Streets of Philadelphia, Kensington Avenue “Highlight” For the month of August.
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2021
- Most dangerous street in Philadelphia
Kensington Philadelphia Drug & Crime Problems
Violent crime and drug abuse in Philadelphia as a whole is a major problem. The city’s violent crime rate is higher than the national average and other similarly sized metropolitan areas.1 Also alarming is Philadelphia’s drug overdose rate. The number of drug overdose deaths in the city increased by 50% from 2013 to 2015, with more than twice as many deaths from drug overdoses as deaths from homicides in 2015.2 A big part of Philadelphia’s problems stem from the crime rate and drug abuse in Kensington.
Because of the high number of drugs in Kensington, the neighborhood has a drug crime rate of 3.57, the third-highest rate by neighborhood in Philadelphia.3 Like a lot of the country, a big part of this issue is a result of the opioid epidemic. Opioid abuse has skyrocketed over the last two decades in the United States and Philadelphia is no exception. Along with having a high rate of drug overdose deaths, 80% percent of Philadelphia’s overdose deaths involved opioids2 and Kensington is a big contributor to this number. This Philly neighborhood is purportedly the largest open-air narcotics market for heroin on the East Coast with many neighboring residents flocking to the area for heroin and other opioids.4 With such a high number of drugs in Kensington, many state and local officials have zoned in on this area to try and tackle Philadelphia’s problem.
I wonder how many mom's watch these videos and look for a glimpse of their kids. My daughter was missing for 2 years, finally home and clean but I feel for all those mom's with their kids lost in Kensington
Right!!!!!
All these people are someone sons and daughters.
I'm glad yours is home now.🌷
Probably less than you think. There's a reason people end up like that. The drugs are a symptom not the cause.
I'm so glad YOU'RE daughter is home and clean
I have seen comments from family members on other channels that have seen videos of their daughters and sons family members whatever you must have been the most hardest thing for you
@@ccd5525 Not always. Sometimes you fall with the wrong crowd. It usually starts with the prescription medication(Percs). A lot of people who are on them for a while will become dependent. Once realizing they cost $40 a piece on the street, they go to dope for $10 and it all unfolds from there. Doctors are the new dope boys
My daughter is down there.. Iit breaks my. Heart..I love her so much. I do whatever I. Can for her to have quality time together a couple times a week...
imagine the absolute horror that goes on at night.
Scary to think about...
More "immigrants" come in across the border
Awfulness
America the greatest 😂😂. These people chose to do this . I don’t have the slightest pity for them 🤷🏽♀️
@@jramirez6333 NOT everybody grows up in a stable house or has a silver spoon in there mouth, sugar.
This really shows how this country feels about it's people. It's really sad to see people living like this .
You get what you Voted for?
It's worse to us bc we aren't use to it ...but most of these people are an that's what's sad to me
Whygoverment help ? They need is rahabilitation
@@ayuanhijrah136 💯
Take your jab, sit down and shut up. 🇺🇲
Awesome video to bring awareness to this crisis. I don't think I have ever seen a zombie land quite that bad. Ive seen some bad places but not on that scale. That whole part of town is messed up. Seriously awful. :(
Bruh! I’m a retired Army Master Sergeant with 24-years active duty and 3 combat tours and these videos almost make me want to cry. I can’t believe AMERICANS are living like this!! I truly can’t.
I respect your service. I grew up in this shit. I dont feel bad for these people at all. Its 2021. People know what heroin does to the human body and people still do it. And that "perception drugs turned me to it" argument dont work either. If you know a prescription made you addicted, turning to hard drugs is not gonna help. Enough with the excuses already.
Facts man it hurts to see
Steve you’re uneducated.
Millions of people lost their prescriptions when the doctors washed their hands of them when the opioid crisis exploded “because of them” people started buying pain pills off the street to keep out of pain or extreme withdrawals and not knowing the whole time they were pressed fake oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl but it was too late by that time it was full blown addiction.
That’s what happened to Tom Petty and Prince. It’s a deadly hook line and sinker and they don’t realize until it’s too late.
It happened to me but I luckily have recovered it’s still a battle that always there.
@@setharnold3699 Of course your one the "blame everybody else" crowd. You people think a magic pill will make you all better rather living a decent healty life and actually take care of yourself. Your probably first in line to get the vaccine to!
Is the American Dream
Here in Brazil people always say that in the United States there is no poverty and that the streets are clean. This video shows the opposite
In argentina the people thinks the same.....
Man, this shows the hypocrisy of the United States 🇺🇸
Kensington Ave in Philadelphia and Skidrow in L.A are two of the worst places for homelessness in the U.S. Also, there is a ton of young homeless transiates in Seattle. In Chicago it's pretty spread out under some bridges but it doesn't come close to this.
This is the worst place in America outside of skid row. 99 percent of America looks nothing like this.
