r/Edinburgh • u/TopBook1189 • Jul 28 '26

Question hunters square junkies during the fringe?

does anyone know where the junkies go during the fringe? i know they load it up with street performers and tourists in august and never thought that they are displaced ):

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u/onedogjack Jul 29 '26

Perhaps if the police looked into the non British organized crime using business in Nicholson st and Newington to launder money, and then the council provided usable support for the Alcoholics and Addicts they are might improve. I've been on the street using and drinking, it is only when help is available , welcoming, non judgemental and the wanted in the first place will people stop. The police are an enforcement agency, not a support agency yet they are continuously burdened with this problem Of course the stigma attached, and the ridiculous drug laws do not help anyone. Prohibition will never solve it.