"Pretending to be a pterodactyl." Due to police inaction, residents of one Voronezh neighborhood are trying to save themselves from drug addiction.

Residents of the houses in the area of ​​the Elektronika hospital The area is suffering from a drug-addicted infestation: they destroy flowerbeds and other landscaping, frighten children, and attack teenagers. Locals have created a Telegram channel, patrol the streets, and send photos of drug dealers and addicts to the police, but instead of receiving real help пreceive formal replies.

"Two women stole a stash right in front of me from the vestibule door," "The flower on the windowsill is restless, this is the third time they've been digging through it and using it right there," "Today I was out for a bike ride with my wife and 7-year-old child and we came across two drug addicts who injected themselves right in front of my family," — residents report in a local public group. 

At a meeting with journalists, one resident reported that drug users had always been present there because of the forest nearby, but in the last couple of months they'd "gone off the rails," using openly. An employee at an online store's pickup point encountered a deranged man who had ripped a transformer out of the wall, "acting like a pterodactyl." On June 2, drug addicts attacked a 15-year-old girl, suspecting her of stealing their "stash."

"During the inspection, measures were taken to identify the individuals constantly digging near house No. on Minskaya Street. However, the measures taken did not allow for their identification.", - these are approximately the answers that residents receive from the police of the Zheleznodorozhny district. 

Residents united to defend themselves independently, but, as the lawyer clarified Roman RakovThey have almost no authority. They can't even detain drug addicts in a gentle manner—they could be held accountable for that.

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