I hear so many times in documentaries like this about the "lack of access to housing, rehabs, recovery houses ect." That is the biggest crock of Shyt I've ever heard. I'm coming up on 8yrs sober. I've walked and lived on the streets of Kensington for over 20 yrs and if I learned 1 thing in those yrs it's Philadelphia has more resources and programs than most major cities. The reason so many ppl are on the streets is because they are not ready to get sober unfortunately. I'm not saying it's easy by any means but it is possible. We need to stop being victims and start being champions! God bless and my family prays for these ppl and the numerous family and friends that are no longer with us due to the disease of addiction. GIVE YOURSELF A CHANCE!
@@hamiotaville it has nothing to do with social science or data it only has to do with the fact that Philadelphia has literally hundreds of programs to help us addicts. So saying "lack of programs" isn't true. I went into rehab and psych ward back to back for yrs and never got turned away.
I was an addict in the early 70's. Kensington was always the place for drugs. Back then, it was coke and crank. Kensington have changed...the drugs have changed . These poor souls😢
@@theia1653 That's not a social problem it's china stopping the restrictions of chemicals, the precursors to make armature chemist drugs. China has a ban on every other country but Mexico America and Canada ....the America:s . So in Your wisdom who do u suggest is qualified to handle that. Have u ever seen Kensington ? It use to be a beautiful city but now people defecate on the sidewalk in brood daylight and shoot drugs in front of whoever and they had everyone thinking it was fentanyl but fentanyl is the least of the problem now. Xylazine is an animal tranquilizer that is causing people's skin to decompose on their bodies but 92%of all fentanyl and heroin have it in it. It's compounded the problem 100 fold. The police drive right by and do nothing and this poison is in 48 of 50 stayed here in the good old USA. SO again who has the authority and power to stop this. The other armed forces ...what's ur answer since u had something to say about mine. You're probably too scared to walk down one of those streets so u hide behind a computer screen and speak your mind about shit you know nothing about.
And a couple blocks away investors are putting up “high end luxury” apartments. No treatment centers, no affordable housing, the city is letting these people rot, they have for years. They talk big, do sweeps removing what little these people have and then leave them there.
@@mschief-central4940Thank you for your Democrat vote. Fetterman will be taking care of this when he's able to speak without a computer. Never is what I'm saying 😑 You voted for a man that opens a sentence with goodnight everyone. 🙄 Along with your Mayor the IQ is two. But you'll do it again next time.
@@mschief-central4940You're a full blown liberal who voted democrat over and over your entire life. You're not aloud to complain about what you've created. You voted for a governor that can't speak due to a stroke and you cry about the mess your in. Why don't you go cry on the shoulder of one of these people's family members. It will get you further than the nonsense that you speak here. 🤡
As a recovering addict i will say whole-heartedly that the shit out now scares the shit out of me. Herion is like nonexistent anymore & the stuff out there today is the byproduct of playing mad scientist. Honestly, the stuff out there now keeps me from picking up again.
The sad part is MOST of those you see on the street are not from Philadelphia! They're young people from surrounding suburbs or newly moved to the area and deposited on the streets.
I seen about 20 people I actually grew up with …. My heart is so broken :( I was born and raised right around cione play ground my whole life (basically right by this whole shit show )
I hear that I had a $200 a day heroin habit and I didn’t work I would hustle and grind to get my drugs I died four times and was holding Homeless signs on Roosevelt Now I’m seven years clean have an apartment my own car I love and family and a beautiful nine-year-old son so if I can do it anyone can do it
I have never seen anything like this before. It is heartbreaking to see these drugged out people withdrawing on the streets, and the fact that businesses have closed down because of it.
You are wrong, the companies closed to produce more cheaper in other countries (China, Taiwan, South Korea), the drug addicts, when they lost their jobs, took refuge in drugs... There is no future for a country that does not help its young citizens... American dream ? or Fall of Empire?...
The businesses have not only closed down; but, also have often gone bankrupt thus ruining the lives of whole families while costing the city millions of dollars in damages.
@@1kidblazy64 unfortunately I can’t do that. I am in recovery myself , 13 years sober on Feb 4 2023 so it’s very important I don’t lose myself trying to save someone else / I know that sounds selfish but 13 years ago I did exactly that & it scarred me 😔
If Kensington was once vibrant, that's got to be going back to the'40s. In the fifties you had the robbery gangs, and by the time drugs arrived in the late fifties/early sixties, it was unrecoverable.
💯. It was Never great like people post and lie about. Was mostly always poor, lots of alcohol abuse and dysfunction..then came crank and coke, heroin too too but not as much. The three things that have changed 1) potency of the drugs and quantity available 2) Social media... everything is on blast and for public consumption 3) Racial demographics are more black and brown people, hence the bs waxing poetic and nostalgic about how it's changed and different now. Was always a sht part of town, hardscrabble people and mostly decent families doing their best. Alcohol , coke and heroin were Always within the fabric of the community Tho like in most areas... Most of the people were good, decent hard working people
It wasn't this bad back in the day. I'm from Philadelphia too and I still live here. I drive for a living so I have to drive down that area at least once a week. This video doesn't even show how bad it is. People literally sitting in trash 🗑️. Walking around like zombies. I saw a lady sitting on the ground sticking needles in her armpit the other day like that mess was just normal. It's really bad
No…it wasn’t this bad back in the day. There was a BK there and no one had any problems going there or walking the streets to catch the El. Now…it’s a third world country
Idk what time of day or time of year this was but it looks like you caught Kensington Ave on a good day. It always looks 10X worse when I pass through there.
