'I've never seen anything like it': Inside the center of the tranq drug crisis
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- Kensington, Philadelphia is a neighborhood long known as a place to buy and do drugs. Over the last few years, the street fentanyl here has been cut more often and with greater amounts of xylazine-- a veterinary tranquilizer that can cause skin wounds that often won't heal. CNN returned to Kensington this year to see what has changed. #CNN #News
Let's be honest the issue CNN has with the youtubers is that they are calling out the local politicians, and they are doing a better job of covering this stoey.
the news should just accept that there corrupt and cant talk about things that people want to hear about and give it up.
Yup
Exploitation is when your CZcams competitors do a better job than you.
Literally fuck CNN
Tyler!!
stealing content from small CZcamsrs is crazy
So CNN documenting this isn’t exploiting it for clicks but CZcamsrs who do it are?
I agree💯💯
They're all exploiting it and at the same time not helping at all.
It's not so much about the content, as it is INTENT and how it's delivered!
Is it in a mocking and derogatory manner? Or is it with compassion and love!?!
Are they making fun and bullying, trying to hurt and belittle people for their own gain? Or are they trying to understand and ultimately help the people they are making videos about?
REMEMBER:
It's not always about WHAT you say, rather, HOW you say it!
God bless you my friend. 🙏
@@cornyconnie.Literally NONE of the CZcamsrs CNN showed in this report were making fun of exploiting the addicts in Kingsington.
@@Tanwolly I agree! However, that doest mean that some don't! I believe we should be exposing the problem, which includes exposing the victims of it, else nobody will truly understand the debths of this tragic situation plaguing our society.
And the victims aren't just those who are addicted, but the impact it has on their families and the community as a whole! We need to try and HELP these people BEFORE they lose their lives.
This is sad no matter how you look at it. This world has become filthy and corrupt with evil. We ALL need the Lord. We ALL need to be SAVED! Amen
None of the CZcams's I saw was exploiting the situation and they actually did a much better job than CNN reporting it.
The people who comment on the videos are full of hate and have no empathy at all. It is very negative
Yes hatred for CNN, not the people in the video.
Pov: your only criticism is "lots of hate"
@@dianeyoung8068yea cuz cnn is bullshit
Stop whining
shout out Brandon Buckingham for showing the harsh reality as it is.
as this corrupt news station should be doing. disgusting
@@sn0_looks like they are. You’re also on their channel troll. CNN runs a lot of great segments if actually paid attention.
@@sn0_ I'm not commenting on this station being corrupt but, because of this short video when I searched and saw other videos many found out about this from THIS VIDEO so I would actually say it did a good job..
Addicts want to shit on the street and discard their dirty needles + garbage everywhere; but don't like people sharing the reality to the world.
That’s not what he’s doing. He’s just exploiting these people who are compromised and taking advantage of filming these situations to grow his CZcams channel. He’s not trying to shine a light on anything except his pockets.
"Influencers exploiting Kensington for clicks." Okay CNN.
They have been for a few years now, even using really good looking girls pretending to be on dope nodding off and looking like they just stepped off a catwalk
@@GiveupyerowlsinsBo, they haven’t.
Yep always a spin of untruth on what was a very poor idea from the start. And then Center City Philly will have many people passed out on sidewalks from this.
And your point is? It got you watching the video, right?
@@Dizzymarvel I haven't watched a video from Kensington for years.. it's been like this for decades, always had the best dope on the east coast.when the MSM called it the flesh eating zombie drug the whole world heard about it.. do you know that every store and block are living and making money from all this and they have been for long time.
imagine being so mad that smaller journalists are doing a better job then you
The idea of calling Brandon Buckingham a bully to further your agenda against CZcamsrs doing a better job then you is so disgusting. you are exploiting fent addicts to support your agenda. Do better.
I am trying to see where you saw a hit piece.. I watched this entire video and didn't hear those two names YOU wrote. YOU blasted these two people, not this short story.. I have no idea who you're talking about but because YOU put the name out there YOU drew attention to someone most of us never even heard of... I just wrote this to another person.. I never heard names of the person you said or the 2 another person said so how is it a hit piece???
