Wolverhampton and BBC 3's Drugs Map of Britain: What did you think?
BBC3's new Drugs Map of Britain documentary has sparked a huge reaction from people living in Wolverhampton. Here's what you've had to say.
Liam and friends divide their time between wandering Wolverhampton's streets, visiting soup kitchens and smoking 'legal highs'.
The documentary provoked a massive debate - does Wolverhampton get fair treatment in the national media? Forty-nine per cent think no. And what can be done to stop the problems caused by 'legal highs'?
Fair cop for Wolverhampton?
Mark Stack: "I watched this 'documentary' lastnight online and I'm appalled by Wolverhampton's image that has been shown, yes I agree there's a lot of 'druggies' and homeless but I've seen the number grow as more people are giving to these low lives who just want a free ride off of our hard working, law abiding, good citizens. Wolverhampton is an up and coming city with a lot of investment being poured in to make it a better more visitable, prosperous place."
Marko Harvey: "Outrage? Why? It's about time someone was honest about the state of Wolverhampton. A bloke mentions at one point that it seems we've been left behind while the rest of the country gets better. Is he wrong? Hell no."
Martin Bristow: "I am afraid this show is very fair and very accurate. What's more it is essential viewing if we are to really understand the social issues in our midst. Wolverhampton is a city suffering more than most from economic underperformance. Welfare payments make up a hefty proportion of income for residents and the town has a very sad look to it. Many retail units remain unused a sad testimony to a lack of disposable income."
Stacey James: "I've lived in Wolverhampton for 3 years and it's the best place I've lived."
Karen Morris: "Why sugar coat things it how it is horrible ive lived here 42 years and it's just getting worse I'd rather stay away from the town."
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It's the drug, not the city
Mandy Morris: "Scary stuff, we are being asked to feed the homeless which is a good thing but then some go on to spend £15 a day on these Legal highs, where does the money come from?"
Neil Larkin: "It wasn't a portrayal of Wolverhampton it was a look at legal highs, it could have been any town in the UK."
Jackie Perry: "This goes on in every city and every town in this country. These legal highs should be banned. It's frightening the sort of world we all live in today."
Caz Ross: "Wolverhampton is not the only place that has drug user . Mamba is used in a lot of other towns and cities always a negative spin on wolves."
Katie SY: "Legal highs were the issue here. I thought it was an interesting insight. The problem is the sale of legal highs, that's the much bigger problem."
Let's focus on solutions
Laura Cooper: "It highlighted the issue of mamba in our city, but it also showed some of the agencies that are helping the issue. It showed all the hard work the Methodist Church soup kitchen does for the homeless in our city and one of the many drug rehabilitation agencies available."
Kerry Wheeldon: "As a trustee of a homeless organisation who goes out on to the streets of Wolverhampton and Bilston to feed the homeless not all of them behave in this manner only a few and u cant tar all of them with the same brush if the council opened up some of the buildings that were laying empty and let us run it we can get them off the streets and deal with things."
Peg Jones: "This video production has shown all the negatives of drug,alcohol and homeless issues in Wolverhampton with only a minute section on the small amount of the positive work that S.U.I.T and other charitable services offer. For everyone's information, what this video failed to report was the positive work that Recovery Near You YMCA and many other organisations undertake and have done for the past four years since new legislation was introduced by the Government in 2012."
Matthew Mawdsley: "I love the fact the councillors are complaining that it is only the problems that are being highlighted. Well tackle the problems. The people of Wolverhampton are fed up with seeing these issues on a daily basis."