Наверно, про то как плохо принимать наркотики. Наглядное пособие. Вряд ли речь идёт о жалости и сострадании. И уж тем более о роли государства в судьбах этих людей.
Seeing this breaks my heart to see so many people in need and not being helped is so sad, my boyfriend lives in Philadelphia and I have walked with him and I have seen all this in person and it is so sad
this is what legalizing drugs can do to its population,of ones country,its not a matter of choices ,its the kind of governance america is doing,incompetence to the max,donating so much money and time in warmongering to create chaos w/ othercountry ,instead of taking care their own states and people,their people taxes is where their salary comes from,should do their jobs and think of something to eliminate if not all,the root of drugs in their own country,my country have also drug problems ,at least even if some of our politicians are corrupt they were doing something even though its not enough,we dont have this kind of people lining the streets like zombie ..
Shame on this country!! Filthy people with money! Politicians and no one can help this people?? Really! This is corruption! Greed to the maximum amount. God Bless America and the whole world!!
bro drugs are not legal, but let’s just imagine they were, what changes?People are going to get things if they want it bad enough, it being “legal” changes nothing to people whose mind is set man. you sound so ignorant. it goes so much further than just drugs are bad, obviously they are but these people weren’t just born and raised on that sidewalk. Try not to be so quick to judge, these people obviously feel useless and need to resort to drugs. Try to be human sometimes man
Despite their situation, they still have the means to buy these awful drugs. 😥 Who are the sellers? They have to stick these scum with very hefty jail sentences.
Being from these streets as well as my man we are heartbroken that people aren't utilizing the resources that will help them get clean and sober...5 years here and 3 years for him and we can tell you for a fact there are resources available.
Sincc most of these 'people:" are on drugs or selling drugs one would think the Kensington police would have them all on camera openly dealing drugs. So why don't they ever arrest anyone?
What's the point of arresting anyone; the courts will simply set them free & release them where they will re-offend on the same day thus completely wasting everyone's time - again & again & again!
Oh my God. Why are all these shops closed? Is it because of these homeless people without housing. And drug users. Or it is no longer as popular as before.
If you have one of these shops then you might have invested everything you owned into starting up your own business. Your investment could have been from $50,000 to $250,000. For a while you might have prospered, paid your property taxes, hired employees, & became of good member of the community. But then, something happened. Drugs! And then softness & decriminalization of drugs & guns. Junkies took over the neighborhood. They ruined the area's appearance & started shoplifting from all the stores to fund their drug habits. The stores started to lose money, & started to lose customers & eventually just gave up & moved to a better part of town. Result: Bankrupt businesses, diminished tax bases, destruction of buildings, damages to all infrastructure, demoralization of citizens, increased drug addicts, increased crime. And so on.
Living in Canada (Ontario) , cycling to work this morning in a small city, there's a man laying face first on a sidewalk of a busy street. A young guy in a car and I stopped to call 911, seemed no one else cared to stop and call police, it's a very sad state of the world we live in. Lucky for him a cop drove by a minute later and I waved him down so I continued cycling. It's a crazy world...
That shit down there is bad. I never seen nothing in my life like that, besides California on Skid Row. That's what I call Kensington, Skid Row couple with the violence that's recently happening in the city. I'm moving down south where the property is cheaper the air is cleaner and I don't have to deal with the bullshit even though Atlanta has its own shit but I'm far out the way
I can’t imagine how the parents might feel seeing their daughter walking in this bad neighborhood like this. This is soooo sad and our money is wasted in Ukraine and other stupid things. Let’s get together and help our people first.
в украине решается стабилность и безопасность во всем мире.это цветочки по сравнении что там творится.хотите чтоб у вас тоже был как там? по скорее делаите все для того чтоб рускии фашизм програл...
@@michelledempsey2452Kennedy. Trump had he chance and spent 10 trillion to run up the market for the banks. It did little to nothing for most Americans.
eu fico bastante triste em ver esses jovens no mundo das drogas. que deus os tirem dessa escravidão dos vícios, porque o inimigo só veio para roubar matar e destruir, que deus ilumine o caminhos dessas pessoas principalmente no brasil aonde que está tendo muitas pessoas viciadas..