Listen I was a homeless addict for 13 years & I’m telling you 99.9% of the people going down there & filming are not helping & are using the homeless for clicks & clout. Why don’t people realize if you take up 30 minutes (or more) of a homeless persons time that’s 30 minutes they could have been panhandling & got money from other people. Lots of the people interviewing them give them nothing or some give them food & to be honest most food given to homeless people gets thrown away cuz SO MANY PEOPLE BUY US FOOD ON THE DAILY. When I use to pan in front of McDonald’s I would get like 4 Big Macs an hour minimum & so many coffees but I don’t even drink coffee. They don’t need food they need a damn hotel room or 50$. If you don’t have at least 20$ to give them for an interview don’t waste their time. & honestly the sick fascination with the prostitutes is disgusting & again your bothering them while they are WORKING TRYING TO MAKE MONEY SO THEY DONT HAVE TO SLEEP ON THE STREET ALL NIGHT OR END UP SUCKING SOME NASTY ADDICTS D FOR A BLAST! & that’s exactly what happens when they don’t make money! Just having drugs on you can guaranty you a warm place to sleep cuz you can give housed addicts a piece of dope for a couch for the night or a bigger piece for a whole room. But Nobody is gonna stop & pick them up while some dude with a camera is there! God damn it these people annoy me so much.. I almost wish they’d start getting jumped so they just won’t come back & lots have been caught scamming subscribers for donations that they never even give to the homeless!
Soft white underbelly & all these other losers need be really looked at for their true motives & their homeless addict fetishes. There people make me absolutely sick
@@Swnsasy 4:41 she didn’t say their names she showed their faces. However I 100% agree with this reporter that most idiot influencers down there are using the homeless & addicts for views & even get their subscribers to donate but they keep most if not all the money. It’s disgusting.
Also lots of the people in the comments here have a sick fetish for watching drug addicted prostitutes, it’s really gross
This was definitely not a hit piece…
@@SwnsasyStop copy pasting this comment you baby.
@@Tanwolly I can copy and paste MY OWN writings if I want to say the same thing to 2 different people. How pathetic are you to think you have some say over a total stranger.. It's not my fault you're mom didn't hug you enough and didn't teach you that you don't matter to everyone on the planet.. 🤣Unbelievable how pathetic you are
Brandon buckingham not only had more extensive coverage of this issue but did it first and didnt slander others trying to bring attention to this problem
Buckingham is a weird Sam Hyde lover. He sucks.
I am trying to see where you saw a hit piece.. I watched this entire video and didn't hear those two names YOU wrote. YOU blasted these two people, not this short story.. I have no idea who you're talking about but because YOU put the name out there YOU drew attention to someone most of us never even heard of... I just wrote this to another person.. I never heard names of the person you said or the 2 another person said so how is it a hit piece???
@@Swnsasy 4:48 honey pay attention to the video YOU watched. CNN Clearly states that people were drawn in with "morbid curiosity" with influencers "exploiting Kensington". Its not exploitative to make a video detailing the drug issue, nor is it exploitative to have interviews.
@@Uncleshirly22 I know EXACTLY what it said and CLEARLY you ALSO did not hear them say a name!! Boom!! You guys did, NOT CNN!!! It's 4 comments at the top of this video that gave Tommy G and this other guy... CNN DIDN'T, YOU GUYS DID!!! You guys brought attention to these guys. I went and searched, watched a more in depth video and the top comment on there with 17k+ likes and 500 comments says, "Who came from CNN?" NOT ONE PERSON MENTIONS NAMES! YOU... GUYS... DID!! Then, going to those 2 guys, yea, they haven't received, in the comments, any backlash... You guys need to stop and think before ADDING to something that didn't happen... The addicts THEMSELVES said" INFLUENCERS" coming down and exploiting for views and likes... That's all they said, NOT ANYONE'S NAMES!! You guys screwed up, OWN IT
@@Swnsasyyou're commenting the same exact thing under everyone who brought this up when you clearly didn't pay any attention to what you just watched. also just because you don't know who someone is doesn't mean other people don't know either
This looks like an uncomfortable drug to be on. I can stare at my shoes for free.
