GOOD Magazine: Skid Row Part 3: Drugs

[aarake6533]

This people grew up in LA Homes...

They Grew up with LA Values...

La Home is out of reach for them...

How can we help them...

Aram Arakelyan

Realty Need Network

House Value Check

[DjBall]

Six Reasons and Choc Nitty making hits now.respect.

[ToastJunkie420]

As long as humans are alive, they will do drugs, and there will ALWAYS be a skid row.

[Colloquium2011]

Don't look down on anybody, unless you're on top of a ladder.

[hardlove524]

this is an awesome story, it's amazing to see some people turn their lives around...

[cortec3000]

Its stupid..if they r near the financial district..the developers shuld just rip all that up and put up shops...they got tha money

[terryshilo]

I appreciate the message and the visuals, I DO NOT LIKE the narrators tone. The approx words from the first video says it all really: We are judged by the treatment we show the poor, ill, abused, children, elderly, etc., well, we certainly can be judged poorly by this video series. If everyone in the US donated the cost of ex: Starbucks, lunch out, pack of gum, etc., one day a week; there could be a change. The majority of people seriously want a hand up, not a hand out.

[misterword1]

6 reasons!

[m14slamfire]

5th and san Julian, I was there for over a year.

[foundintranslation3]

ooo boy lets talk about the 5th precinct.the 5th precinct is on downtown LA on skid row the first place i smoked weed when i got to LA was on the back of the 5th precinct on the wall someone gave me a joint.i have heard stories of people smoking crack in the garage at the fith precincts while the police are looking at them thru the vents joking.skid row is no joke if do decide to go visit make sure you have your Bible and a strong belief in Jesus he is the only one that will help you.

[Autocad1965]

I gotta say, I do like the little homeless girl at 0:37 with the state of the art smart phone in her hands texting though.......

[foundintranslation3]

dam and to believe i used to be down there at night runnin round on winston on the roof smokin.thats how i know jesus was there somewhere i seen fith st in the video skid row is the nastiest place i ever been i got some stories to tell.they smoke crack day and night,walk up in those electro porta potties 3 at a time who knows what they doin.there are some downright nasty people on skid row as well as some very clean people,rich and poor, my friend fucked one of the pointer sisters on skid row .

[pinfold1000]

and then the hipsters invade and coffee shops and wholefoods open up shop and loft apartments pop up the rent goes up shelters shut down and your black ass can't stay here cuz were going to turn this place into a "ART STUDIO" ART SPACE or

what ever gentrification wants to call its self now RIP NY RIP OAKLAND RIP NEW ORLENS URBAN RENEWEL DOESN'T INCLUDE POOR BLACKS THEY JUSTRAISE THE RENT AND THE COPS KICK US OUT AS SOON AS CAN HIPSTERS ARE THE SUNS OF THE RICH WHO PRAY ON THE MIFORTUNE of POOR

[johnny2rios]

who works or lives in skid row and is black and wants to fuck a hot white boy in the ass tonight wiith all your buddies??? not for money.

[jakeljo112233]

It's the same problems in Canada, especially Vancouver. Addiction leads to homelessness, to crime and the addicts getting desperate. Lots of dealers living off of others misery.

[gearf0x07]

hahah GOOD Magazine: Skid Row Part 3: Drugs is soo funny, best show i've ever seen

[CALMBEATS]

back in the day homeless people were attracted to those streets purely because it was a designated area for humans to loiter and /or sleep without prosecution.

that has ALL changed now.

signs posted everywhere that its ILLEGAL to sleep on sidewalks and streets.

i guess the city changed thier minds... haha

basically the homeless are still in l.a.,.. just more spread about the city.

peace yall.

[S1L3NTP1G]

100th rating ftw! 5 star

[ChrisEddie1401]

Pierluigi Colina hahaha

[Rainbow1160]

Fuck the police!!! Death to Piggy!!

[martinjanssen1]

he is still a fucking nobody.....

[tryss]

whats the credit song

[72jjohn]

"hes a straight up super dope cop" hahahahahhaahha

[mrfilmnoir68]

The majority of the people in skid row L.A. are there because of personal choices that they have made.

[thailow117]

the cop looks like soccer referee collina

[DartmouthAlum96]

I drove through L.A.'s skid row two days ago. It was definitely cleaner than it was in the 1980s, 1990s, or early 2000s. However, there were still a lot of people on the streets and a lot of "hand-to-hand" action going on out there. Until society address the root causes of poverty and addition, there will always be drug-filled districts like skid row.

[prometheusjackson]

Dumb misleading videos. Pure crap.

[Locd9]

ignorant ass

[DADEISM]

yeah the reasons theres fewer people there is because their all in jail...not solving problem, just slowing it down. fuck that shit

[johnny2rios]

where can my boy hang with a group of skid row black ass fuckers today??

[BMWpower335i]

the mayor is a douchebag mexican nationalist.

[chadfitzy]

it seems as though they just want to sweep away the problem insted of actually helping those who have nowhere else to go

[opalfruities]

does anyone know the song at the very beginning with the GOOD title????

[sourmanofcoal]

moonlight sonata

[verndewd]

in the shadows of the financial district

[CRITTERCRV]

im from LA  and i actually buy crack from skid row its really decent crack.just dont give a obvious junkie ur money he wont jack ur cash but he will pinch the rock.ask a mexican whos got the good fat rocks and just follow .GLADYS BLOCK FATTEST ROCKS!!!