When people decide to engage in destructive behaviors for recreational pleasure they should be accountable and responsible for the results! This area is a disgrace and it is being shown on global news networks! The streets should be cleared of the drug addicts because tax paying citizens on that area should be able to live in clean, safe, drug free neighborhoods or they should put their taxes in escrow until the incompetent mayor impersonator and the incompetent DA impersonator, both members of the swamp, do their jobs! SHAME!! smdh!😡🤬
It's the mayor! I live in Philadelphia and it's always been bad down there but not this bad. At one time they were trying to fix it but when this mayor came to office he did nothing and it got bad. Very bad. It's so bad. This video isn't showing how nasty and dirty it is there. I had to go to a store there and I had to literally step over dead rats and broken needles when I got out my car. Something can be done
Una pena que estos documentales tan buenos so sean en español también. Beneficiarían muchísimo a nosotros los latinos que no somos bilingües. De todos modos;excelentes, mucho éxito.
Its sad,I'm a Philly girl, I grew up around this and it's absolutely NOT their fault, I have lost all my friends from drugs,and they wanted to get clean,and tried again and again,,it's easy to say it's their fault, but everyone has their own opinions, I respect that,it's sad to me,,❤
@@ClutchFan It’s all men’s fault like everything else. Even though we created everything and given them everything including all rights and all privileges, it’s still our fault
@@ClutchFanIt's nobody's fault. It's the world's fault. Humans are still animals and we live in a competitive world. It's easy to fall into the fantasy that we're above other organisms but we're just that. An organism. Things happen and people go through shitty situations. Some make it out some don't. Some survive and some die. It's a cold world. There are no choices if you're never taught how to make choices. Everything is cause and effect. Everything that exists or happens is an algebra equation.
Go to the bathroom on the streets because most stores dont have public bathrooms anymore because they would do drugs in them...which is a liability. They eat whatever they can find or scrape up with change they begged for. They dont shower or do a little bird bath in a sink if they find an open one. & they sleep on the sidewalk the same way we do in beds, by laying down. Some use a makeshift shelter for rain and whatnot.
Makanya di agama kami(Islam) melarang segala bentuk yang bisa merugikan diri sendiri seperti judi, alkohol,sex bebas,narkoba dan sejenisnya yang sangat buruk untuk diri sendiri maupun orang lain,agama selalu mengajarkan kepada kita semua hal yang baik jadi berpegangla kepada agama,apapun agamamu karena tidak ada agama yang mengajarkan hal buru❤❤
As a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ I frequently visit this area weekly and I see these videos all the time and they always promote one side, what about the side of those who are reaching out that are trying to provide help I didn't see none of that in your video there are people that come out there faithfully to try to lend a helping hand and that save lives on a daily what about their perspective on the situation are you bold enough to air that.The reality of what the true cause of the addiction is? and once again the community is arrested The city needs to concentrate on the source they know the drug houses they know some of the drug dealers let's get the product off the street let's bust the labs let's have a crackdown if you think they got it then you go for it get them off the street shut down the houses and once the drug dries up now maybe just maybe the people that are a hooked will start seeking treatment because there's no more illegal drugs on the street let's not get it twisted Suboxone and methadone it's just another form of bondage let's get them set free who the son(JESUS) sets free is free indeed God bless you all and I pray that those with the power and authority will do more instead of just coming for photo ops.
The first person. That young girl she s like 14yold or so. This is horrible. My heart goes out for thrm and all who suffering. Time for great awakening
One way to combat homelessness is to start building smaller, more affordable housing. The addiction aspect is another story. The government wants addicts and I've seen it first hand at the VA.
Hello from Russia! In 2016, I came to your country as a guest, to my friends, by invitation from the USA, I visited Compton, California! I really liked everything, I was delighted! I really hope that these people will stop taking drugs! God bless them! Their whole life is in front of them, and they ruin it!!
how sad it is to see that people in Kingston Avene having in the hand of drugs 😢 why USA government not taking proper solution for this ? they are claiming themselves that they are having well organised constitution and laws and order but where? 😢 pls take immediate action on this drug consumption. and catch the drug dealer and put behind the bar.i hope a better days for people in Kingston Avene Philadelphia...and to all homeless brothers there let take care of yourself and stay healthy better days will come lots of love amigos 😘
these people are comfortable with their lives,have not hit bottom. All the do goodrs are aiding in these souls in not hitting bottom. Feed them, clothe them, get them medical help, get them tents, enable them. They break laws all day long. Cops are hands off by decree of Mayor and D.A. The guys sell their ladies. They like the way they live.
thanks for the like. In the 70's I could have been one of them,I took action getting thru this crap, is npot passive, it just does not happen. You got tom work the program,listen do what you are told,and have that burning desire to stop and get out. Jesus is my answer. Must change every place person and thing.
