BF-es7gs]

exactly obviously there’s some knobs about but these lot don’t know anything

[@handsome_jay_]

Think they mean the little scumbags fighting, stealing and selling drugs. Not the drug users sitting at home watching Dancing with the stars on cocaine

[@ItZLillyput]

All you need to do is take one look at that woman, and know exactly where her morals lie

[@alexandrebaker9110]

If ur a london raver nowadays this comment didn’t age well

[@ewan738]

@@alexandrebaker9110 ? Same situation now tho

[@marshian__mallow2624]

Mans tryna get a 10 bag and they’re all acting like he’s tryna buy a nuke lol

[@waynesharp8999]

It's the associated crime fam, I know, I got a lot of time behind the doir!

[@MrJohnnydublin]

It’s funny how the residents against drugs are meeting in a pub where the drug of there choosing is controlled and taxed

[@jaywalkercrew4446]

Yessssssss. A drug in a bottle.

[@davidthomas9190]

So true

[@1life744]

Definitely. Hypocrites

[@seanbrennan503]

@Johnny Ola and consequently, as drugs are unregulated but freely available, regulation and taxation is the only way to remove the violence associated with drugs.

[@jacintofernandes2907]

@Johnny Ola legalise drugs then

[@jacobkelly3863]

These exact same people would vote for a party that’s systematically stripped the police and local government of their funding over the past decade which would be vital to actually solving these problems. Disgusting.

[@omznewham3868]

Yep the Tories came and removed all funding for youth centres, police and the council. Why is everyone so surprised?

[@ruggy19]

I doubt any of these lot voted tory.

[@Dude0000]

@@omznewham3868 yeah, without youth centres, what else is there to do than smoke crack?

[@Dude0000]

@@ruggy19 definitely not...

[@LondonPower]

yea stupid brexiters

[@ryanbutler9692]

Oh no he’s buying some weed, lock him up

[@waynesharp8999]

You don't buy weed like that, guy was obviously a fiend.

[@user-bk9yx3pl7q]

Your right there weed dealers tell u jump in most likely smell the bag ​@@waynesharp8999

[@johnnycobb00]

as a former convicted drug dealer whos turned their life around after being in prison i urge anyone watching this to keep their distance from the dealers and dont try to be a hero, if theres a problem with drugs in your area the cops know about it and theyre bound by legalities that could take months and years for them to do anything..doing the right thing and having good intentions wont keep you safe in bed at night and theres nothing more dangerous that a drug dealer thats having their money and earnings messed with because they answer to someone even scarier than themselves most of the time and things always escalate quickly when money is concerned

[@rogantoad2571]

Are you from London tho I believe dealing drugs in a city like London is a lot easier and alot to get caught

[@cameroon360]

Seriously Loraine does it really affect you that a car stops for about 10 seconds then leave?

[@Poyrooo]

@@raoraj6787 you seen san Francisco?

[@britishidiots3842]

I live in Bethnal Green and it’s really not bad, they keep to themselves and don’t bother others

[@Poyrooo]

@@raoraj6787 I don't think we're living in the same London mate

[@raoraj6787]

Poyrooo were talking about London England United Kingdom dunno what ur on about

[@cameroon360]

Rao Raj I think your overdramatising this, areas like bethnal are common nowadays

[@MikeHunt-wv8xs]

That's a lie when she said she hears them say that's ten pound lol, they both know the prices they have the money ready

[@ExplodingBumfluff]

I clocked that too. She's talking out of her arse. If you go to buy drugs you need cash on hand nobody ever asks the price when they go to collect

[@mohammedqadeer8472]

She knows the prices cuz she buys the drugs aswell. I bet my life on it but on the other hand she's playing a good smaritan.

[@gunfighter3890]

Would you like a carrier bag with your purchase ... That'll be an extra 5p 😂

[@ishaq1826]

Mike Hunt trust me no one ever asks a drug dealer what the price is lol😂😂😂

[@kyleahmed6345]

U lot r bugging cos a 3.5 of flavours can be 35 or 80 sometimes it dont hurt to ask lol

[@ryanmartin8072]

You live in wapping mate 😂 just because house prices are expensive doesn’t change the fact you live 2 minutes from shadwell

[@melvinnnamah9040]

And Whitechapel

[@RobotronSage]

@@melvinnnamah9040 and Stepney 😂 Not even gonna lie i like those areas it ain't nearly as bad as people make em out to be.

