Geoffrey Branger 08:21, February 15, 2024

In Paris, near the Stalingrad metro station, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, the daily life of local residents is increasingly difficult, due to the presence of crack users. A situation which has lasted for several years, and which the Parisians who live in this district can no longer stand.

In the 19th arrondissement of Paris, near the Stalingrad metro station, local residents have to coexist as best they can with drug dealers and users. Crack, this drug derived from cocaine, cheap but horribly dangerous for your health, is at the heart of this neighborhood's ills. A situation that has lasted for many years, but the responses from public authorities are not sufficient. The residents, closest to the problem, are exasperated... Nuisance, intrusions, attacks, violence, fear, this is the daily life of these Parisians who can't take it anymore.

“This neighborhood is unlivable!” Leaning against the building of which he is the guardian, Djamal monitors the comings and goings "Consumers, there are always problems, they fight among themselves, it's the lack of course, and then they even enter our building , once they scared my wife."

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Every evening, the same scenario, around 7-8 p.m., dealers and consumers arrive on the quays of the Villette basin, there are at least fifty of them. "We find things like that here, that's exactly the drug, sometimes we find injections, there are kids who go to school in the morning and if we're not careful, if they pick it up , that’s it eh!”, worries Djamal.

“We can no longer go out in the evening”

A situation that is increasingly difficult for André, who has lived here for 20 years. “We also have people who attack us to ask us for money, it’s truly unbearable, we can no longer go out in the evening, it scares us, it worries us!”

Apart from a few police patrols during the day, nothing is in place to help these Parisians. “I intervened with the town hall, I intervened with the police station, I contacted the attorney general, I contacted the Prefect, no one answered me,” regrets André.

Exhausted, the residents of this neighborhood will soon distribute a petition to challenge the public authorities on this situation which has become unbearable.