This is not what they want. Addiction is a serious disease. It's like your no longer in control of yourself. I was an addict for many many many years. Had I not went to prison and got mental help and addressed the real problems being my addiction, I would still be shooting dope. If you never did hard drugs on the regular you don't understand real addiction. Addiction is insanity on steroids. The real question is why is there an open air drug market in Kensington? Why are they all over the united States? The veil has been lifted for me. Why does the president of the United States, Congress, Senate... And all other people of power allow this to continue? We went to war after 911..... This epidemic of addiction and illegal drug sales is 1000 times worse and has killed millions. Yet we haven't went to war against the cartels. Why do you think that is? ....... Money...... It's a trillion dollar industry. So many hands in the cookie jar. These people don't want to be ruled with these chemicals. They are not in their right mind. They need someone to advocate for them. We all turn a blind eye and hope it fixes itself. And there isn't as many programs available since COVID. If our own government doesn't care then who will? My disease is in remission.... No thanks to anyone other than God. No one cared about me. I had no family to take me in off the streets. No job.... No car, no license, no hope. Prison opened my eyes to many realities. If everyone is distracted then we can't be a unified people. I'm disgusted when someone says that addicts choose to continue their addiction. They lost their mind a long time ago. This is all about money and control. This paragraph isn't directed at you probably. It's directed to the people who think they have all the answers. The people who have no idea what they are saying. This is a disease worse than aids. Worse than COVID..... Worse than hell. Addicts need help and understanding and love..... But most of all they need hope. Hope that the answers are coming. Hope that this war will be over. Hope someone will save them from themselves. Thanks for listening.
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I hear so many times in documentaries like this about the "lack of access to housing, rehabs, recovery houses ect." That is the biggest crock of Shyt I've ever heard. I'm coming up on 8yrs sober. I've walked and lived on the streets of Kensington for over 20 yrs and if I learned 1 thing in those yrs it's Philadelphia has more resources and programs than most major cities. The reason so many ppl are on the streets is because they are not ready to get sober unfortunately. I'm not saying it's easy by any means but it is possible. We need to stop being victims and start being champions! God bless and my family prays for these ppl and the numerous family and friends that are no longer with us due to the disease of addiction. GIVE YOURSELF A CHANCE!
Ppl?
Totally agree I got sober as well. 25 years.
It's nice that you say you got better. However, your anecdote does not equal data. That's not how social science or economics work.
I didn’t get clean I chose to it’s a choice a very simple one
@@hamiotaville it has nothing to do with social science or data it only has to do with the fact that Philadelphia has literally hundreds of programs to help us addicts. So saying "lack of programs" isn't true. I went into rehab and psych ward back to back for yrs and never got turned away.
❤ I WILL ALWAYS PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE IN KENSINGTON .... PRAYING FOR A BETTER TOMORROW FOR EVERYONE STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION!
it won't work unless you make the little clasped hands emoji.
I was an addict in the early 70's. Kensington was always the place for drugs. Back then, it was coke and crank. Kensington have changed...the drugs have changed .
These poor souls😢
The national guard needs to step in and stop this!!
Why do people think the national guard is the solution to every social problem?
@@theia1653
That's not a social problem it's china stopping the restrictions of chemicals, the precursors to make armature chemist drugs. China has a ban on every other country but Mexico America and Canada ....the America:s . So in Your wisdom who do u suggest is qualified to handle that. Have u ever seen Kensington ? It use to be a beautiful city but now people defecate on the sidewalk in brood daylight and shoot drugs in front of whoever and they had everyone thinking it was fentanyl but fentanyl is the least of the problem now. Xylazine is an animal tranquilizer that is causing people's skin to decompose on their bodies but 92%of all fentanyl and heroin have it in it. It's compounded the problem 100 fold. The police drive right by and do nothing and this poison is in 48 of 50 stayed here in the good old USA. SO again who has the authority and power to stop this. The other armed forces ...what's ur answer since u had something to say about mine. You're probably too scared to walk down one of those streets so u hide behind a computer screen and speak your mind about shit you know nothing about.
Do one without the narration. Just show the scenes with the ambient noise. I've heard the words so often I can recite it from memory.
It's mostly lies, I mute 🔇 😊
@@carlmorgan8452 i mute and reduce the video speed to 0,25 pm in some parts.
And a couple blocks away investors are putting up “high end luxury” apartments. No treatment centers, no affordable housing, the city is letting these people rot, they have for years. They talk big, do sweeps removing what little these people have and then leave them there.
@@mschief-central4940Thank you for your Democrat vote. Fetterman will be taking care of this when he's able to speak without a computer. Never is what I'm saying 😑
You voted for a man that opens a sentence with goodnight everyone. 🙄
Along with your Mayor the IQ is two.
But you'll do it again next time.
@@mschief-central4940You're a full blown liberal who voted democrat over and over your entire life. You're not aloud to complain about what you've created. You voted for a governor that can't speak due to a stroke and you cry about the mess your in.
Why don't you go cry on the shoulder of one of these people's family members. It will get you further than the nonsense that you speak here. 🤡
As a recovering addict i will say whole-heartedly that the shit out now scares the shit out of me. Herion is like nonexistent anymore & the stuff out there today is the byproduct of playing mad scientist. Honestly, the stuff out there now keeps me from picking up again.
Keep up the good work. I know it wasn't easy. But it's incredible to hear and you give others hope.
Very well said, Sean. Very well said
Thank you 😊
@@seanboulden9898 Awsome to here mate
The sad part is MOST of those you see on the street are not from Philadelphia! They're young people from surrounding suburbs or newly moved to the area and deposited on the streets.
