In Barbès, in strips or single tablets, pregabalin is sold on the street and goes like hot cakes. Traffickers instruct their teams to scour pharmacies when their employees let down their guard, particularly during rush hours and closing times.
Pregabalin prescribed to treat epilepsy, anxiety disorders and neuropathic pain but whose use is diverted for narcotic purposes. A place of incessant passage, conducive to traffic, a stone's throw from the Gare du Nord and Pigalle.