[@melvinnnamah9040]

@@RobotronSage lived in Stepney for a year after uni it’s a shithole let’s be honest Lool

[@lewisblank9475]

Whitechapel is full of crackheads and nittys

[@theoneandonly34]

Exactly! 🤣🤣

[@thetruthspeaks123]

I can tell you 100 percent the interns and camera crew that helped make it all smoke weed and probably pick up in the same areas these guys are showing them

[@mgproryh]

Yup any creative passion probably sprung from somewhere lmao

[@notaclue638]

0:45 even though it can be dangerous *kicks cone* lool

[@TheFreshSpam]

There were over 40 knife incidents in one day in London. and thousands with chains sticks and other things. Don't mess around with this type of thing. it happens really quick and over nothing. it's ridiculous

[@notaclue638]

@@TheFreshSpam it was a jk. Also they probs include ones where they stop and search and find a knife. Also u got any reference for thousands of incidents with chains / sticks lol that is bollocks

[@AAARREUUUGHHHH]

Lmao not even gonna mention that the drug he's likely to be on is sold in every town in the UK, alcohol.

[@SA-px9dz]

@@realizethetruth9427 yeh,if he kicks a cone you know your done for

[@MyShank]

hurt his foot i bet

[@BIGT-tg4gu]

Silly man risked his life to move some drug users on .

[@underworldent4817]

LETS NOT FORGET THAT WHEN WE REFER TO THEM AS DRUG USERS, ALL EVIDENCE IN THE VIDEO WILL POINT TO THE FACT THAT IT IS INHALING HELIUM AKA BALLOONS AKA LAUGHING GAS. OK WITH THAT IN MIND PLEASE CONTINUE WITH THE LABEL DRUG USERS AS YOU WERE...

[@exine5349]

@@underworldent4817 evidence where?

[@Hzrd]

its nitrous Oxide, not Helium lmao you can still buy it from the shop tho @@underworldent4817

[@TheWunder]

@@underworldent4817 Helium really does make me laugh though. That voice gets me every time

[@bennyboy2079]

He must be bored

[@dub9073]

instead of war on poverty they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me

[@andy60460]

Pacalyps ✊

[@JohnDoe-gy3yy]

Crime is everywhere in London.. a barber not two streets from mine was recently arrested for drug dealing. I was his client for years and I never knew he was a barber!

[@edro422]

😂😂

[@fuckthepolice71]

The problem isn't drug dealing the problem is cost of living

[@Plus-rd1cj]

fuckthepolice71 or the demand of drugs in the first place

[@fuckthepolice71]

@@Plus-rd1cj there is always gonna be demand

[@TravelWithBradley]

Good reach.

[@cov9290]

Exactly there been ignored. Watch Plan B - Ill manors.

[@fuckthepolice71]

@Boi it's not needed it's just become to of a appealing opportunity to make cash fast there's always gonna be drug dealers but what they are talking about here is a massive influx of dealing cost of living goes up so dose crime and I don't necessarily blame them

[@Godhorus]

Ooh my god. They are selling cannabis on the street. Just legalise is you muppets. They only think that disgraceful in the UK is the damage drunk people do on a daily basis. Maybe fix that.

[@betrousaltaweel]

Eibot Horus they are selling scag and crack on the street too.

[@marufmiah1992]

Lmao did your dad say they only sell weed? Don't be so naive

[@barrycollins795]

It’s most likely cocaine

[@sleventysixty7488]

it's crack, you jump in a car to buy weed, nobody wants a crack head in their car

[@mrwho4845]

Maruf Miah most sales are from weed

[@andrewrobertson6435]

I mean, in most of these situations there wasn't any bother or real hassle being caused until residents stuck their noses into other peoples business... The only valid concern I can find here where someone is indirectly being put in danger is the situation in Wapping which ironically is more likely a result of alcohol intoxication since inhaling gas is only a 30 second high at best.... I'm wondering if this same level of distain is shown toward the local Bargain Booze or pubs?

