| Since claims were made last week that some areas of the city were awash with heroin, we have asked readers to come forward with first hand experiences of the destruction caused by dependency and have been inundated by calls and emails from those brought to the brink by smack.
They have told us how they have sacrificed everything — their families, career, health and self-respect — all in the quest to obtain one more fix.
And they reveal fears that heroin is becoming more widely available on the streets of Dundee, while the average addict is starting younger.
In one dismal case a user reveals how his depressing daily cycle of seeking a fix has been going on since he became hooked on the drug in prison at the age of 16.
Meanwhile, a former addict shares his fears the city is now so saturated with the drug it is freely available in any of the city’s housing schemes.
The recent debate was sparked by the case of a woman who admitted being concerned in the supply of heroin.
Police surveillance recorded 50 people visiting the flat in five hours — all of whom emerged about a minute later.
The dealer’s solicitor said the area was “awash with heroin”.
The case prompted Dundee East MSP Shona Robison, Scotland’s Public Health Minister, to write to Tayside Chief Constable John Vine asking him what the force intends to do to protect the community.
Meanwhile, the Tele has been contacted by people from all across Dundee who have been affected by the drug.
And Chief Superintendent Colin McCashey, divisional commander for the city, has conceded there has been a significant increase in availability of heroin in recent years. |
