Video Shows People Strung Out On Drug On The Streets In Philadelphia

People Strung Out On Drugs On The Streets In Philadelphia In Viral Videos

A video is currently making rounds online, showing people strung out on drugs in a zombie manner on the streets of Philadelphia. The clip is reportedly recorded in Kensington, Philadelphia, a neighborhood long known as a place to buy and do drugs.

Over the last few years, the street fentanyl in Kensington has been cut more often and with greater amounts of xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer that can cause skin wounds that often won’t heal.

Xylazine has only been approved for veterinary use, and because it’s not an opioid, its effects cannot be reversed by emergency medication like Narcan, resulting in more fatalities. The percentage of deadly opioid overdoses in which it was detected rose by 276% between January 2019 and June 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported.

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“I didn’t realize the Walking Dead was having zombie auditions in Philly,” someone commented. “Bro how do people see shit like this and still choose to do it? Shit crazy af to me,” another person wrote.

Rapidly, the use of the sedative has spread across the US, spiking in areas such as Philadelphia, where it is cut with other potent drugs like fentanyl.

Back in February, a Kensington woman opened center to provide resources to those battling addiction. Rosalind Pichardo opened up the Sunshine House, which will offer toiletries, clothes, and a pathway to reconnect those battling addiction with their loved ones.

The new space on Kensington Avenue is named after the people she has helped battle addiction or has saved from overdoses.

The center will continue Pichardo’s mission by also offering Narcan kits and resources for those battling addiction. “But my key thing is really connecting people back home with the messaging center,”Rosalind said.

Many people battling addiction don’t have a way or means to communicate with their families. “There is nothing like the messaging center in Kensington at all. I think a lot of people spend a lot of time trying to find their loved ones, and I think this will be a great centralized location to reconnect,” she added.

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