[@andrewrobertson6435]

@@NoOne-cf2ji so legalise them and get them out of the criminals hands, job done. By the man I assume you mean the man in wapping of which I already made clear was an alcohol issue...

[@andrewrobertson6435]

@@NoOne-cf2ji no they don't, do you honestly think posh people don't take drugs on a regular basis? I'm not saying he should or could do anything about the legality about it but what I am saying is theres a lot of hypocrisy in the sense of a large portion of these issues are either caused by themselves stressing out over whats probably some plant material in a bag or not blaming the actual drug which happens to be the legal one, clearly my point went over your head in regards to the situation in wapping, i didn't say he didn't have a problem but its not to do with gas when it lasts 30 seconds, people using gas tend to be full of alcohol which is the issue.

[@user-lu8vq2qd9c]

Are you a drug dealer?

[@user-lu8vq2qd9c]

@@andrewrobertson6435 you sound like a drug dealer

[@andrewrobertson6435]

@@user-lu8vq2qd9c I'm not like but so what if I was? No different to a pub landlord or bartender who serve a drug we already know is problematic but nobody wants to actually address... Instead we're pointing fingers at those who are sat at home smoking a plant minding their own business, everyone is very quick to point fingers in order to take attention off their own habits and vices aren't they.

[@hca8174]

The shot of someone tying a piece of string around a baked bean can when the voice over goes 'so now they're taking actions themselves' 😂😂 😂

[@EllstersAwesome]

Looks like they've got a Wapping great drug problem

[@secretterces8467]

Eleanor wapping? You mean whopping?

[@johngarvey5370]

@@secretterces8467 ffs 🤦‍♂️

[@fabianallnutt4783]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@abduln7856]

Wapping is actually the safest area in tower hamlets

[@adekunlemukadam6092]

Drugs from Afghanistan are beginning to show up on London street...

[@davidlehan7624]

It's faster to get drugs delivered than it is getting a pizza delivered

[@DiamondCutlass]

Not really mate my dealer takes like a day the prick

[@imzensational5603]

I wish this was true

[@davidlehan7624]

Dealers near me 20 min max .normally 10 mins

[@SPARKY832010]

ya dun know

[@conman6008]

I can walk to mine in about 5 minutes 😂😂

[@notreal1477]

Legalising cannabis and decriminalisation of all drug use in general would solve the majority of issues here.

[@notyou6336]

100 property’s raided and only 30 people jailed?? That sounds like a lot of time wasted on the polices part.

[@okeilmyrie3156]

Forget the time, it’s taxpayers money !

[@addmin5487]

30% is a fail!

[@FishersOGK]

you live in council estate blocks what do you expect 😂

[@chroma6947]

Paigon init

[@_amaya8]

I’m dead 😂😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@UKCHEEZ]

Real 💯

[@SuperMrNiro]

Rft

[@SI-cd7xs]

exactIy bunch of gentrifying yuppie grasses

[@mr_d205]

That guy going about telling man to turn his music down...😂

[@z3_ps5]

The don is a absolute wasteman

[@stanleymattis]

He was shitting bricks after he told them people in the car 😂

[@george1159]

CMs bet he regretted acting the big man for the cameras when he said it 😂

[@kucingdterbakard3765]

ahlie man was feeling pressured loool

[@AlAl-yh9lw]

He’s a pure spastic mush how they hearing that volume 15 music from there house they obviously clocked some of those in ear spy microphones you get from Argos brv

[@10thTigerProductions]

Why does she feel threatened by people buying weed a hundred metres away😂

[@alfielawrence487]

Zamir was DEFINITELY bullied at school. Who hurt him?

[@jigsorla9307]

You clearly wish he got bullied at school. Perhaps focus on bettering your own character.

[@alfielawrence487]

@@jigsorla9307 chill out.

[@Cam-ox5pq]

Ha! What a joke, only realising now? Mate, In Tower Hamlets you can find two things on every street corner, a PFC and drug dealer

[@abduln7856]

Facts no place like home ❤️TH Stand Up

[@zlatans.manbun8269]

And an offie.