Yes, but think of this horrible fact: how shitty does one's life has to be that THIS is preferred habit? That's why they call it a habit. You don't realize there is a better way, you cannot imagine a better way, you lose hope and thus turn to what used to seem like a comfort. That is the part I think people don't get. It is a knowable bad; what's out there is unimaginable and seems worse, oddly enough. I feel badly for anyone caught up in this. The wounds are just the outer part. But the inside...that's what's really gory.
@@nadiamccall4311 I drank hard alcohol all day everyday for 20 years. I was a happy and kind alcoholic, but I got tired of being sick so I quit cold turkey. I have never been more sick than when I quit drinking, but now I am free. You are right. most people don't get it, but I do. I drank to not be sick, and it helped me not to feel so lonely. Much love Nadia ✌️
Hope they find what they looking for, some help...
I can’t believe they see this and go “that looks sooo fun, give me some” .
you've actually heard people say that?@@LuvableAF
As a former addict of meth and fentanyl . This will only get worse . These people feel hopeless about the situation they're in and you need hope to get clean and the will to wanna do it . I got clean not for me but to take care of my father who was dying from cancer and to be a better father to my daughter who i lost custody of due to my drug use . These people need hope , something to look forward to when they get clean or it will just repeat this vicious cycle . If i didnt have loved ones id be in the same position of hopelessness.
No such thing as an "ex addict" you'll always be an addict.
not saying you can't be clean, but in reality you're a Non active addict or in recovery.
I only say this, because WE always have to remind ourselves that addiction is a lifetime battle.
best of luck
Congratulations to you. That must have been very difficult to withdraw, to get clean. Forgive me but I don't understand addiction really. You were able to do this because you found a good motivation finally? But fear of death before wasn't enough? Serious question. And I truly admire your current determination.
@@normabaker5837 I was not addicted to opioids, but crack cocaine (I am 13 years sober). However, I think I can give you a general insight if it interests you. I never feared death, or what negative effects happened to my body (my lungs were severely damaged) because I knew that when I smoked it the next time I would have that same "good feeling" and I would have a temporary escape from my problems. You only have 2 emotional states (pain, guilt, depression etc) or the euphoria that any other substance would give you. You would choose the substance that provided you temporary relief every time because you did not want to deal with the negative emotional state. This is how it was for me, and I hope it makes sense. Also I think that it is commendable that you are genuinely curious on how other people feel, even if you do not understand addiction well. So many people who do not understand would judge me and say things like "you are stupid for choosing drugs" or any kind of judgement that would inflict shame. Have a good evening from california :)
Keep doing it, keep staying clean. Stay clean for your daughter, stay clean for yourself.
It's been over a decade now CNN wants to acknowledge there's a problem?
Man, the world has so many fucking problems. people being on drugs of their own choice is not something that you can chastise someone about not spotlighting
@@glass_slipper9149 A so called news organization not reporting any news? Grow the F-*k up
I know they're not calling Biden out for doing nothing to address this and other severe crisis affecting American people each & everyday. Gotta keep focusing on billions to this & that foreign "war". Focus on Americans, that IS our STRENGTH and they refuse.
@@glass_slipper9149 But your happy to have open borders to have drugs pore into your country?
nah fam they're just intimidated by a 20 year old and decided to retaliate. brandon buckingham recorded all of their stolen footage
CNN: CZcamsrs are better at journalism than actual journalists and were mad about it 😂😂😂
Until these people decide and make the choice to help themselves,no one else will be able to help either.
It's the same with alcoholics. The ones I know did change their lives and have been sober for years now.
Alcoholism is an epidemic that very few people talk about.People treat it like something normal but it destroys the drinker and often it destroys the family.And society too.@@yvonneplant9434
💯✖️💯
@@yvonneplant9434big difference. Yes alcohols are hard to give up in fact any old habits.
But drugs are on another level. Without a strong support i think there are few cases. Has to come from within true absolutely but support in any way is a big factor too.
That's correct also, but offering empathy kindness and ways out, real ways can get them there.
These are human beings. They deserve kindness. They deserve compassion.
@@ghostladydarkling3250 Are you actually condoning violence towards addicts and homeless people?
@@BabyDollAlison2112prison
@@basedriceman Prison doesn’t solve the issue. We have over 1,000,000 people currently incarcerated in the United States. How many of them do you want to bet have underlying mental illness and/or addiction issues? Fix the mental health crisis and addiction will follow.
