On Wednesday, the police hit two drug gangs, with distribution structures in schools and nightclubs in Tirana. 20 people of different ages were arrested, 4 are wanted, among them 3 girls.
To better understand what happens in the gymnasium, Report TV met with two teenage users near the railings at "Petro Nini Luaras" in Tirana.
"I'm also a high school student, in my third year. I'm not a heavy user, but for fun. When we gather for birthdays. We're not drug addicts. With friends, let's drink. We eat bread. It makes you eat a lot of bread. A year ago, when I was 16 years old, I consumed it for the first time. It makes you happy, relieves stress. You have the mind to laugh, not to keep your mind on stress. Yes, it's hashish." - he said.
The other friend says that he learned drugs in the neighborhood, under the buildings or in the alleys without lighting. But at school, many of his friends take it normally, mostly cannabis.
"18 years old, for one year. I started it through my friends, in the neighborhood. In every corner it is consumed. Cannabis. It is for young people. It's soothing. Youth has stresses. It is also part of the fun. Not that it is necessary. Sometimes for fun. 2-3 times a week. We do not exceed the target. It's easy to find. In every corner. You can tell. Who drinks it knows. They also see what they are selling, said one of them," said another teenager.
For these two students, there is nothing wrong with consuming cannabis. But adults, family members prejudge and dramatize the situation more than it is in reality.
"It's not that it's a heavy drug, but the mentality that it's a drug, a drug. At the moment, it gives you adrenaline, relieves stress. To quit, I quit, that drinking a single drink that we consume with 4-5 people, is leave it. It's just that obsession with the bags. It's not driven, because everyone knows their own stuff. When you're the only one in the group who drinks how you feel. Now I drink it happily, but in my early days I had necessary. It's an obsession, not because the body wants it. It's in the mind," said the young man.
The kids don't wait to finish school, but go out every hour to look for drugs. There are many boys and girls who take drugs in schools
“Një dozë nga 5 mijë deri në 10. Pastaj ke dhe çmime të larta. Lekët i sigurojmë me punë, edhe nga shtëpi. Jam gjimnazist, në vit të tretë. Gjithë rinia e konsumon. Shoh nxënës të klasë së 9, moshatar, më të mëdhenj që e pinë. Edhe gocat e konsumojnë”. “Një dozë kushton 5 deri në 10 mijë lekë”, tha tjetri.
Ballafaqimi me familjen është momenti më i vështirë për kato përdorues të vegjël. Ndaj edhe përpiqen të largohen prej saj.
“Të shtëpisë ja kam treguar vetë. Tani e pi me raste. Çdo gjë bëhet për vete, por normal si prind nuk ju ka ardhur mirë”. - tha ai.
Për çdo rast kur duan të përdorin hashash kanë me vete edhe sendet e nevojshme.
"This one is used to mow the grass and this other one is for twisting it. They are bought in tabaco. They are legal. They cost 5 thousand ALL and 150 ALL. As much as you want. No end of use," said the other.