People all over the country. I use to work in Kensington.
TRUH
FEMA housing to get clean and training to be productive citizens
I seen about 20 people I actually grew up with …. My heart is so broken :(
I was born and raised right around cione play ground my whole life (basically right by this whole shit show )
@@brooklin_bernek was that the park we used to call "needle park" back in the 80s, i think at frankford and kensington aves?
I hear that I had a $200 a day heroin habit and I didn’t work I would hustle and grind to get my drugs I died four times and was holding Homeless signs on Roosevelt Now I’m seven years clean have an apartment my own car I love and family and a beautiful nine-year-old son so if I can do it anyone can do it
Awesome!! Good for you!! One of the lucky ones
I have never seen anything like this before. It is heartbreaking to see these drugged out people withdrawing on the streets, and the fact that businesses have closed down because of it.
You are wrong, the companies closed to produce more cheaper in other countries (China, Taiwan, South Korea), the drug addicts, when they lost their jobs, took refuge in drugs... There is no future for a country that does not help its young citizens...
American dream ? or Fall of Empire?...
The businesses have not only closed down; but, also have often gone bankrupt thus ruining the lives of whole families while costing the city millions of dollars in damages.
Another example of Democrat policies in place.China is exporting this most addictive drug. Vote for Biden is a vote for China.
This is deliberate and being done to us with MALICE
If you honestly want to get sober, Nobody can stop you. If you honestly want to chase drugs, Nothing anyone does can help you.
While I understand your sentiment; it’s just much more Complicated than that
@@danieltaylor9459 10 years sober and have worked with a number of addicts. It’s not complicated.
This is not an opioid crisis but an acquiescence to the elimination of the most vulnerable.
After about a week or two, new ones appear and old ones disappear. A cycle between living and dead
Seeing so many people that I either grew up with or I knew from the neighborhood. This breaks my heart.
Q no se le. Rompa. Ayudelas ustedes que estan alla
u should reach out
@@1kidblazy64 unfortunately I can’t do that. I am in recovery myself , 13 years sober on Feb 4 2023 so it’s very important I don’t lose myself trying to save someone else / I know that sounds selfish but 13 years ago I did exactly that & it scarred me 😔
What were you using if you don't mind me asking.@@brooklin_bernek
If Kensington was once vibrant, that's got to be going back to the'40s.
In the fifties you had the robbery gangs, and by the time drugs arrived in the late fifties/early sixties, it was unrecoverable.
💯.
It was Never great like people post and lie about. Was mostly always poor, lots of alcohol abuse and dysfunction..then came crank and coke, heroin too too but not as much.
The three things that have changed
1) potency of the drugs and quantity available
2) Social media... everything is on blast and for public consumption
3) Racial demographics are more black and brown people, hence the bs waxing poetic and nostalgic about how it's changed and different now.
Was always a sht part of town, hardscrabble people and mostly decent families doing their best.
Alcohol , coke and heroin were Always within the fabric of the community
Tho like in most areas... Most of the people were good, decent hard working people
Todo esse pessoal convive diariamente à um passo da morte, incrível...
Они не идут от смерти а сами как могут ее приближают употребляя это дерьмо
Bring back the mafia you wont have this on the streets
Philly was my hometown but I never was in this area. Still, it hearts my heart to see this glimpse of my hometown!
That was my neighborhood. I cry when I watch. Don’t know how to help.
Close to all “Rocky” film locations.
It wasn't this bad back in the day. I'm from Philadelphia too and I still live here. I drive for a living so I have to drive down that area at least once a week. This video doesn't even show how bad it is. People literally sitting in trash 🗑️. Walking around like zombies. I saw a lady sitting on the ground sticking needles in her armpit the other day like that mess was just normal. It's really bad
@@johnny1963ifyyup! But wasn't nearly this bad back then
No…it wasn’t this bad back in the day. There was a BK there and no one had any problems going there or walking the streets to catch the El. Now…it’s a third world country
I drive through this stretch at nights many times..it’s just like this vid: hunting,sad and scary…
Idk what time of day or time of year this was but it looks like you caught Kensington Ave on a good day. It always looks 10X worse when I pass through there.
I was thinking the same
Im just wondering, did you read over script a few times before laying it down? Just sounds like a newer read through
Best with no script. I can only watch this on mute. Music is annoying as well
Music change pl😢
Nice video again.
Triste ...y.... hermoso fondo musical...alguien sabe el nombre🤔🤔🤔
My room mate was homeless but she didn't do and does not do drugs period
Очень познавательные видео, хорошо бы ещё титры на русском языке.
Наверно, про то как плохо принимать наркотики. Наглядное пособие. Вряд ли речь идёт о жалости и сострадании. И уж тем более о роли государства в судьбах этих людей.