Also, check out the rate that people reoffend when they get out of prison. It’s alarmingly high.
@@BabyDollAlison2112They said nothing about violence! Troll!!! Cocaine Joe doesn't see drugs or the culture as a problem to focus on, address or invest in! An we all know why! People knowingly do drugs with the common knowledge drugs are lethal, destructive, and dangerous. It's not the years of ignorance anymore. Yet they still start them. You act as though it is impossible for these "victims" to have not done drugs, when in fact it is VERY easy to not do drugs and avoid at all costs. That's not illness. It's called stupidity. Respect the gift of life and your body, drugs helps none of your problems. This is a destructive agenda to prevent America progressing. You can help Joe blow pack his bags if you feel so inclined!!!
They deserve kindness and compassion if they actually want to get clean. They could definitely keep their areas much cleaner. Trash is everywhere. They steal from homes, businesses, cars, ppl in the area. Don't forget some kids are raised here and don't have a choice where they live. Imagine having to walk a different way to school bc there's used needles everywhere.
Brandon Buckingham is bringing attention to a serious issue, wtf is CNN doing?
whining about it using a fat jealous cow
Same thing they've been doing the last decade, yelling about Trump
Getting paid by isreal
S'ing on a Big D
Same thing they always do.. Obsess over gang warfare in Chicago.
Dad has the world's biggest military budget while his children are sick, homeless, addicted. The U.S. is a deadbeat dad.
This is a blue state magic.
VERY Well said .. It is so Sad.. Democratic Government allowed this to happen
@@taramcknight2023actually no. Fentanyl increased during rRUmp's term and has been going down in the last couple of years. This is the only thing I'd cut some criticism of him. It's not a partisan issue. Fentanyl doesn't go by political party and there's unbelievable pain when it takes a loved one. Countries need to work together to stop it at best but more like at slow it down. There's no easy solution but there are things that can be done. 🙏☮️💖☪️🩵
Same thing during trump era too@@taramcknight2023
@@taramcknight2023 I live in a red state, and people are dying like flies on flypaper. Out here blues have taken over. They give out Norcan freely to anyone who asks for it no questions asked. I keep some in my car just incase I come across someone who is oding. I only wish I could say that I never had to use it before.
CNN hating on Brandon Buckingham because he’s a juggalo
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How can you say that videos like Brandon’s are bringing in negative attention and exploiting these people? They’re reporting on the issue just like you are! The comments on the video are nothing but prayers towards the individuals in the videos and people talking about similar situations they had with family or friends. These youtubers spread much more positive awareness to the situation then you ever will, CNN.
You clearly didn’t listen to the last min and a half, I hope they demonetize those channels
@@Natily80 People are commenting constantly on the live stream of K&A. That's not being uploaded by some CZcamsr.
@natiliedotson
So CNN can keep advertising off of tragedies? They both do it, one is just less cold and corporate about it.
@@Natily80 you clearly havent seen either of those two videos, if you did youd be on their side of the argument
@@Natily80why don’t you actually watch the videos instead of running your mouth and listening to this bullshit
Wow! Total hit job on Brandon Buckingham and Tommy G. It wasn't exploitation it was bringing awareness to what the situations like. CNN's just painting the competition in a bad light.
Yes. I'm sure the senior management at CNN are terrified of competition from Brendon Bollockham and Timmy B.
Just like McDonalds are terrified of 'Burger Ben' - the one legged Guatemalan pensioner who sells burgers from a wheelbarrow on W 3rd St, Little Rock, Arkansas.
I am trying to see where you saw a hit piece.. I watched this entire video and didn't hear those two names YOU wrote. YOU blasted these two people, not this short story.. I have no idea who you're talking about but because YOU put the name out there YOU drew attention to someone most of us never even heard of...
