More vandalism and broken car windows in the historic center of Cuneo. The last episodes on Wednesday and also last night (Thursday 23 May) in Via Della Pieveand that seeyear to add to the forty cases that occurred in the area between Lungogesso, Corsos Marconi and Dante, Lungogesso, Via Meucci, Gallo, D’Azeglio and Boggio.
«I parked in Via Della Pieve around 8.15pm and went to the Toselli theater for Nada’s concert – she tells The print one of the victims -. As soon as the show started, he called the police station to warn me that someone had smashed my window. It was 9.15pm, so it must have happened still in broad daylight.”
A few weeks ago, some of the alleged perpetrators were reported to be on the loose. These would be young people with obvious drug addiction problems, frequenters of the drug dealing areas which also involve Piazza Boves, where the consumption of crack (crystallized cocaine) and Rivotril (also known as “poor man’s heroin”), an old drug which when combined with alcohol, produces similar effects to heroin and involves an aggressiveness that is very difficult to contain. Nowadays they cost 10-15 euros per dose: an immediate high, but it doesn’t last long and the addiction begins immediately. Once the effect has worn off, very powerful and with devastating consequences, another dose is needed immediately.
In withdrawal, one goes to great lengths to get it. Even smashing car windows, looking for a few coins. «I understand that the phenomenon is very complex, it calls into question prevention and social services, but the situation has degenerated, the Administration must take urgent measures and the police must strengthen controls – continues the woman -. We are not in the Bronx, I parked in the “living room” of Cuneo and in the light of day. Now I live with anxiety, the fear of not knowing where to park the car. Does this seem normal to you? The other evening it was my turn, but there are dozens of victims and without decisive intervention, this story will not end.”