There is definitely poverty. However, this is a very tiny representation of the U.S. You will find whatever you're looking for, on UA-cam, to support your opinion. These videos are educational and informative. And very disgusting. But in no way representative of this country.🇺🇸❤️
I can't imagine the amount of rape and violence that occurs on these streets. This is so terrible. Everyone just walks past the half bent people as though it's completely normal. We cannot become immune to this. This should effect every single soul😢
I think have long ago become immune to this type of suffering else it would not be allowed to continue year after year essentially unaltered. We have normalized these conditions by allowing them to fester unabated. We have normalized dope addicts suffering \ dying on our streets by simply considering these people "Drug Zombies" for whom chronic addiction is their informed lifestyle choice. To become a dope addict you at some point have to CHOOSE to abuse drugs. The pill, the needle, the spoon, the mirror don't walk up to you and force you into a life of drugs. Only unfortunates are those who were turned out to heroin by their degenerate doctor dealers peddling strong pain medications.
This is their normal daily
Typicall democrat city
Señora violaciones hay donde quiera no solo con esta gente porque es drogadicta 😡,. Ellos están en su mundo al contrario si tiene comida aunque sea ofrescales
Maybe you should go help them
I'm beyond devastated!! 😥 this must be one of the saddest videos I've seen . How did it come to this ??? Hundreds of young people just street rubbish . 😔 I'm ignorant of drugs, I live in South Wales UK . why do many of them just stand and lean forwards ?? sorry if this seems a daft observation . Whoever's reading this , I wish you health and happiness . Take care ❤
Well said.
They can't stand properly because of the drugs. Like alconolics can't.
Even with a big dumpster left for them the zombies have garbage everywhere! The drug hits them so hard it stops them in their tracks and doubles them over! This could all be solved by firehoses very quickly! Even dope wont bring them back to face the cold water and having all of their possesions completely soaked. Cold water can be very electrifying even to a zombie! No need for arrests , ambulances or police just hit em with the hoses!
The ones leaning are most likely doing heroin. To see people shooting heroin and smoking crack right in the open on the filthy sidewalk is giving me a bad panic attack. I lived in northeast Philly 75-76. I loved it then. The people were awesome.! This video shocked me.
There chucking nods from fentanyl or heroin,dope must be great there I've never in my life saw so many noding out in public,so many look like shit...wow..I'm ex junkie myself..they will never get off it either....living there is no ecape.,.every corner u take someone's doing the Kodak bop...all of them are damn there on it...so crazy,,so sad...god bless hope whoever walking those streets find god and run away from that shithole..,.everytime I hear philly this is now what I will think of.....y'all got Camden N.J. beat by a longshot
I'm never going to take any drugs. not ever.
We all take DRUG when we fall sick 😂
That's what we all Said too
Good, you never know what drug will speak louder than your common sense.
They need to show this stuff to schoolkids. THIS is what drugs look like. It's not like what they hear in music or see on TV and in movies that often glamorize the drug life.
Drugs didn't do this to people, globalism, liberal democracy and capitalism did this to them.
In a humane society these people would live inside the closed shops instead of outside them.
@@Danomax Yeah drugs didn't do this. Your jobs being shipped over seas, Marxists taking over the institutions and government and the break up of the family unit did this. Drugs are just what people use when life is crap.
We sad the same - when we saw this film
@@Danomax Oh yes let's blame everything and everyone but the person in the mirror.
Facts it’s sad alot of these people ruined their lives over drugs
Video quality is top notch 👌🏼
It's nice to see people getting together and doing yoga, tai chi, and other exercises out in the fresh air.
I can't stop watching these videos. These aren't actors. These are real people. This is a real place that is just so foreign to me. A bear pooped in my driveway last week. There's a fox den less than 100 yards from my house. "Thank You God for my life. Help these poor lost people. Send Your Spirit to visit and fill them".
amen.
All of us, keep praying for the Kensington people. Good energy going their way. Hugs
Amen
Zombies
The "lord" doesn't give a crap
These videos are so hard to watch but this is where I watch to look for my son when he goes missing...
GOD HELP US ALL...
I just try to keep hope and love and prayers in my heart for any family that lives this 24/7...
St Maximilian Kolb...
Help my son and others find their way home to a family still with open arms...
I'm Very Sorry to Hear This. I'll Pray For You♥️. It's the Real Devil out thr in the Street's. I Truly Hope He Gets Help. Blessings n Peace To You n Family
Damn, that's tough! You're a strong lady! God bless
Amin inşAllah
I never considered that someone could have unconditional love somewhere but still live like that. I guess all these situations are much more complicated than one would assume, than one wrong turn, being unemployable, finding the wrong friends.
Yes one wrong turn...
And yes unconditional love for our children...
Guilty as charged
Thanks for the real video about what's going on in the streets, alcohol and drugs. Vivat quiet Europe
I lived in a different part of Kensington many many years ago and I remember that this area had very few stores that were closed. If I'm not mistaken there were a couple of movie theaters near
K& A restaurants, doctors offices etc. Parking meters were used. Many of the businesses had apartments or living quarters above the stores too. People on the sidewalks were upright and walking to or from a place of business or maybe to the elevated stations to head downtown or up to the northeast somewhere.