Pretty typical of these media companies... Sitting their doing the same thing but they are better lmfao... CNN is criminal
@@Swnsasytrust me most people watching this do know about them
@@josh7ray Well, me going through and watching, so many comments said they learned from here. Like literally the person at the top says how many came from CNN and It's 17k likes and 500 comments.. I'm no lover of CNN although I believe they are biased, not corrupt, It doesn't look like the 2 guys, I looked them up, have any less subs.. I mean this video didn't even say their names and showed them for less than 2 secs... This and a few other comments are the only reason people even knew.. You guys need to learn to not draw attention from your own bias because if I, and OBVIOUSLY 17K+ PEOPLE would not have even known about these 2 people at all because again, their names weren't in this video and literally a sec worth of screen time... I'm not meaning to be disrespectful at all, I promise that, I'm just saying if not for the TOP 4 COMMENTS saying both or one name, nobody would have even known...
Damn, legacy media will not let go without throwing their shit at everyone first huh.
what is the upside of trank? Is it supposed to be a zoned out thing like heroin? It looks like total misery.
Sleep, anxiety relief, pain relief, stress relief.
They mix it with the fent because it extends the high supposedly. Fent wears off pretty quickly
The Buckingham Show delivers harsh realities to an audience CNN doesn’t.
“We have programs in place”….says every politician ever, yet nothing seems to change! Lip service!! 🤦🏻♂️🙄🤷🏻♂️
This is exactly what Seattle and Tacoma look like. I would avoid these cities until the people in charge think it is important enough to do anything about. Spend your tourist dollars on places that are not unsafe and beyond depressing.😢
I feel for that nurse who relapse and died. As a fellow nurse... I really wished she could have made it. Her life should be honored... She fought but lost. I hope someone will continue to share her story, her story deserves to be heard. RIP.
Her story is over. She relapsed, overdosed and died.
Unless she finds a way to channel her spirit through Whoopi Goldberg and reconnect with the living,
her story is as finished as a story can get.
@@paulleverton9569 - But for the grace of God go I. They deserve empathy. Who knows what circumstances lead these people to homelessness and addiction. I have been blessed with good fortune but that good fortune could leave me at any time
@@paulleverton9569no shit…..the comment was to share her story…..try reading before commenting something stupid.
A good friend of mine died of a drug overdose. I don’t do and never have done anything like that. It’s an embarrassing way to die imo.
@@paulleverton9569
What an ignorant and callous thing for you to say!
Shout out to morals over money for doing this kind of work for years
Decades. 😐
testing the YT algo to see if they are ghosting me when I reply to people...sorry for the hassle lol@@leahgary1107
CNN needs to do more to raise awareness to this epidemic. These souls need help.
I like that name," morals over money "😊
Dems baby!!!
Some people have no empathy. My heart broke when i heard that woman speak about kids trying to set their tent on fire with them in it
That interview was awful. Absolutely terrible. And yet you can just see how many don’t care. It’s awful.
1. People care. People have empathy. Most people, almost everyone, have good hearts and love their fellow people.
2. It becomes more difficult to care when addicts do this to themselves. The left doesn’t want to blame the addicts and react strongly when the need for responsibility and self reliance is voiced.
3. The government (local, state, and federal) can stop the supply of drugs immediately. The United States has huge amount of resources and power. Again, the left is on the side of drug dealers and criminals. Any strong measure to stop the supply is attacked as draconian, fascistic, and racist by the “defund police” and BLM crowd.
The result is in front of our eyes. The left is harming people they claim to care for.
I have stopped visiting major US cities ten years ago. San Francisco, LA, Seattle, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington DC. I have very good memories visiting them in the old days. I have not stepped a foot on them in the last ten years, and I have no intention of visiting them ever again. You can attack me and call me names, but you know down deep in your heart that I am right.
guys play this video with the theme from walking dead its funny i promise
@@arbor-sq4jk I bet you still won't think it's funny once you get some serious problems in your life and get problems with addiction. Grow up, and you better do it fast.
@@elvenkind6072 i do have serious problems and i still find it funny im also addicted to pot
I have ABSOLUTELY 💯 no problem with them being put on CZcams. There in a public place!!
Calling out Brandon and Tommy G for farming clicks is insane when they work with the homeless there
Ugly Elle is just mad that Brandon doesn't ride with 4s
Channel5 youtube channel does a better job reporting on this then a multi million dollar company
Your grammar & spelling is sht.
Andrew Callaghan and Elle Reeve are BOTH fantastic journalists!
Elle Reeve actually does fantastic journalism, up there w/ Andrew for sure.
But shes stuck with CNN unfortunately.
