'Got some good weed, bro': The street near Manchester city centre where you get offered drugs in minutes

08.04.2023 - 06:57 manchestereveningnews.co.uk

“Got some good weed, bro.” I’ve been on Bury New Road for less than five minutes when I’m approached by someone offering me drugs.

I’m minding my own business, sauntering along in the early afternoon sun, when a lad in a black tracksuit accosts me out of nowhere.

I stop and tell him I’m after pregabalin - a prescription drug notoriously rife on the streets around Strangeways. Normally used to treat nerve damage, epilepsy and anxiety, it is also used among Manchester city centre's rough sleepers and drug addicts and has been linked to a growing number of deaths in recent years. READ MORE: Great-gran, 87, who died after she was found in ‘freezing’ house was terrified she couldn't pay energy bills “No problem,” the lad says. “Ten pound per strip.” He asks how much I’m looking to pay. “Forty,” I answer.

He wants to know if I have any cash on me. I explain that I don’t but say I’m meeting a friend who can lend me some. I tell him I'll be back, then walk further up the road.

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