[@NancyNNancy]

1.Medicines are legalised drugs. Legalise marijuana (this will stop ppl buying 10z's outside Lorraine's house). 2. Contribute to the economy with sale of marijuana through controlled distribution such as medical marijuana 3. Understand that there isn no balance between cost of living and minimum wage, fix that real quick 4. Get a life and mind your business.

[@christaylor3911]

NicE what about the crack and brown mate? Legalise that too?

[@rustyshackleford6874]

@@christaylor3911 Possession and consumption? Yes absolutely. Have a look at Portugal, they have decriminalised drugs and actually reduced usage and the problems associated with it

[@NancyNNancy]

@@christaylor3911 I spoke only of Marijuana (plants), the other (manmade) drugs should be illegal.

[@herbsmanherbs]

@@NancyNNancy crack and heroin both come from plants.

[@NancyNNancy]

@@herbsmanherbs Sap from the poppy plants has to be extracted and then refined into different forms of cocaine, morphine and heroine. None of these drugs grow from the plant into the form recognised by consumers, there is a process to creating it...hence the manmade comment earlier. Natural form of cannabis does not require any process prior to consumption hence the plant based comment. This is exactly what the prosessed vs natural food argument is about...

[@jaztheman2]

"Even though it can be dangerous" *Kicks cone*

[@wigsplitter1630]

Imagine billing a zoot an a private security guard comes 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@djorkonvictwest]

I’ll blow it In his facw

[@unknownfrvr6767]

I'll finish billin it lol acting like the security won't get his jaw broke

[@itstime6495]

@@unknownfrvr6767 Prick !

[@hvacgas5292]

Send him to buy rizla

[@jakeso7737]

Notice it’s only how the middle class who they are showing are affected 🤔

[@kaymac730]

That woman from Bethnal Green spoke like a middle classed. But if you look at the flats she lives in, I don’t think she is. She’s just well spoken

[@jakeso7737]

Yea I fully appreciate that to be fair.

[@MikeHunt-wv8xs]

They are your wanna be "middle class" they have a posh accent but live on a council estate and are bitter that they can't afford to leave

[@kdotprem6029]

So true

[@dazasc3994]

middle class....living on a council estate in east london....right

[@elias_xp95]

Shut up BBC. You are going to make it harder for me to get my drugs. My body, my choice. My money, my choice.

[@elias_xp95]

@Creepy Shadows No I mean my money. Believe it or not about 1/3 of the workforce is on drugs. Mostly cannabis. A lot of Cocaine too. Especially in the entertainment or food service industry. Even construction sites. I bet there is someone in your workplace who takes drugs too. Unless you work for a small company.

[@bighas96]

@Creepy Shadows lool

[@alwaysdisputin9930]

@m khan i wish i never started masturbating

[@joeskinner2173]

Jus shut up la u deffo get 1.6g 10s of pol an think its a fat chunk

[@gravitysmartize]

Trust my drug dealer stopped coming to me because the police are always on his case

[@jajamama520]

I live in south London, and in my block a lot of people take drugs and in the area , drug dealers walk around and sell easily. They don’t cause any problems at all, and keep it to themselves. I don’t take drugs at all and I don’t have a problem with drug dealers doing their thing. They don’t bother me so why bother them !!!

[@uioplkhj]

Because no one wants drugs dealers in their neighbourhood.

[@traderbarry9139]

Imagine being Zamir's neighbour and having a few friends over watching football on a Saturday making a tiny bit of noise. He's the guy that will be banging on your door every second he hears a mouse fart.

[@EmirAbdKadder]

They are bored with their lives 😂😂😂

[@michaelwalker1964]

People that hate weed grasses up the dealer then the dealer goes to jail the people go to work and out of thier wages they pay the government to keep the person in jail. Basically they paying for weed lol

[@sme_1987]

No one goes to prison for weed pal. I get what your saying though.

[@sme_1987]

@@kflores1689 get educated before you comment. Just by saying the word Kilo along with bud I can tell you don't have a clue.

[@killerbee8892]

SME 999 10 plants, 20 ounce freshly dried, scales the lot. Just no evidence of selling, cause it’s only large amounts to mates. I got conditional caution where I just spent 1 hour 3 weeks in a row laughing with the policewoman about how pathetic my neighbours are. They told the police I was dealing ‘all sorts’ and having parties. When reality was they got pissed off about parking issues, my house being the nicest on the street because I refurbished it, and the fact that I had friends round often in nice cars. End of the day all my mates who smoke seem to have good jobs, and we just chill playing fifa or watching films. Jealousy is a horrible trait.