Everyone's walking, but no one is going anywhere.
I was just thinking the same thing….
👍
Either dealing or looking for the next hit.
I am a police officer in Germany and I say that fortunately there are no such conditions in our country. really shocking how many heavy drug addicts there are on the street
The US really leads the way
I think German cops need to come here to enforce the law because American cops don’t and that’s what this is the way it is. No consequences
All due respect to Germany and their many government funded programs to aid in homelessness and addiction.
Dom go. Stop fucking lying you piece of shit bitch I was in Germany
it's worse there than here in America
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As sad as it is you captured the day and life of these addicts.
Thank you for taking the time to show the real deal. So sad, God bless 🇺🇸✌️
Does anyone know if there are any sight seeing coach trips around Kensington. I would like to view these people but from a safe environment. I should imagine the smell is pretty horrendous so wouldn't actually want to leave the coach. Any feedback appreciated.
You can tell which ones are the dealers just by looking at their clothing and how healthy they are. Mannerisms and behavior also serve as subtle indicators.
Yeh totally agree , they stand out . They move normally and are not all bent and buckled up .
America sure does have a lot of gaps for people to fall in. This is nothing less than heart breaking.
wider opportunities comes with it wider gaps to fall into..
@@land7776
Indeed, Jeff Bezo wouldn't be this rich if it wasn't for the wider opportunities, that created so many malls to close, hence leaving Americans without livable wages jobs.
Republican & Democrat are Destroying our NATiON!!!
We The People need 3rd, Party NOW!!!!
LOCK UP Trump & his entire Family & Joe Biden & Obama & George Walker Bush & George Herbert Walker Bush & Bill & Hilary Clinton, whom are ALL WAR CRiMiNALS!!!
Never Ever Forget That - Trump & Joe Biden & Obama & George Walker Bush & George Herbert Walker Bush & Bill & Hilary Clinton
- Gave BiLLiONS of dollars bailout to the Devils pocket
Wall Street
BiG Pharma
BiG Oil
- Refused Americans Affordable Housing that turned into a HumanityCrisis
- Refused Americans Mental HealthCare-For-All
- Refused Americans ReHabCare-For-All
- Refused Americans Medicare-For-All
- Are All Big Pharma Puppet $$$
- Allowed & Continue Rigged Election
- Allowed Police Brutality Crisis to continue by (Government Sanction Terrorist)
- Refused in ENDiNG bombing of innocent humans abroad
- Refused Americans of Net Neutrality
- Colluded with Russia
- Refused Raise of Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) increase
- Refused America from joining every industrialized nation in this world in providing Single Payer HealthCare to Americans
- Refused mandatory GMO & Non-GMO & Organic labeling
- Took Money from the Profit Prison System to expand
- Refused America in drug negotiation with BiG Pharma
- Are all Warmongers on innocent humans abroad
- Resumed use of NSA: Spying on Americans
- Resumed Fracking and poisoning our citizens
- Resumed Dakota Access Pipeline Crisis to harm the indigenous humans in their land
- Resumed Citizens United Corruption
- Resumed TPP, TTIP and TISA economical disaster
- Resumed Big Pharma Corruption
- Resumed Flint Water Corruption to poison Flint Michigan citizens
- Resumed Native American Land to be Raped and Pillaged
- Resumed Federal Reserve Corruption
- Resumed illegal Offshore Oil Drilling Corruption
- Resumed Big Money in Politics Corruption
- Resumed not to Reinstate a modern day Glass-Steagall Act
- Did nothing on Taxing industries for Carbon Pollution Combating Climate Change
@@phoenixpr100 Relax dude. It ain’t that bad here.
This is some sad shit to watch. These ppl are human. Theyr'e not animals or trash. Where did it all go wrong for them?! Smh.
Well now. Maybe, just maybe, if these people chose to find legitimate jobs instead of illegal drugs, they could have been part of the success story of America!
I feel bad ONLY for those with mental (not induced by drugs), TRUE physical limits (not caused by drugs) and those who lost everything NOT caused by their poor choices who are homeless.
Those who CHOSE to start drug use, those who had to buy all of the toys (motorcycle, boat, RV camper, vacation home, etc.) made their own bed!
Muy triste tantas personas berlas así. Se me parte el corazón 💔🥺
They must be giving out samples starting at 9:30. It’s amazing how fast the herd can move when they want to.
LMAO! You ain't kidding! Maybe free needles or methadone clinic opened???
They give samples???
"The American Dream" looks like a nightmare...
hopefully this isn't your dream.
the rich and poor gap is bigger ！the rich heaven ，the poor hell
You are very naive.
Yeah, because every little kid dreams of being a junkie on the sidewalk. 🙄 You make shitty choices, you live a shitty life. That’s just a fact. No excuses.
American dream now is . Sit home and let the government take care of you .
Painful to watch.
It gets easier the more you watch
Those sample stampedes are something else
I can't believe I used to live here.
say NO to drugs!!!