CNN is reporting shit.
This is in service of a narrative.
Dumacrat run cities for all dumbacrats! 😂
Cant Help fools who refuse to try to Help themselves. Reality tough luck
Wow, very cold thing to say. Please be kind. It's not like you think it is. Once on the street with nothing but drugs to feel the void, cover the pain etc, then there's the addiction. Which has it's hold on you. They need help. They lose hope. They need live in Re-Hab, ( for most ) addicts, a year at least.To be successful.
Its about taking responsibility for ones self
Its up to you to make the choice.
Blame nobody
Expect nothing
DO SOMETHING !
Excuses dont save lives !
@@PG-kd9mc Imagine thinking you're not an addict because of willpower and seeing yourself as better than those who are. Don't care if you beat an alcohol or meth addiction before. Massive loser with advice you'd see on a Nike poster.
' A baby was shot in the face January 19, 2022 during a crack distribution ring in the Bronx '
Going after Buckingham for doing your job but better is wild
she's jealous the banana man doesn't ride with 4/10s like her
You actually might be brain dead if you think Brandon or Tommy’s videos are exploitation. Look in the comments of those videos and there is nothing but positivity and well wishes for those people in Kensington. Those videos did nothing but be respectful and bring attention to this topic well before you could.
I’m from B-more…. And this is something I’ve never seen😢…. Wow…. Baltimore really bad…. But this literally HELL
Then you have not opened your eyes wide enough, Baltimore has been dealing with this on a smaller scale.
Dems are laughing at you because you vote them in. Enjoy.
It's basically two blocks. Philadelphia is about 140 sq miles in size.
If you wanted to make a video about having priorities confused over an important topic this would be it. Tommy G and Brandon both handled their videos more than appropriately.
Just when you thought drug addiction couldn’t get any worse; A less expensive, more potent, more addictive, higher risk drug, becomes available and is ravaging everyone, including addicts who might have had a chance to recover prior to getting their hands on this drug.
Yes. Very sad...
As someone who's been around addicts for years I've witnessed many die that had been functioning addicts since the 90's. It's the wounds and internal damage from tranq that's killing these people. It's like a plague for addicts😢
@@kirkboesch9734No such thing as a functioning addict. It’s a myth.
There is no species more tragic than humans. We’ll definitely be our own downfall.
Using drugs in public needs to be criminalized.
No offence mate but wtf would that actually change? Addicts are still going to be addicts regardless of if it illegal to use in public or not
It is illegal already.
The great Mayor told the police to let them get high and not bother them. The police had their hands tied for years now. It just gets worse and worse here.
@@Desertfox14same here in WA. The police can do nothing. It is chaos out there.
@@Desertfox14 so I’m Canadian, I thought using drugs in public was a crime in your state. Can you confirm?
I don’t know where this reporter been living all these years, it’s been like that for the past 20 years you need to get out more do you remember the drug crack.
Crack, heroin, opioids, cocaine, meth, bath salts, fentanyl, etc. Then there’s the legal killers like alcohol and cigarettes. Forgive me if I missed any.
The problem with tranq and fast rotting limbs is relatively new though
I heard nobody offer any solutions.
Tommycat did in an above comment please go back and read it😊
Just say no.
S/O Brandon Buckingham
It must be hard seeing someone actually cover issues who has journalistic integrity . CNN is seething and the fact they made a hit piece about Brandon shows their lack of journalistic integrity
This is America. Why are we so lacking in compassion that we can't at least get these people off of the streets? 😮
If you are asking the question, you already know the important part of the answer.
This is who you are.
Dis is Bidens Amerika yo! We waz kangz!!
Hospitals and more hospitals. That is how other countries care for sick patients. They need help !
@@alexsilent5603No. This is not who I am. You don't know me. 😡
The last video I see from CNN about this problem in Philly is 10 years ago. Shout out to Channel 5 with Andrew for bringing awareness to this. And stop giving influencers attention, they do a lot worse...at least they exposed the problem instead of some brain dead time waster they usually do.
They literally showed footage from their last visit here a year ago.
If so then the YT search is terrible.@@JasonBoyce
YT search is bad then
Nailed it ❤
yes, it's terrible lately. @@livingmodern
Harm reduction just prolongs the problem. I can’t believe that nurse in recovery died too.
