Stalingrad, in Paris: in the hell of a district submerged by crack

It is the district of shame that the residents, exasperated, denounce from their balconies.

Every evening at 8 p.m., the inhabitants of Stalingrad, in the 19th arrondissement of the capital, bang on pots and pans as they did in support of hospital staff at the start of the health crisis.

But, this time, it's to draw attention to what they are going through: hell.

While this place was once famous for drug trafficking, hundreds of crack users now occupy it.

Since the dismantling, more than two years ago, of the drug addiction camp north of Paris, Porte de la Chapelle, the inhabitants of Stalingrad have inherited its occupants.

And shocking images with it.

Those of people who have fallen under the influence of this poor man's drug, who are nothing more than disjointed bodies.

No longer having their heads, they have lost all dignity, like this man staggering in the midst of passers-by, his pants on his shoes.

Or this woman filmed by

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