Conrad/Coppola: Apocalypse “ The Horror, The Horror of it All.” Very Sobering video, KimGary. Stay Safe.
every high school student should be watching this...... the steps between your life and this are fewer than you think....
again, thank you for posting
I just said the same thing
Interesting! and When the real war starts! against the merchants of death ?!
You got my vote. I am sure that I would feel as safe in Kensington ave. as I would feel in Kabul. (Afghanistan). The two places have something in common: STAR SPANGLED BANNER.
American Society and Culture are both Regressing to the point that it's sickening . Especially in America's Large Cities .
This isn't regression. These things have been this way for decades, and you only know now because of the internet.
@@PatrickRogers Funny i don't see these scenes in Japan or China.
@@RichSmithson
@@PatrickRogers two things. Money & power.
@@RichSmithson China and Japan are two completely different countries. Don't talk about them in the same way.
My husband and I were addicted to opiates but held down jobs and then had kids...I thank God we had each other and loving families that helped us recover when we didn't think we needed it. We are clean and sober now but I do often think just how close we e could've been to ending up down this awful rabbit hole of addiction and thoughts of not being worthy to be saved.
This breaks my heart💔
We allow this to go on and very little is said about it...and yet there is always plenty of money and public support for the next war in some faraway land. I commend this channel for raising awareness.
Is the guy making money on this channel actually giving it to the right people to do something about it?
@@robertpage2023 why should he?
Dont say we its the state officals who let it go on.
@@nbeasley2 Oh, I don't know........maybe...........perhaps...........A MORAL OBLIGATION FROM MAKING MONEY OFF THE MISERY OF OTHERS.
They could take if off their taxes as a charitable contribution.
@@robertpage2023 if these parasites had any morals themselves then, possibly. But they don't. There are numerous agencies and charities assisting the parasites already. What happens to the things people mail to them through other UA-cam channels? Some get stolen after they nod off in their stupors. A lot of it gets left where they get it delivered to them. They don't have any use for them. They want snacks and money. One of the sweetest little girls, because she was a little girl, actually did go to rehab and got clean. She was going to a step up program. Then she was found dead in her bed due to the damage she had done to her body. My heart hurts for the ones like her. Most are just wasted space.
Completely heart-breaking and hugely out of control, how on earth can something on this scale ever be tackled?
@Cheif Grayfeather RIGHT !!!!!!!!!.
@@robertbascelli6433 So you want a Totalitarian State??? RIGHT!!!!!!!!
Bring back the family unit...
First clean up the trash on the streets and second clean up all the litter
Remember now this is all happening in democratic run cities. These democrats do not care what's happening. Just look at what is going on on the streets of San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento all cities run by democrats in a state run by the democrats .
This has been going on for years. Democrats are evil.
Betapa mengerikannya hidup d lingkungan seperti ini .... Kita sebagai orang tua harus x-tra hati hati
I must come and visit and drive through, to see for myself......This is Fabulous.....
This is very dangerous
What a horrible existence, The stench must be horrible 🤢
It’s bad where I live, but not quite this bad, I’ll take the country life any day over city living
I live in a rural area an hour west of Philadelphia. Two completely different worlds.
Just the amount of garbage on the streets is breathtaking!
Addiction is a terrible disease. I hope these people find the help they need.
@@Queenofthegingers Is it a disease or is it that some people just make REALLY bad decisions in life?
@@Essays4College definitely a disease.
Is the rest of Philadelphia not outraged by this? i'm fairly confident if this was in ANY european city, the people would demand the Gov did something!!! I feel like the local people must be ignoring this. What a sad culture of neglect
Some don’t know it exists.Some people just live in there own world.
The whole area is making from the drugs, every corner on every block is selling drugs and the corner stores wash all the dirty $1 & $5 notes for the dealers to bring back to their guy.. This isn't a new thing this has been going on for decades on Kensington and without this the people would have know income, its all they know.
On another video there was a yellow humvee..... Maybe the dealer? IDK but it no shit looked out of place there.
Blame the democrats for cities likes this. They run the big cities in the US. Trump tried to do something about it , but the democrats always blocked him in every way.
When people demand that homeless encampments are removed, there’s backlash. The government has pumped trillions into treatment opinions & drug courts for these junkies. Know what you’re talking about.
I find it totally fascinating. I could watch these posts all day.
I live in Jakarta and I never see this such condition in my city also in the other big cities of Indonesia. I hope those people can get better.
Thank you for bringing awareness. I went to Philly a couple of years ago for a work convention, and I left depressed at what I saw, it was the land of the living dead. I couldn't wait to get home. So sad, it was terrible a couple of years ago and looks like it got worse. Sending love, light, and compassion
You think Philly is bad, don't go to Frisco town, there you have tent cities in downtown SF. With syringes and human feces all over it.
Yes true facts just sad
Everywhere got worse Havent ya noticed
At 0:55 it's amazing how these zombies are on the verge of falling onto their faces, yet manage to keep their balance. So sad to see this.