Shout out Brandon and Tommy, doing the real journalism.
weird that you use brandon buckingham as an example when there are people like tyler olivera who are actually doing the exploiting.
It’s about time you covered this.
Right? When are they going to focus on all the rural Americans killing themselves too?
Sad but MAGA voters have been trying for years to spotlight this epidemic. Only Trump heard them.
Saying that youtubers are using people for clicks, when CNN is doing the exact same thing LMAO
CNN sure acts untouchable for a company who's address is public knowledge.
Sorry for your struggles & hope you can find strength to overcome
Beth seems hugly impressive/ brave woking with addicts as addict. Rip
You cannot be responsible for people who are not responsible for their lives. Millions of people in this country face terrible personal crises, they do not become drug addicts. This is not a matter of "compassion": we want to help/assist our fellow humans, but not when they choose the easy way out.
@@ghostladydarkling3250
Yes, but they may need the resources to get off the drugs which may not currently exist.
Don't go near drugs, don't try them, it's really not hard!!! I have my issues but pumping rotten poison into my body /veins will never be one of them. Respect the life you were given. Your body. With the knowledge out there now, and been out there for decades, everyone knows drugs are toxic, lethal, and destructive. They choose to ignore these known facts and do them. Rather than help their problems, they choose to make it all so much worse. That's not "illness" it's stupidity! Don't do drugs, I don't get what is so difficult about it. Don't take prescriptions without reading the side affects pamphlet it comes with. Refrain from taking it if it's high risk to addiction or you have a tendency to be addicted to things. These precautions are wise and not hard in life. These folks on are a death wish of destruction. Slow suicide. This joke of a president should have addressed this a long time ago and focused on long term success, help and prevention, eradicate normalization of drugs and the "culture", and invest in Americans health, safety & self sufficiency, giving people purpose & meaning, not funding global interests and foreign wars!
Well said.
As a person who has had so many lige challenges, this comment is so true and i am grateful theres people like you!
Exactly
Cold ass riders 🧊
Can anyone say - Mexican cartels?
Meh they are the hitmen. Hired by the Chinese, the real creators of this deadly weapon.
Humans are very impressionable by nature and drugs and social media assists in getting people hooked on drugs - Why do you think cigarette commercials were banned decades ago? cuz they worked! Humans are weak!@@kc6810
Is this exactly the country that teaches others how to live?😂
Ikr almost like the leaders of the country are like from so.ewhere and not the country they're supposed be leading, real weird
It's the hard reality of emotional pain, better known as self-destruction.
P.S.S. The EMPATHY is slowly declining - especially in the younger generations; they use horrific situations for more clicks on their social media accounts ... 💔
I really feel horrible for these poor souls.
If I don’t have my coffee and a good meal three times a day I’m not a happy camper.
I wouldn’t last a day on those streets.
There is a live feed from a mounted camera near the biggest problem area and I notice there is a lot of medical student volunteers and Food banks offering hot food in the area so the people of Philly are really trying.......They have these mounted cameras not to spy on drug addicts but because someone is having a medical episode daily and ambulances need to get there immediately..
😂 good one.
Come Lord, save us from ourselves! 🙏 😔
Other countries can control this type of problem . This is nuts
How can people watch this and blame the individuals or blame it on whatever thing they heard on Fox or social media? These are human beings who need help, could be your own family in this situation. World needs more empathy and kindness.
Did you feel like this during the “ Crack Epidemic “ ? There was no compassion, just criminalized and Jail.
All the money they're giving the immigrants should be given to Those people...... But they hate america
@@judah400yrs2 the crack epidemic happened in the 80's and 90's, they probably weren't alive then. That approach didn't work then, either. Drugs won the war on drugs, remember?
Enabling is what got us here in the first place. The vast majority of addicts don't want to quit and a very significant number of homeless people prefer doing whatever they want out on the streets over following even the most baseline rules associated with any sort of housing assistance.
@@clownworld3913who enabled who? People have been doing drugs for decades it’s nothin new.
Treat people like animals and they will live up to your expectations. The same people who watch Fox News don’t believe in compassion and empathy.