[@sme_1987]

@@killerbee8892 someone I know 😉 got a knock with 80 strung up drying. Only charge was for the electricity.

[@killerbee8892]

Kevin Flores what did you mean then?

[@9ubgy90bohbhhyuiyug9y]

2:55 That dude is literally asking to get killed.

[@RSProdism]

mans gotta put food on the table

[@anthonylewis2080]

@j buta : Ain't that the truth!.

[@WOEGEE]

Little snitches they’re not bothering you.

[@thirdbman]

"they’re not bothering you." yes by selling addictive substances that can ruin lives for the user and their families. By contributing to a trade which funds violent gangs who are getting increasingly violent and bring violence and death to communities. they are not bothering anyone

[@P.Aimer23]

@@thirdbman ye good

[@AlAl-yh9lw]

thirdbman how is a few guys selling a 10 bag “selling addictive substances” the ones buying it were like 18 they’re not exactly smack heads people Will always find a way to hate and kill each other, what’s sort of fairytale land do you think you live in?

[@thirdbman]

Al Brom a land were i've known people to ruin their life and relationship with their family through drugs

[@thirdbman]

A one legged man alcohol and tobacco may be addictive and dangerous, but aleast when people are buying them they aren't funding gangs and cartels.

[@mrlad4685]

Every Londoner knows who r doing Drugs and violence. A credit goes to Tories as well for cutting down resources of Police.

[@imoldgreg6986]

Boris Johnson had the same resources as Sadiq and crime across all sectors has risen since he became the mayor. Just imagine having a worse record than Boris Johnson, i would be embarrassed to go to work in a morning.

[@kaydar2488]

You mean labour? Who brought all these scumbags over

[@shyrahman4506]

Mr Lad well said

[@cbking1592]

White guys be the ones doing the drugs.

[@petervankas1352]

Cb king and it's black guys that are selling them.

[@alexboston343]

People in this video: I want my life to stay as boring and uninteresting as possible because I am boring and uninteresting

[@mqiqkqer5750]

Have any of them thought that the police aren't doing anything because... Its not worth their time??

[@TheNotthediver]

I'm sick of angry baby boomers dictating how I'm meant to live my life

[@killerbee8892]

TheNotthediver exactly. Too much time on their hands because they’ve had everything handed to them.

[@MFDOOOOOOM]

Getting angry because somebody is forced to do something that doesn't harm them illegally. Legalise weed then i dont have to fund Criminals.

[@killerbee8892]

John Buffalo what you saying about this situation though?

[@MFDOOOOOOM]

@Frank Godley how are you supposed to obtain said crack?

[@MFDOOOOOOM]

@Frank Godley That's terrible, but doesn't really detract from my point. We seemingly agreed that legalisation would stop lots of things like that. If people are going to buy something, we may aswell tax it.

[@DinCorp]

And after all that Lorraine turns out to be the ring leader.

[@gm6719]

“We would like to congratulate drugs for winning the war on drugs “

[@OldSkoolGeneral]

Society has broken down in the UK

[@jammydodger1218]

She needs a thc gummy! Then she can see more clearly

[@kevinhorgan2770]

CORRECTING HUMANITY Nice

[@nastynorth852]

Drug dealers are people too. Get to know them, know your neighbours

[@kylalouis5016]

True

[@paulgibbons2320]

All sponging cxxts.

[@shinobi9612]

So are murderers, rapists & paedophiles. Idiot

[@gozuam1617]

Donny Blacks A few years ago I went with a mate to pick up some weed and he took me to some random street up in London where there were older people outside their homes and down the street chit chatting and I was thinking WTF this place is too hot... but hilariously when the dealer came he gave the elders what looked like free weed before coming up to us, and I was thinking what a cool neighbourhood. lol

[@thirdbman]

some dealers are alright, most are dickheads

[@jmorelee4332]

This what happens when you build luxury apartments in between the under class neighborhoods you get what you paid for 🤝🏻

[@millennialmale4879]

Can anyone really justify any drug not being legal? It's your body. If you commit crimes to "fund a habit", it's not the "fund the habit" part that matters it's the crime. So if drugs are legal and crimes are dealt with properly, what's it got to do with anyone what someone buys, sells, and puts into their own body?