Seeing this breaks my heart to see so many people in need and not being helped is so sad, my boyfriend lives in Philadelphia and I have walked with him and I have seen all this in person and it is so sad
They walk with such intent, it makes me wonder where they’re going.
this is what legalizing drugs can do to its population,of ones country,its not a matter of choices ,its the kind of governance america is doing,incompetence to the max,donating so much money and time in warmongering to create chaos w/ othercountry ,instead of taking care their own states and people,their people taxes is where their salary comes from,should do their jobs and think of something to eliminate if not all,the root of drugs in their own country,my country have also drug problems ,at least even if some of our politicians are corrupt they were doing something even though its not enough,we dont have this kind of people lining the streets like zombie ..
Drugs are not legal.
Shame on this country!! Filthy people with money! Politicians and no one can help this people?? Really! This is corruption! Greed to the maximum amount. God Bless America and the whole world!!
bro drugs are not legal, but let’s just imagine they were, what changes?People are going to get things if they want it bad enough, it being “legal” changes nothing to people whose mind is set man. you sound so ignorant.
it goes so much further than just drugs are bad, obviously they are but these people weren’t just born and raised on that sidewalk. Try not to be so quick to judge, these people obviously feel useless and need to resort to drugs. Try to be human sometimes man
@@melindahall5062 the govt provides houses, (basically shooting galleries) and paraphernalia to these zombies, but drugs are not leagl...hiLaRiOUs
Despite their situation, they still have the means to buy these awful drugs. 😥
Who are the sellers? They have to stick these scum with very hefty jail sentences.
There would be a whole new batch of sellers in a week or less.
@@gruberstein so lock them away too
Let's start with our own people in high places that are complicit with drugs coming in. And make no mistake..they are complicit...
Una vita cosi'non vale la Pena di essere vissuta
Hai ragione. Prego che l'Italia non veda mai più una cosa del genere.
6.50 mns .....what’s the name of this piano suite please ??.......
i want to visit there one time. I want to see whats the going rate for some items.
How can they bend over like that without falling over and aren't their bodys sore from bending like that?
Weebles wobble but they don't fall down
Xylazine.
Dosed with fent or H you don't feel anything.
Being from these streets as well as my man we are heartbroken that people aren't utilizing the resources that will help them get clean and sober...5 years here and 3 years for him and we can tell you for a fact there are resources available.
💞💞💞
I'd would like to know' where their living in the winter time? Tq
Sincc most of these 'people:" are on drugs or selling drugs one would think the Kensington police would have them all on camera openly dealing drugs. So why don't they ever arrest anyone?
What's the point of arresting anyone; the courts will simply set them free & release them where they will re-offend on the same day thus completely wasting everyone's time - again & again & again!
Imagine same problem at Allentown..who knows only God knows!!!
@@fredh999harris8 exactly so it really wouldn't matter which political party is in power
There are not enough jails to hold them. The police would occasionally do raids back in the early 2000’s but it got exponentially worse.
what a sad state of affairs!
Вспомни традиционную веру. Она лечит.
A mí se me parte el corazón pobrecitos😢😢😢😢😢
Tragic but very real
Oh my God. Why are all these shops closed? Is it because of these homeless people without housing. And drug users. Or it is no longer as popular as before.
If you have one of these shops then you might have invested everything you owned into starting up your own business. Your investment could have been from $50,000 to $250,000.
For a while you might have prospered, paid your property taxes, hired employees, & became of good member of the community.
But then, something happened. Drugs! And then softness & decriminalization of drugs & guns. Junkies took over the neighborhood. They ruined the area's appearance & started shoplifting from all the stores to fund their drug habits.
The stores started to lose money, & started to lose customers & eventually just gave up & moved to a better part of town.
Result: Bankrupt businesses, diminished tax bases, destruction of buildings, damages to all infrastructure, demoralization of citizens, increased drug addicts, increased crime. And so on.
So blessed and so glad i got out when i did..5yrs clean..🎉
Living in Canada (Ontario) , cycling to work this morning in a small city, there's a man laying face first on a sidewalk of a busy street. A young guy in a car and I stopped to call 911, seemed no one else cared to stop and call police, it's a very sad state of the world we live in.
Lucky for him a cop drove by a minute later and I waved him down so I continued cycling.
It's a crazy world...
The most painful part of this video is the commentary.
Kensington Ave not Kingston. 😢. I’m a hospice social worker who has a few patients around here. I see this often. Very sad.
That shit down there is bad. I never seen nothing in my life like that, besides California on Skid Row. That's what I call Kensington, Skid Row couple with the violence that's recently happening in the city. I'm moving down south where the property is cheaper the air is cleaner and I don't have to deal with the bullshit even though Atlanta has its own shit but I'm far out the way
I can’t imagine how the parents might feel seeing their daughter walking in this bad neighborhood like this. This is soooo sad and our money is wasted in Ukraine and other stupid things. Let’s get together and help our people first.
Trump
@@michelledempsey2452 yup. trump added more money to the deficit than any president in history.
It use to be a nice be a nice neighborhood until the suburban addicts came n never left.
в украине решается стабилность и безопасность во всем мире.это цветочки по сравнении что там творится.хотите чтоб у вас тоже был как там? по скорее делаите все для того чтоб рускии фашизм програл...