[pillsbury09]

You need help... check yourself into a rehab man.

Are you Black or Mex?

[darthsun666]

dude you need help! my dad was on herion and that rock shit, etc and it helped put us in skid row you ass. it not only affects your life but the lives of everyone around you! its sad really that you would think its good.

[blinkingblythe]

go to rehab NOW! I've been on skid row and it is very fucked up down there.

[2doorlover]

from probaly robing people or pickin up bottels

[SpikeMichaels]

Where the fuck do all these homeless people get money to buy crack?

CRACK COSTS MONEY, THEY DON'T GIVE IT AWAY FOR FREE!!!

And if you're a "crack addict", a 10 or 20 dollar rock isn't shit! I used to be hooked on that shit, I spent about 100 bucks a day!!!

So you're telling me these SKID ROW crack addicts spend 100 bucks a day?

WHERE THE FUCK DO THEY GET IT FROM, IT DOESN'T ADD UP!!!!

[fertileturtel]

they pull jack moves on ppl and rob from stores and sell items on teh street. and they dont always have crack.

[prplplslim]

I've always wondered that myself, only people that make decent money could afford it, but you can't be addicted like they are, and still be able to afford it. Good point.

[jackinla8]

omg, the narrator's smug voice is annoying

[uniquelyme7]

That happens to be Nikki Sixx, who used to be a herion addict.

[slashergnr482]

so shocked hes not dead.

he was a junkie WITH money.

[marko0]

They should move to a better nigger city like Buffalo when they get a shit load of money off selling :P

[skymunro]

Chief Bratton is hawkin Skid row like he did here in NYC cleanin up Manhattan in areas like the Bowery and Hells Kitchen, they'll exploite and gengrify the neighborhood, watch out LA for that Bratton, hes a shark. Him n Guilianni gave each other the shaft....while fucking, selling out NY into a over sold, generic, ses pool of yuppy pseudo-elitist trash. Plastic facades and faces...yeah, hell clean it,,and then rape the culture. Ask a native NYer, well tell you....

[DieDrummer4Life]

I wish i had the money people like tom cruise and will smith do. They piss away money on their bullshit religious views when people are suffering like this. I wanna pull everyone out of there and build them a five star hotel to live in.

[MirkoMMA]

"Nigga had money the size of a football" Trump too!

[SolMaster]

Alcohol and tobacco are so ingrained in our society that the government CAN'T outlaw them. Prohibition didn't work because people can't stop using a drug that is widely socially acceptable, but still incredibly dangerous.

I think it's incorrect when people have the conviction not use drugs simply because they are illegal. Illegal drugs are illegal because they're not widely used and, get this, they're not taxed. Many of them carry risks that are very comparable to legal drugs.

[swatus]

Good idea, but who is brave enough to build that wall ? :P

[mcworker17]

I AM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DieDrummer4Life]

we should put you in there and see how long you last, we could make a reality show about it. Skin head in skin row is the name

[redsununo]

typical statist bullshit-oh, alcohol and tobacco are totally legit, hell, Rush Limbaugh can pop his pills, but anything else? no way. The only difference between an alcohol distributor and a heroin distributor is that the alcohol distributor relies on the state's monopoly on violence to be a successful businessperson. wake up. @

[cdechols]

GrowlinWillie....

So, following your logic, the millions of children born to well off families with a lot of advantages they need to have everything taken away from them to make them more ambitious? Your hypothesis needs some more work.

[Efferts]

I buy that only 'cuz it's easier taking shit for granted. Imagine your pumping heart no longer a motor function.

[GrowlinWillie]

No matter what you do, you're going to have to do something with the people. They're lazy, and have character flaws. The best thing you could do is stop feeding them. When people get hungry, they get ambitious. We've spent how many billions on homeless shelters, free medical, social security disablity, adc, wic, the list goes on and on. It should be obvious that more government programs and money will not solve this so-called problem.

[lamazogogo]

good luck Choch Nitty

[pillsbury09]

Are there any white people in skid row?

[jmwhite33]

yes..

[DazedButterFly]

there are people in skid row you ignorant fuck, thats all that should matter

[pillsbury09]

lol.. i was just asking. relax man!

im going to volunteer at the mission this year. :)

[logekbanks]

i pick up drugs in downtown all the time its never gonna change if u want drugs in downtown and u know whats up u know where to pick up what on what corner.

[PROD2001]

hey bro, can i meet you

[nevous8]

Have you ever tried natural stuff like seeds/cactus?... a lot healthier for you and cheaper. same highs as any street drug.

[IvyWhispers]

haha "no doubt about it...he's a straight up super doped cop" sweeeet

[newyorkballer911]

wuts da name of da song at 1:55 plz let me kno

[iamthebs]

thanks and dont miss my school-handguns-ourchildren video! America needs more people like him, especially parents!

[atreyulvr666]

wow! when i saw these posted on myspace i automatically clicked on them. and i started watching them this morning. and as soon as i got home i finished the vids. very educational. i live 20 mins from all this. its terrible to see this lifestlye. thanks for posting these videos. people need to see this!

[halo400000]

awesome vid

[zachkomes]

Awesome series GOOD! You guys need more stuff like this :D

[alfonzodfd11]

More People need to see this.

[BTSDigitalx]

Really GOOD. Keep it up.

[upstatecb]

Great series.