[@millennialmale4879]

Ps: same goes for making weapons possession illegal, possession isn't the problem, neither is their use even (eg: self defence). Only when they are used to victimize others should it be a crime. And plus, do people really think making something illegal will stop criminals having it? The clue's in the name (criminal) all it does is make law abiding citizens defenceless.

[@moyusuf2494]

“Snitches get stitches” has nothing to do with stabbings HAHAHA

[@jamessheehy4895]

They found drugs in parliament too didn’t they?

[@MrBADMAN2222]

Yep cocaine if I remember properly!

[@exine5349]

And spreading fake news lmao. Pathetic reach

[@zMxsh]

@@exine5349 If you know about that world of nice salaries in goverment and law you'd know they all love there expensive cocaine

[@bifftannense1584]

Yeah .. probably found poppers in parliament knowing them fruity MP's

[@sz7472]

You can tell all that old woman does is stand outside her flat being nosey

[@ramanchaudhary2518]

There probably the same people that would call you a druggy for smoking a joint

[@sunilg121]

Legalise drugs simple

[@suds5866]

No bring back death sentence

[@CP-wg2zy]

Na legalising them will make dealers go to worse crime

[@TM-rh7zs]

@@CP-wg2zy are you dumb? It will do the exact opposite

[@tan8813]

The NHS is already struggling, imagine how many 999 calls would be drug related if it was legal and everyone had access to it

[@AutonovaAI]

​@@tan8813 you are an idiot if you think criminalisation means that only a few people have access to a certain substance. It takes a few phone calls to get nearly anything. You do not know the purity/cutting agents when it is not lab tested, thats where the Overdoses/fatalities come from. Look at Portugal, they decriminalised and crime rate went down, overdoses etc etc...

[@AnalBiscuits]

It's just part and parcel of living in a big city, isn't that right BBC?

[@chrissyboi88b]

Hahahaha well said! Well said!!

[@bigpurple100]

every large city in the world is many fold worse than london..... London is the greatest city in the world without a doubt. the BBC are trying too hard to entertain instead of a balanced perspective that actually informs.

[@WitsEnds]

@@bigpurple100 London is a shithole.

[@mr_d205]

bigpurple100 poopy it is a lie and I don’t know what you are on a about

[@zlatans.manbun8269]

@@WitsEnds Do you live here (London)?

[@ThatTallGuy0]

Alcohol = loud and violent Getting high = giggly and hungry I don’t even smoke bud but it needs to be legalised immediately

[@lewis5079]

Legalise it then? Then people can get their stuff from the shop instead of the front of your house...

[@O1NE99]

What about Alcohol & Cigarettes? 🔶Evil Invites Evil🔶 What goes around Comes around

[@ME-ol9gk]

Alcohol and cigarettes. The gateway drugs

[@ravon1982]

Lmfao you willl never stop drug dealers and users END OF

[@rm9207]

Frank Godley another oldie white snitch , go in your deep dark mouldy room and sit on your broken rocking chair and reminisce about how miserable your life is

[@C.O-EDITS]

Yeah cause the government are also in it too

[@flexxrodriguez4324]

7:24 - The Metropolitan Police seem to be more interested in upholding LGBT values than solving crime

[@LavaTF2]

*Points down at 2 guys who spent 30 seconds at a car window* "look at this, its just horrible"

[@camerondunstan7158]

Or you could legalise drugs, make a huge market out of it, regulate it, tax it and then no ones complaining? However the police should focus on taking knife and gun crime

[@aceheisenberg6054]

tax it ? the thing is people will still sell it cheaper

[@SiriusMogul]

There will always be a black market. Same in the States with weed there's literally still a booming black market coz no one wants to pay the tax

[@Herbavelli101]

What I don't get is why does everyone take drugs u don't need it to live when u actually get down to it smoking weed is a Jamaican cultural thing not a British thing everyone's a follower back in the 80s 90s crack was the thing to smoke now it's weed if that was the case today everyone be doing it and everyone be like oh cracks not as bad as alcohol people need to wake up and be themselves rather than following the crowd just like the whole gun knife crime thing it's just these Wastemen trying to be like the Americans this is England not America right?