Twinkle it is shocking. You said it perfectly..land of the living dead. They are like zombies and I'm shocked. I see people in wheel chairs and in bad health. How on earth are they surviving every day. I seriously think the state can come in and load them all up and take to a huge whare house and sort through who goes where for help. But they need to be off the streets and fed and have some basic care
I love the guy sweeping. With all the trash around, he literally rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
If he manages to recruit a dozen others, they might start making an impact.
When I lived in Portland, I knew a homeless guy who would stake out a whole couple of blocks, and spend the day sweeping them clean while he flew his sign.
People were so happy to see somebody actually doing something prosocial that he made bank. When you're down and out, that is actually a respectable hustle.
Beats the hell out of a guy sitting there holding a piece of cardboard that reads "Why lie? I need money for weed." (Who, by the way, is usually lying: 90% of the time, that guy's spending the money on white powder, not green flower. This is Oregon we're talking about; as long as you share your weed when you've got it, other homeless folk will be more than happy to share theirs when they have it. Here, weed is common and normal social currency just as much as tobacco.)
Gotta start somewhere
Yes, but he is leading by example and if everyone around him picked up a broom, the place would be clean in no time.
What these people need are some chairs to sit on. Maybe some new Ikea will lift their spirits.
Why are so many folded over?
que triste eso es demasiadooo¡¡ , que no hay autoridades ahí ?
its hard to believe they just live outside like that getting high all day...its insane and very sad ...praying for them 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
The sign on the wall: "Nadie Puede Hacer Solo" has so many meanings. (Nobody can do it alone)
Thats true
It is not well written. Doing alone what? Can't be understood in Spanish.
@@luzvaldizan2690 it's "Nadie puede hacerlo solo". You always, soon or later gonna need somebody.
That wall is there since a was a kid
@@luzvaldizan2690 it means "nobody can make (it) alone". Give "make" the meaning you want.
Wow, I have been clean 15 years. Used to frequent this area in active addiction, and this is shocking even for me. I would never have imagined that area could get worse, but just the level of despair and overt degradation; it has deteriorated immensely. I never saw tents right on the sidewalk like that; most people wouldn't have dreamed of sleeping right out on the street like that in Kensington. The bottom has absolutely dropped out of this place since covid. Praying for all the lost souls
⚘
Shannon so glad you made it out
These animals are the scum of the Earth. The people who love them deserve the sympathy. The children they have abandoned deserve sympathy. These dogshit junkies made the choice to put a needle in their arms. Sorry you were one of them once. Glad you decided to do something else with your life.
@@johnjarvis2168 anyone can become addicted to heroin, and anyone can get clean. These are human beings who have made a lot of mistakes; sounds like you have a lot of hatred and bitterness in your heart that you are projecting onto the most weak and vulnerable people in society. We have all made mistakes, and rather than deride and belittle others, you would be better off feeling grateful that you have never been there yourself
I enjoy your films.
Great video
Thank yu so very much for showing this content dear one 💓I love to help out down on Kensington ave and continue to . To me , ppl r ppl and everyone deserves love and is worthy of love 💓
These are very lovely ppl too ! Thank you again for sharing such content , it certainly brings awareness to the disease of addiction and homelessness etc. 💓💓💓💓
Existence is really hell for a lot of people. Heartbreaking to see.
If you ever tried heroin then you would know how great a life this is.
@@FuckPedophileBiden so basically a nicotine hit times 100? What’s good about it ?
@@dennischapman8683 Dirt Farmer is just another troll trying to run drama...
@@FuckPedophileBiden 🤯
Most of these people made their own beds bro
Heartbreaking
What is the substance that's causing them to hunch over like that and not lose balance?
I was born & raised in Philly, but left in the 80"s to Orange county California. It really pains me inside to see these people like this, I cry inside. I pray that The God in the Heaven's please help these people no matter how they got there. God please bless them all! Thank u for this informative video bro.
But the homeless situation in your own state is 10x worse than Philadelphia will ever be thanks to your wacky governor Newsom !
@@tomtugboat I totally agree with u, it's just so much harder to see it in Philly cause most of my family is still there and Philly is where my heart is not here in Cally.
@@dubie-day-shay7937 the American Dream, a BIG LIE
@@generaciondorada6566 I totally agree with u dude! The American Dream is literally dead! I blame most on stupid politics. and government.
This is only 1 small part of Philly
Wow, worse than I thought, humbles me to be thankful for what I have. Thanks for the video..
Watching these videos breaks my heart. I do have a question because I see this alot on these videos people that are bent over, stooped over, rigid, swaying, fidgety, some seemingly frozen in place. I have never done any type of drugs so I was wondering what type of drug causes this behavior? It is so hard to watch. I live in a small midwestern town. Although there are homeless people in my city I have never seen areas like this or even very many living on the street like this.
Fentanyl and horse tranquilizer
So sorry for them😢🙏🙏
Wow that girl standing there and not falling over is an athlete, keeping her balance. I feel sorry for her and her loved ones . There must be someone who loves her.