@@michelledempsey2452Kennedy. Trump had he chance and spent 10 trillion to run up the market for the banks. It did little to nothing for most Americans.
eu fico bastante triste em ver esses jovens no mundo das drogas. que deus os tirem dessa escravidão dos vícios, porque o inimigo só veio para roubar matar e destruir, que deus ilumine o caminhos dessas pessoas principalmente no brasil aonde que está tendo muitas pessoas viciadas..
The devil strikes mercilessly
Where do they go to the washroom?
Outside most of the time.
When people decide to engage in destructive behaviors for recreational pleasure they should be accountable and responsible for the results! This area is a disgrace and it is being shown on global news networks! The streets should be cleared of the drug addicts because tax paying citizens on that area should be able to live in clean, safe, drug free neighborhoods or they should put their taxes in escrow until the incompetent mayor impersonator and the incompetent DA impersonator, both members of the swamp, do their jobs! SHAME!! smdh!😡🤬
Where u gonna put all the junkies? In jail? No room for them
Hey, they are sick sick people. I know I was one.
It's the mayor! I live in Philadelphia and it's always been bad down there but not this bad. At one time they were trying to fix it but when this mayor came to office he did nothing and it got bad. Very bad. It's so bad. This video isn't showing how nasty and dirty it is there. I had to go to a store there and I had to literally step over dead rats and broken needles when I got out my car. Something can be done
@@kylekashner2786build more prisons.
Спасибо Россия , что я твой гражданин, я не вижу такой такой ненависти к своим гражданам, чтобы поощрять наркоту
Добавлю на русском,спасибо автору за информативное видео! Спасибо!
Wondering how Bree is doing with burns?
not the channel to ask for her...
Wow I keep the first one!!!!!
I use to deliver to the walgreens on the corner of Allegheny and Kensington every Friday late afternoon. Ot really is that bad. Talk about depressing.
They closed that walgreens down a few months ago lol
I see this video ... 😢😢😢
NO EXCUSES PHILLY HAS A TON OF RESOURCES HOUSING SHELTERS AND REHABS THEY DONT WANT HELP
0:34 wells fargo - Johnathan Vargo KLleck in the neighborhood -
I have no answers to this other than to say we must do better.
It’s a buyers market.
Una pena que estos documentales tan buenos so sean en español también. Beneficiarían muchísimo a nosotros los latinos que no somos bilingües. De todos modos;excelentes, mucho éxito.
INWISH IN AN CHANGE THIS OVERNIGHT , WHOMIS THE PERSON GIVING THIS DRUGS? …SOMEONE OPIS DOING WRONG..CLAUDIA
@ 0:07 mark Stacey I almost didn't recognize Her.
Cracolândia in USA 🥺
Its sad,I'm a Philly girl, I grew up around this and it's absolutely NOT their fault, I have lost all my friends from drugs,and they wanted to get clean,and tried again and again,,it's easy to say it's their fault, but everyone has their own opinions, I respect that,it's sad to me,,❤
Sorry to hear. I know a few friends and a bunch of others from SW Philly that were lost to this addiction.
Whose fault is it?
@@ClutchFan It’s all men’s fault like everything else. Even though we created everything and given them everything including all rights and all privileges, it’s still our fault
@@ClutchFanIt's nobody's fault. It's the world's fault. Humans are still animals and we live in a competitive world. It's easy to fall into the fantasy that we're above other organisms but we're just that. An organism. Things happen and people go through shitty situations. Some make it out some don't. Some survive and some die. It's a cold world. There are no choices if you're never taught how to make choices. Everything is cause and effect. Everything that exists or happens is an algebra equation.
оеи сами виновати, они вибрали такои жизнь. нечего других винить
In a world of happy couples.
المخدرات والمثلية شوهت كل شيء !!؟
They don't want help
This is how much American leaders care about us
Praaaa praaaaa papaapaaa ..poner sonidos de balas
Money is more important than American childern
Where do they go to the bathroom? What do they eat? Where do they take a shower? How do they sleep on sidewalk?
Go to the bathroom on the streets because most stores dont have public bathrooms anymore because they would do drugs in them...which is a liability. They eat whatever they can find or scrape up with change they begged for. They dont shower or do a little bird bath in a sink if they find an open one. & they sleep on the sidewalk the same way we do in beds, by laying down. Some use a makeshift shelter for rain and whatnot.
Choices in life have consequences...
I don't feel sorry for drug addicts. People choose to be drug addicts.