[@Mr_Makina]

@@Herbavelli101 crack was never the thing to smoke you uneducated troglodyte

[@jackalexander9078]

wow cant wait to have crowdfunded private security keeping me safe from cone-kicking thugs! thanks samir

[@giannirusso5410]

“Whaaaaat? I didn’t know thaaat..”

[@hotchocolate4205]

This don getting a security guard 🤣🤣🤣 I cant

[@PLATOBEATS]

Better than zero hour jobs these are just young men lost in a system that cannot provide a future the boomers enjoyed

[@betrousaltaweel]

Zamir trying to crowdfund for his own little protection racket

[@sambeech6771]

I think there’s a good case here for minding your own business

[@clark5401]

I take drugs and I hate it when someone under the influence of alcohol starts giving me abuse, vomits on my shoes and then repeats the same damn story whilst sobbing and then passing out on the floor in a pool of their vomit and urine.

[@wrd416]

Clark Graham that’s a cliche and stereotype if I’ve see one.

[@clark5401]

Don't you mean - that is a good example of the hypocrisy and double standards within certain members of society and government - whenever you saw one?

[@PatchedThePipe]

Sorry to say it but these folks don't understand the size of the drug problem. Those deals like the one at the car are happening millions of times a day all over the country, how the cops ever meant to police that.. legalize them all, take a leaf outta Portugal's book.

[@SPARKY832010]

yes yes my don.

[@PatchedThePipe]

@@SPARKY832010 Who is society to tell you what to put into your own damn body anyway. The war on drugs was lost from day one. I reckon the government would legalize some drugs in a heartbeat rubbing their hands at a new source of tax n vat but are too scared of generally older voters opinions. The stats coming out of Portugal don't lie, and for problem drugs, they push very penny saved from punishing users n dealers straighy into treatment. It's time to grow up and be adults on this issue bcos drugs are here to stay, is it not better to control then than fight them. And imagine the time it would give cops to fight violence, rape and such

[@yourguy382]

Because some people aren't as well educated as others... Don't do their research... Get onto worse and worse drugs... Get addicted... Can't afford it... Go to other avenues (like theft) to make the cash... Become a complete waster in society. Arguing for drugs is much harder than it is to argue for it against.

[@yasinabdurahman4914]

The government focuses on brexit not on social issues

[@Cameramanrob_]

These are the same people that will call the police on kids riding bikes in an abandoned airfield

[@ReLoadedProject]

The problem isn't drugs it's drugs being illegal.

[@hawk_202]

If you dont like people going to cars to buy "drugs" legalise them so they dont have to buy on the street, and realise most of the time its just weed.....

[@kaydar2488]

@Creepy Shadows howd you know that?

[@bbc6]

@@kaydar2488 coke dealers literally go to the same person multiple times a night, there's more activity with cocaine than weed

[@hawk_202]

@@bbc6 Statistics? Cannabis is the most consumed illegal drug, makes sense it would be what most are buying.......

[@gozuam1617]

ConaaG according to BBC statistics Cocaine is the second most used illegal drug in the UK with 2.6% of the population having used cocaine at least once in their life but only 0.1% (< 66 thousand) of the population regularly do cocaine and cocaine use is more likely in middle class to richer areas. Cannabis regular active use is 7.6% of the population (around 4.8 million peeps) with 13% of the population having smoked weed at least once in their life. (8.5 million) So with the statistics I would say its highly likely that it's just weed.

[@hawk_202]

@@gozuam1617 I said "most of the time" even your statistics show, weed is most common. Never did I say its ONLY, Im saying if you see someone go to a car and hand something over and walk away, most likely they just bought cannabis, yeah sure it could be, coke, ket, acid ect or just someone gabbing their phone off their friend because they left it, but MOST of the time its bud...... I dont see why this matters so much, legalise it all and people wont need to buy on the streets

[@gugyuyfgj689]

Thanks for showing us these dirty snitches faces.. i hope someone deals with them...