Why is she standing like that? Why isn't she sitting or laying down? Why are all of them bending like that?
Our body will automatically balance itself through the sensory organs in our ears, until the body is hopelessly out of balance.
@@scarlet87577 cok haklisin elif
I've always wondered if holding your head really low makes the drugs work better or something... they do it so much.
@Cory oic. ty
This is a very sad way of living, I know people say they did it to themselves, and true,, but I don’t think most of them really realize how life would be,, I pray for these people,
A large majority of these people started out with an underlying mental health problem, which they then self medicate with street drugs. Now they have damaged their brain to the point that they can’t cope with everyday life. The most humane thing that could be done with them is to warehouse them in asylums while they just exist from day to day and wait for their life to finally come to an end.
Most of the people in the video appear to be nodding off from the consumption of heavy narcotics; mental illness does not cause people to nod off that way unless they receive very high doses of antipsychotics, and probably not then. Instead of banishing them to some sort of purgatory, why not treat them. Also, make sure naloxone is readily available to prevent the brain damage from an untreated overdose. Another problem is that people often need to come off opiates slowly, but the government and medical community cuts them off abruptly. I remember as a child people generally understood heroin addiction much better than they do know, but didn't know much about how to treat it. Now, many professionals know much better how to wean people from opiates; but alas, the government has taken control of treatment of opiate addiction (in a very judgmental way in my opinion) with predictable results, maybe to shield large pharmaceutical companies from liability for their actions. Methamphetamine addiction is a whole other kettle of fish, and can be associated with (perhaps cause) permanent mental illness, very impaired judgement and permanent mental illness.
Prayers to all the addicts still suffering. I remember as a youngster we’d make funny faces or do weird body postures. Our parents would tell us to stop that or we might stay like that. I feel like so many people doing that leaning slumped over walk/sit thing for hours aren’t doing their spine any favors.
It breaks your heart to see these poor people
You have a hart brother God bless you always...
It’s sad to watch this. Almost everyone is still young and productive.. they could’ve been living a normal life but the drugs ruined them. Poor souls
How to make children understand that everything starts with "a taste" and bad advice from so-called friends. That is why it is vital to know our children's friends. These streets of Philadelphia are the true mirror of life on the street. Parents, walk these streets with your children to see the sad reality.
@Goosecore so true...
@Goosecore b.s. excuses. Portland and San Francisco have the same approach, and what a roaring success it's been.
How to make children understand that politics makes nothing for people
Yes. These videos should be shown to children to warn them of the dangers of doing drugs. It should scare everyone into never trying drugs.
My best friend is on the street of philly rite now doing drug his mom call me every week to try to talk him out of the drugs i was raise in philly
what quantities of drugs must be traded there. Only where do they get drugs from (most high on drugs)
This Is The Reality Of Despair.
I appreciate the young man sweeping with the broom. At least he is doing something constructive....
with him sweeping a little spot, while rubbish piled up all around, I could hardly call it constructive.
He don't even know he's sweeping..
He’s looking for dropped drugs
That's not actual sweeping with a purpose..... Come on
It's a smart approach when you're flying a sign, though. I've seen people get very nice results when people see them doing something actively prosocial as opposed to just sitting there holding a piece of cardboard and looking for a handout.
the American media does not show this.
Biden's America
@@user-zy3nv1jy1m I think this is old. it's not biden's fault
@@user-zy3nv1jy1m Yes, you are absolutely right. Up until January 20th this year this area was beautiful, clean and safe. Same with Skid Row in LA, an area that up until January this year was a perfect place to raise one's children. Now look at these places. Bidon's fault completely.
Too sad, too depressing, too tragic...poor lost souls, god help them.
Recently, I have been listening to more and more American rock music from the 1970s.
Everything was dazzling and shining.
It's coming back. Let me see it again.
amazing how can they balance them self with out falling
waoooooooooooooow
Exatcly. I was wondering how they keep balance.
This is America's new culture, brought to you by The US Government!
The US government? Huh? Nearly every one of these addicts at some point made the choice to take drugs. Lets put the blame and the responsibility where it belongs.
We have all made bad choices but some have a lot worse outcomes than others. Nobody ever said "When I grow up I want to be a homeless drug addict on skid row".
The government could make the laws better. Lock them up for longer or legalize it.
It’s all by design. This is all to usher in the CCP. Don’t believe me? Look at the opium wars of China’s past and this is a repeat. To the tee
@@Trust_Me MAGA
Que tristeza que los jóvenes terminen así, teniendo una vida x delante 🤭🙏
If you ever think you have it bad !! Just watch this!!
Governor, Mayor, chief of police, entire city council should be ashamed of excepting a penny of thier salary.
The thing is, you have to have a conscience and sense of responsibility to have remorse. These "leaders" do not.
@@nbeasley2 exactly! The reptilian leaders have no conscience. None
I'd say the ACLU, NAACP, and other groups that sue constantly any attempts to clean this up should give up their salaries. The police and Mayor cannot enforce laws because these groups and the media always fight it. And yeah, some of the elected officials are worthless too....
