The Paris Police Department has taken steps to build a wall in Paris to ward off drug addicts. Behind this absurd move, it actually reflects the intensification of conflicts between residents and drug addicts.

The Chinese community in Aubachvilliers has paid great attention to security issues, and this series of response strategies has also triggered extensive discussions and different opinions.

Aubachvilliers has the largest Chinese business district in Europe.

In urban Paris, drug abuse is a serious problem, causing trouble to residents' lives and exacerbating conflicts between residents and drug addicts.

The Paris police department issued an order to build a wall at the underground passage connecting Paris and Pantin to prevent drug users from entering the residential areas of Pantin and the Seine-Saint-Denis department.

This action is simple and clear, as if trying to isolate the problem through a barrier to protect the residents of the area.

However, this does not fundamentally solve the problem, it merely changes where addicts may appear.

In 2023, according to some local social organizations, the number of drug users has increased recently. If their drug abuse problems are not properly addressed, this geographical segregation could fuel dissatisfaction in other areas.

Residents surrounding the operation may be at risk of being transported by drug addicts.

The Paris city government plans to move those with addictions to Eole Park, but this approach was opposed by Frederic, a representative of residents around the park.

He pointed out that the government only takes the problem for granted rather than solving it.

This also shows that the government fails to think comprehensively and pays insufficient attention to the interests of the affected people when making decisions.

At the end of June, Paris Mayor Hidalgo made the decision to return Eole Park to the citizens. At the same time, he banned drug users from entering the park. Soon, however, addicts began gathering on the streets outside the park and taking drugs.

Prohibition only treats the symptoms but not the root cause, and addicts' desire to take drugs still exists. Such an approach will only perpetuate the problem in a different form, without alleviating the impact on nearby residents, and even create new security problems.

Paris Mayor Hidalgo has made a request to Prime Minister Castel, hoping to add several low-risk drug use venues in Paris to deal with the drug abuse problem in the Northeast.

Germany, Switzerland, Spain and other places have already established precedents for drug use venues, and supporters believe this may improve the public environment.

But in Paris, the plan met with considerable resistance.

Firm opposition from local residents, coupled with refusals from the police and prosecutors, meant that only two of the six planned establishments were actually opened.

This shows that when dealing with the actual domestic situation and public concerns, it is not always smooth to refer to the practices of other countries, because the differences in social composition and public perceptions in various places have a significant impact on the implementation of policies.

Speaker Pekles pointed out that the solution lies in setting up drug treatment institutions rather than just providing places for drug abuse. He firmly believes that drug establishments will only undermine the social order of Paris and may even encourage drug users to continue using.

In his opinion, starting from the root of drug addiction is the most correct path.

From current observations, drug treatment centers seem to be less controversial than drug abuse establishments. The public would rather see those addicts reformed and corrected.

Data shows that after successful detoxification, if there is no effective assistance, the relapse rate will be higher. Drug-taking rooms can only play a limited role in helping moderate and severe drug addicts, and it is difficult to help them completely quit drug addiction.

The detoxification center can provide a more effective and systematic path to detoxification.

On September 24, the police took more than 130 drug addicts on buses and transferred them to August Barron Square.

At nine o'clock in the morning on the 25th, residents of the adjacent areas of Paris and Pantin, accompanied by local officials, took to the streets to express their dissatisfaction.

They fear that drug addicts will be concentrated and relocated to the neighborhoods where they live, which may greatly disrupt the security and living environment of their communities.

The city of Pantin once tried to build walls to protect residential areas from drug addicts, but now other areas are experiencing a metastasis of the problem and are looking for ways to protect themselves.

It’s a vicious cycle, and no neighborhood wants to be home to addicts.

Paris has taken many detours in dealing with drug addiction.

From the wall-building process to the relocation process to the debate over drug use sites and drug treatment facilities, these reveal the complexity of the problem.

The city's security situation, the health of drug addicts and the living environment of residents have all been negatively affected by this problem.

This involves the interests and considerations of many politicians, institutions and residents of different neighborhoods.

The police department aims to protect the safety of Pantan citizens, and the mayor hopes to improve the city's security situation while taking into account multiple goals such as public health. What residents are most concerned about is ensuring that their neighborhoods are not threatened.

Without comprehensive consideration of the interests and goals of all parties, it will be difficult to find an appropriate solution to this problem.

This is not just a problem faced by Paris. Other cities also need to think deeply when dealing with similar addiction problems.