[@TheHassan2098]

I recognise the song playing in that car but can't remember the name. Someone please help, it's really bothering me

[@TheHassan2098]

dw

[@aj3852]

@@TheHassan2098 what song is it

[@kgetorv988]

where is this?

[@greenmachine5666]

London used to be a great place. Now it’s just negative.

[@at9048]

my option the bud is ok the class A's/synthetic drugs are the issue...

[@Mr_Makina]

Opium is natural,doesn't make it safe. Natural vs synthetic argument is for simpletons. Let's not mention plenty of psychedelics are class A's, which are absolutely harmless.

[@armzdadon9925]

@@Mr_Makina 100%!! the war on drugs hasn't worked, time for a change...?

[@bencalvert8049]

What about shrooms and lsd tho, class a drugs with the least harm overall.

[@bz.27k15]

@@Mr_Makina did he say opium or natural drugs are okay?

[@nielsssg]

Oh so the stuff you don't take is the problem, how considerate.

[@keepcalm6870]

94% chance they all do drugs themselves

[@gm6719]

I bet they do want to take over the area and sell them on higher rates 😂

[@truefact844]

It's not about stopping dealers, we need to tackle addiction and poverty! I have worked with addiction and I am shocked by the fact so many users have had historical abuse sexual, mental and physical. We need to look at Finland and the success they have had. I worry that if we really tackled addiction it would mean a real shift in power, you will find those in power will not want to give it up?

[@samhall5552]

I understand the damage drugs can do but come on. If people are not bothering you then don't poke your nose in their business. You tend to find it keeps the peace. Have daily objectives, conduct your business, mind your business and you will attract next to no trouble from others.

[@jbh5294]

Sam Hall the Bengali youth serving up heroin which kills people and causes aggravated crime is ok ? You obviously don’t live in London ...

[@Mgameing123]

@@jbh5294 Why you generalizing?

[@mohammedkhan5344]

The police are too busy harassing uber drivers and trying to keep black cabbies happy.

[@BenDover-ek7mo]

Islam future that name tho sorry mr sharia

[@mohammedkhan5344]

Ben Dover the name implies that islam has the answers to what happens after death, that's all.

[@MrBADMAN2222]

More like trying to purge the internet of people who joke about the myth you call your religion...

[@mohammedkhan5344]

Cuz I'm Black? No my religion is true. I guess they were busy trying to purge the racists, who pick on people just because they are dark skinned, and subjected to slavery at some point in there history, Leaving the victims angry and spiteful towards all people including the religion that uplifts them and holds them equal in the eyes of the creator. But these victims actually hold there oppressors and the system of there oppressors in high regard, quite clearly these are baffling times.

[@mohammedkhan5344]

Cuz I'm Black? You clearly have no knowledge of the Quran

[@BDMEDIAUK]

Drug dealing is everywhere in London and it is fueling everything from violent crime to petty crime.

[@philipchurchill6508]

I was a drug user and petty criminal for decades , but back in the 90s never would we consider ding deals outside somebodies house , or would our dealers consider making us wait on street corners ,I am really disgusted, the kid who threatened the guy defending his property by filming needs a good hiding , it has been going on near my dads house , I have told him I am willing to confront them but as he rightly said they will see me going into his house and then retaliate on him ,though I have seen some shocking things in my time this lawlessness shocks even me .

[@thomashall5908]

Alcohol causes more violence than any other drug. I’ve never seen anyone be violent by ket

[@yourguy382]

Alcohol is much more widely consumed, so that statistic isn't really valid.

[@anthonylewis2080]

@@yourguy382 : One's conveniently forgotten about alcoholic beverages being legal once those are above the age of consent.

[@jamesedwards8185]

"The war on drugs" it's never gonna end

[@rushymoto]

This is why we need national service. To put youth on the straight and narrow and to learn respect.

[@murphycameron1]

Wow, first time I’ve seen people wanting police to double down on the war on drugs rather than having common sense and seeing the war on drugs makes everyone less safer...

[@CEOAMARU]

Police too busy investigating Hurt Feelings Crime 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@rize948]

Loool man said he’s going to scare them off 🤣

[@ryanseft6528]

I found a bag of drugs in my new place now its in the bin where it belongs