So the people you mentioned are the ones who caused these people to make poor choices that got them here? There are already laws against drug use and everyone with connected brain cells knows what happens when you use drugs. No politician can stop any of this. Stop being naive.
@@stefanossmitty3318 the laws are not being enforced by the mayor. do you not know the chain of command?
I only realised the reason everyone's pants are falling down is because they have no belts and when they use a belt wrapped around their arm while looking for a vain they never put it back on their pants.. Makes sense now..
Sad cold hearted truth. The ppl moving fast are most likely on meth. Drugs are bad
@N Ddunno about meth being cut. I always got crystals. I'll be honest tho I stopped using meth when I started hearing voices and seeing shit. Even 8 months after I stop I didn't feel right. Haven't touched that shit for a few years but Jesus man you know and feel yourself going crazy. You feel hela good but it isn't worth your sanity. No one's for that matter. Now I get why some them ppl are yapping at empty cars!! Lol. Took me a minute but for real tho they all in the streets without a fuck in the world. Craziness
@N D I could see the forced rehab thing but at the same time it's their life. Right or wrong forcing is wrong. I don't think there's anything wrong with use in moderation. Long as they ain't stealing and shit. But a lot of ppl can't keep it to a little. It always becomes more and more
That and those are clothes they had before. Now that they have lost all the weight they don’t fit
I could be wrong, but doesn't it mean, when the men purposely pull their pants down low in the back, that they are available for "work"?
I can't stop watching them either
Its hard to believe some businesses are still open,I'm not sure weather they get any.
This shit is devastating
Naw, it's amusing.
some land of free
It’s literally like the zombie apocalypse, so heartbreaking to see this happening to all these people, why is America not doing anything? I’m in the U.K. and if you saw one person in the street like this, it would be shocking, but to see streets where the majority of people are like this is terribly sad. I pray these people will get help even if they were all in prison at least they would get help to get off these drugs. Just so awful and hard to watch.
Why isn't America doing anything? Great question. Funny thing about addiction, providing services for addicts doesn't work unless addicts actually want the services. You could give each and every person in this video counseling, full medical, a fully furnished house in better neighborhoods and financial support. It makes no difference if the goal is to still get high. Just like so many other things in life, if people aren't willing to do the work to help themselves, there's nothing that can be done for them that will improve/prevent the situation.
Seen plenty looking exactly like this in my town in the UK
@@susanketchen5755 where ever you go there are people that unfortunately have become dependent on drugs and yes I see the odd few here and there ( I work in a rougher area of A big city) but never to this extent where the majority of people in one area are like this , where they are bent over and seem to be frozen in that contorted position.
@@LogainAblar yes that’s very true, I just hope that they will come to realise sooner rather than later that this is no way of life and seek help.
Desculpa,mas não são bandidos e sim vítimas de vários fatores! Eles não aceitam ajuda porque o governo os ajudam!
Say No To Drugs. Save Humans From The Danger Of Drugs. From: Tangerang-Indonesia.
That was a great vid bud t y .. what kind of dope are they on when they are frozen statues , zombies or when they are over forward and can not walk . Is it the heroin cut with something or are they shooting monster 80,s .
I've seen my only son in that bent over position... I thought he was looking for something on the ground. These videos really opened my eyes. Thank you for sharing.
Blessings ❤️
Sorry may he get well and help others
What is the drug that makes them do that?
@@sinbadsailor1963 heroin
@@sinbadsailor1963 fentanyl
We see this in center city Philadelphia too . It’s disturbing, maddening, and sad to see what addiction can do.
This is so unreal that my daughter was convinced for a min that they were actors, I had to call someone that I know that has lived close by to tell her this is real
Lamentável esse tipo de situação nesse país. O nosso Brasil também tem lugares da Cracolândia.
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I'm not a fan of zombie apocalypse movies, but 14:08 is how I imagine it. Sad, and terrible.
I’ll bet every one of these people had a relative or a friend that once said “Here, try this. You won’t believe how good it feels.” And now, here they are. Forever chasing that very first high. Trading their humanity for oblivion.
I agree but were taught as children not to do drugs. I agree it's very sad. But not a disease, diseases are not self inflicted
Weak ppl
Do
Weak shit
@@benfreeman1470 it is a desease.
Its mostly growing up being abused and poor and dealing with shit wealthy people wouldn't understand 😕
Aren’t we clever those are actually people your ripping on that gave a heart and soul dont think fir a second you so great you can be that very one and all it would take is a bad bone break or wisdom tooth or some surgery sends you to where yo thought how the hell to these people even make these choices and before you know someone is on you tube thinking ahh poor lil mental folk sucks fir the go on take another hit in to oblivion na buddy go fuckyourself to oblivion cause you don’t know what you are talking about and looks like you got some entitlement issue sort them out and respect others regardless if they are just going thru it
Good job👍
What are they high on? I see many bent over at the waist and just swaying. What drug causes that?