Makanya di agama kami(Islam) melarang segala bentuk yang bisa merugikan diri sendiri seperti judi, alkohol,sex bebas,narkoba dan sejenisnya yang sangat buruk untuk diri sendiri maupun orang lain,agama selalu mengajarkan kepada kita semua hal yang baik jadi berpegangla kepada agama,apapun agamamu karena tidak ada agama yang mengajarkan hal buru❤❤
As a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ I frequently visit this area weekly and I see these videos all the time and they always promote one side, what about the side of those who are reaching out that are trying to provide help I didn't see none of that in your video there are people that come out there faithfully to try to lend a helping hand and that save lives on a daily what about their perspective on the situation are you bold enough to air that.The reality of what the true cause of the addiction is? and once again the community is arrested The city needs to concentrate on the source they know the drug houses they know some of the drug dealers let's get the product off the street let's bust the labs let's have a crackdown if you think they got it then you go for it get them off the street shut down the houses and once the drug dries up now maybe just maybe the people that are a hooked will start seeking treatment because there's no more illegal drugs on the street let's not get it twisted Suboxone and methadone it's just another form of bondage let's get them set free who the son(JESUS) sets free is free indeed God bless you all and I pray that those with the power and authority will do more instead of just coming for photo ops.
You're 100% correct. But at least the suboxone and stuff like that is more safe and regulated
The first person. That young girl she s like 14yold or so. This is horrible. My heart goes out for thrm and all who suffering. Time for great awakening
I'm so grateful to see these area's before they went to crap, and i'm only in my mid 30's.
Those poor young girls. I hate thinking about them selling themselves to some low life.
How much would u pay?
Hey! Who are you calling a lowlife? I resemble that remark.
They chose that life. They're just as low on life as the person they sell themselves to!
One way to combat homelessness is to start building smaller, more affordable housing. The addiction aspect is another story. The government wants addicts and I've seen it first hand at the VA.
Чем больше наркоманов, тем меньше вопросов и больше быстрых денег.
WELCOME TO THE SANTUARY CITY. 😢😢😢
It's heartbreaking to see beautiful women throw their fragile lives down the toilet of drug use.
That's not the issue here. There's so much more.
QUE TRISTE ESA JUVENTUD
Kensington
These people need long term treatment God help them
веселуха)
Paldies
Hello from Russia! In 2016, I came to your country as a guest, to my friends, by invitation from the USA, I visited Compton, California! I really liked everything, I was delighted! I really hope that these people will stop taking drugs! God bless them! Their whole life is in front of them, and they ruin it!!
You got your own problems.
America has fallen - wish I could escape to a sane town like Chillingbourne.
how sad it is to see that people in Kingston Avene having in the hand of drugs 😢 why USA government not taking proper solution for this ? they are claiming themselves that they are having well organised constitution and laws and order but where? 😢 pls take immediate action on this drug consumption. and catch the drug dealer and put behind the bar.i hope a better days for people in Kingston Avene Philadelphia...and to all homeless brothers there let take care of yourself and stay healthy better days will come lots of love amigos 😘
Not Kingston, it's Kensington. CZcams doesn't caption correctly.
Result of Decadence
The American dream or the fall of the empire. 😂😂😂
Place your bets.... It's over!
these people are comfortable with their lives,have not hit bottom. All the do goodrs are aiding in these souls in not hitting bottom. Feed them, clothe them, get them medical help, get them tents, enable them. They break laws all day long. Cops are hands off by decree of Mayor and D.A. The guys sell their ladies. They like the way they live.
thanks for the like. In the 70's I could have been one of them,I took action getting thru this crap, is npot passive, it just does not happen. You got tom work the program,listen do what you are told,and have that burning desire to stop and get out. Jesus is my answer. Must change every place person and thing.
This is what happens when you hang around with poor association
Don’t know why people say it breaks their hearts, this is what these people want !!!!
This is not what they want. Addiction is a serious disease. It's like your no longer in control of yourself. I was an addict for many many many years. Had I not went to prison and got mental help and addressed the real problems being my addiction, I would still be shooting dope. If you never did hard drugs on the regular you don't understand real addiction. Addiction is insanity on steroids. The real question is why is there an open air drug market in Kensington? Why are they all over the united States? The veil has been lifted for me. Why does the president of the United States, Congress, Senate... And all other people of power allow this to continue? We went to war after 911..... This epidemic of addiction and illegal drug sales is 1000 times worse and has killed millions. Yet we haven't went to war against the cartels. Why do you think that is? ....... Money...... It's a trillion dollar industry. So many hands in the cookie jar. These people don't want to be ruled with these chemicals. They are not in their right mind. They need someone to advocate for them. We all turn a blind eye and hope it fixes itself. And there isn't as many programs available since COVID. If our own government doesn't care then who will? My disease is in remission.... No thanks to anyone other than God. No one cared about me. I had no family to take me in off the streets. No job.... No car, no license, no hope. Prison opened my eyes to many realities. If everyone is distracted then we can't be a unified people. I'm disgusted when someone says that addicts choose to continue their addiction. They lost their mind a long time ago. This is all about money and control. This paragraph isn't directed at you probably. It's directed to the people who think they have all the answers. The people who have no idea what they are saying. This is a disease worse than aids. Worse than COVID..... Worse than hell. Addicts need help and understanding and love..... But most of all they need hope. Hope that the answers are coming. Hope that this war will be over. Hope someone will save them from themselves. Thanks for listening.
what drugs are these folks doing to make them stand in place like some zombie?
My question is if people are homeless with no money for food how are they buying drugs