True story, what happened today? Streets of Philadelphia, July, 2023.

We're sending Billions to Help other Countries while our Country is in Shambles.....😭😭😭

I am a 58 year old professional man living in Indianapolis, I have a great job, a car and a beautiful home. I got addicted to oxycodone pills, and earlier this year the pills I got were no longer oxycodone, but they still looked like it. I was able to get a fentanyl test kit; and it turns out my oxycodone pills were fentanyl, with no oxycodone in them. I was then able to get a xylazine test strip, and sure enough, they had xylazine in them. (Tranq-the stuff that makes these people fall asleep standing up, and gives them the horrible sores). As soon as I found out, I contacted a clinic, checked myself in. Now I am on methadone, and getting good therapy. I consider myself so lucky, and I am grateful to God, my Family, and my doctors and counselors. I look and feel so much better. It was only a matter of time til I ended up homeless, in jail, or dead. I was on that path, and to be honest, it was such a hellacious life I didn’t care if I died. If it can happen to me it can happen to anybody. Please, for the love of God, if you are using drugs, please get help. Help is available. Don’t trust anybody who sells you any drugs, anywhere. Mine were sold to me as if they were from a prescription. They looked exactly like they we’re supposed to, but they were “pressed” pills, made by drug dealers. (They were small, blue pills with the letter M in a box). And if you think you are buying heroin powder, you are not. There is almost no real heroin out on the streets anymore. Because heroin is bulkier, it is being replaced with fentanyl from China, which is shipped to Mexico, and the drug cartels in Mexico mix it with xylazine; a veterinary sedative used to anesthetize horses. The xylazine causes deep sores on your body that become infected and necrotic. Just like the flesh-eating bacteria, and people are losing their legs, arms and fingers. I had two open infected wounds on my back, one on my ear, and one on the top of my head. They are finally starting to heal after 6 months. I was a casual user at first, and eventually became a once a day user, and when the supply was switched to fentanyl I started using 3-4 times a day, and eventually had to use almost every 2 hours.

Wide out in the open, shooting up, what a wasteland.

No matter what amount they are shooting up, they still don't look happy. What a waste of humanity.The more the people gather together, the filthier it gets.

Would someone please offer the guy with the white dog I see in almost every video $50 to take it and give it a home with a yard, family and proper vet care ? He/she doesn’t deserve to be on the leash, every damn day, around all that nastiness. It’s animal abuse. And the animal didn’t choose this life. 😢😢😢😢😢😢

Opening shot is just heart breaking. Can see the pain in both their faces.

When I was younger I always thought that America was a great country it saddens me to see so many homeless and addicted and out of work citizens across America I hope one day things will start to improve I believe it’s still a great country….All the best from the UK.

What I'm realizing now is that there are charity and help places all along this avenue for these people. They get an exchange of clothes, meals, medical attention, a place to shower and sleep, and a place to go when the weather is very bad, some get social security checks, and help with drug addiction, yet this is what you end up with. These people vote and this is freedom. I'm coming to the conclusion that only a dictatorship can fix this.

It's terrible that people can live like this

How can a country accept this? There is lot to learn here about setting priorities straight in the USA.

The days change, the scenes are the same.

Don't know why Kensington interests me. Don't feel safe where I live. I'd be scared walking around there too. When I was young, it wouldn't have scared me. For some reason it scares and saddens me, don't know why. It makes me think about people and their choices and when it stops being a choice. I wonder if the people there feel safe? It just gives me a bunch of questions.

whatever you feed don't necessarily grow but you do increase its capacity. these people are here because they want to be here, they are losers and it is what they like, by condoning this you are sending the message that it is alright, these kind of people are predators and look for weakness in the system

That opening shot of that guy comforting that lady… two explanations 1) someone who really cares 2) serial killer. No other option because that guy looked too clean and tidy to be there!!!

It's going to take a lot more than prayer to fix that.

place them on a refuse barge and let it set sail .

Yo fui alcholico y se sufre mucho

The more I watch these types of videos the more I see the real harm to society these drugs bring. There are never any "long-term" people on these streets. Each video seems to have a new crew of people. Are they dying off this fast? That fentynel is deadly I've heard. Never tried it, never want to. I hope these poor people seek some type of help.

Do you think this the worst it can be? Check out the city of Vancouver in Canada. What an eye opener. Things are very bad there, too. Things are bad all over.

Good morning everyone...Thanks kimgary.