Around 0:40 it’s so ironic and sad. On the wall it says: “No one can make it alone”
Is anybody really shopping at the Rainbow clothing store? I wonder how in the hell they stay in business.
I used to wonder that when I was in active addiction roaming these streets 15 years ago. I think most of these places are money laundering fronts
They got hootchie clothes
Yeah the whole hood
I wonder that too, but there are working people in the area who have to shop somewhere, so I assume they must do business.
Also reminds me of the 80s in Newark and East orange NJ and NYC also when it was in the 80s I feel like I'm going back in time
A sad circumstance - for any city, in any country - but when you consider that this is Philly- one of the oldest and most historically important regions of this country, it is an even greater tragedy.
I think it's time for the US to reallocate some of their military budgets to look after your own people's well being.
That won't happen while Democrats are in office. They love this kind of stuff and they love going off to war too.
And do what exactly these folks love that life
Democrats allow this! This is a democrat-run, liberal shithole, just like Los Angeles and San Francisco. The most infuriating thing is that we the taxpayers are paying for these folks in the form of welfare, free healthcare, free food, free needles.
@@kevinerose George W.Bush was not a dem, you poor misguided fool.
That's not gonna happen in the short term
So extremely Heart breaking
this is so sad...
I live in Northeast Philadelphia, and I never go into this area. Sad to say I had no idea it’s gotten this bad in that area. I live in my little comfy bubble of the Northeast, which I thought my area was getting bad. I live in paradise compared to this Kensington area.
1:15 a girl looking for her contact lens
2:30 another girl looking for a penny on the ground
3:41 ONU meeting about the crisis in Afganistan
5:23 a model citizen doing the COVID-19 vaccine
8:00 a model citizen fixing the pole
8:29 an healthy woman doing yoga
10:44 a man resting after an heart surgery of 20 hours
11:28 some people enjoy a camping
12:43 a man looking for his contact lens
13:28 the summer dance
16:50 some dancing moves
17:20 some actors are recreating the deposition of Christ by Caravaggio
23:45 the financial elite talking about the 2008 crisis
24:57 some boys doing a camping to enjoy the nature
25:30 a philosophy meeting
26:54 responsible people speak up against drugs
27:54 oh god! I forgot my books at the library!
28:36 flash mob against drugs
29:07 people meditating to reach nirvana
33:03 a runner has a cramp
43:42 an economic meeting
45:21 a responsible citizen doing his Covid-19 vaccine
45:38 a man doing some yoga
The sheer _amount_ of productivity in Kensington Avenue is quite frankly _astounding!_ Pray tell, could there be a _single_ street within the _whole_ United States in which more productivity occurs than in this very one? As soon as the wind blows even the tiniest of litter into Kensington Avenue from those _terrible_ streets surrounding it, its mighty fine residents are sure to locate and remove it. They are _truly_ environmentally friendly. Unlike those wretched ignorant Republicans, these fine people also take the pandemic _very_ seriously. They take their vaccines on a _daily_ basis! Beat that, vaxxers! You take your booster shots every six months, they take them every day!
And they are a truly spiritual people! They need not a Church; they have no fear of what ignorant atheists may think of their sheer religiosity. They need not a special place to genuflect before the Almighty. This, surely, is part of why Kensington Avenue is such a role model to our world. God favours its residents because of their piety.
They, too, are _extremely_ wise and happy. When they are not praying, many of them discuss the obscure works of the pre-Socratics from dawn till dusk, and discussions about German Idealism continue until the following dawn. What need have they for a university, when every single resident is a philosopher of the highest calibre? Were Socrates himself to see Kensington Avenue, he would say: I was born in the wrong place and two millennia too early in time! It is Kensington Avenue, and not the Greek city states, at which wisdom is truly loved. It is Kensington Avenue at which philosophy progresses in leaps and bounds, and where those who pursue wisdom have found a true home.
Praise be upon Kensington Avenue, peace be upon its residents. It is truly a shining light to guide us all.
@@antivaushistischeaktion4690 would you care to explain yourself?
40:05 an empty building,yet hundreds are homeless. Sickening
@@antivaushistischeaktion4690 funny you mentioned those wretched Republicans. But yet it's the democrats that take care of these types of people. My own state is ran by democrats who supply these drug attacks with more drugs .
This shits not a joke people are losing their lives
Uno de los videos que más me ha conmovido. Dios mío.😔😔🥺🥺
Why the slumping over? What drug does that?
As a mother my self it's heartbreaking to see 😔😔I mean there so many people were onced loved as baby's and young ones to become to drugs and the addiction is heartbreaking 😔😔😢😢 Thier live is precious as anyone else 😢😢I know they can get help if need to but if you are dealing with a addiction they will not go buy rules they just need some where safe to sleep on a high good nutrition food and no letcher on how to be clean what to do they need some organisations to give them a good food a safe place to sleep and when they are ready to go clean to live a life self help people to help and listen to them why they are here with no judgement just love and kindness and know it's up to them whiter they what a difference or not don't judge love help support and encouragement ♥️♥️♥️😊😊😔