4:49 big ups brandon buckingham
It’s sad these people doesn’t care about themselves 😢
That's exactly it. That about sums it up. America needs more supportive environment and healthier society, if people feel cared about, confident, self sufficient, capable, respected, it would probably not come to this decay and destruction. They probably didn't feel valued or loved, overwhelmed by how difficult it is to live now. Our society and culture need a complete overhaul. Your comment hit home 💔😢🙏🏻 Everyone has purpose, life is a gift. Everyone deserves respect and to live to their fullest potential. Believing in others and encouragement can go a long way! This is what should be the agenda, not normalizing substances. When people are productive in life and contributing, bettering themselves, there is no greater feeling than that!!! ❤
Brandon Buckingham's piss has more integrity than cnn
America: "The United States is the greatest country in the world."
Also America:
can you get me tranq
It was. You are destroying it. But of course you will defend this. Probably still not time to awaken from the path of no return
They're ahead in some ways and several steps behind when it comes to mental health, poverty, drugs, guns, crime and dealing with inequality and social problems.
North Korea can use this video to show the advantages of their system.
Still is the greatest. These isolated chit holes are a result of Democrat policies.
' 18-month-old girl killed in shooting at Florida home, police say ' - CBS News 2023
I feel compassion for my sisters and brothers, not judgment ❤. Reminds me to pray and be concerned. I'd rather know about this, not hidden and ignored.
what's with the choppy frame rate? looks like the filmer was on tranq and messed up the camera's settings.
This is unacceptable in the U.S......spend the billions at home, first.
The US spends trillions of dollars at home first. Foreign aid is a tiny fraction of the budget and nearly all of it comes back here.
Our first battle should be against ignorance.
Just when I thought it was impossible for CNN to lose anymore of their non existent credibility, they go and misrepresent, and try to moral high ground a couple of guys who have been bringing awareness to this situation far better than CNN ever could.
How exactly do you think they feel seeing big professional film crews coming over and filming them like animals in a documentary?
I am a (thankfully) recovering addict.
Whether it was fortune or favour, I was lucky enough to never spend a night without a home. I ALWAYS had somewhere to go lay my head.
I cleaned up before fentanyl arrived, (it's still not here in the UK as of February 2024) and I'm glad I did.
Fentanyl looks like a whole other level of destruction, and like a typical addict I would be drawn to the most powerful shot I could get, and almost certainly end up dead.
I know how we addicts are viewed by the general public, so I'm not pleasing for sympathy, but I beg of you, please see the person too. They are suffering, man.
@@kc6810 I dunno, to be honest.
I was always a strange child, I and used to tell lies a lot when I was little. Really silly lies too, like the time I told my primary school class that I had dolphins in my back yard.
I used to steal persistently as a teenager too.
I dunno why I feel this is key Information, but it makes sense to me.
I've always been weird, ever since I was little, and I believe a head injury I sustained as a child caused injuries nobody noticed at the time.
Part of those injuries seemed to result in me being unable to produce the feel good chemicals most normal people produce as standard.
As a result, life was horrifically hostile to me, and drugs took away all that trauma and the feel good chemicals I couldn't produce myself, in sufficient quantities, seemed to be substituted by the chemicals reactions caused by drug use.
As I've researched this with age, it seems there is something in my beliefs, as a works renowned addiction expert called doctor Gabor Matë landed on a very similar theory.
So, that's what I think caused it.
I sustained a brain injury as a 7 year old, and within months I began to act out as described above, telling lies and stealing things, and when I first tried heroin when I was 16, it literally made me feel perfect, easing all my anxieties and discomfort, replacing it with a feeling of wellbeing and purpose.
Many don't want help, you try and they tell you to f off.
Not surprised
They're under the influence of drugs.. you can't take what they say seriously - they don;t know who they are or where they are any more. It's like asking an alzheimer patient what they want or need... We need to face that this is a mental illness crisis.
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." Winston Churchill
How does a person get started on these drugs? Does anyone not know what will happen? I am puzzled.
OMGGGGG what a sad image. The US has to help stop this but in a good and productive way that actually will help alleviate this misery.
Regime change may help.
@@alexsilent5603 like your president Putin? No thanks.
@@jaxjax3842подожди его интервью с Такером Карлсоном, может он предложит выход как нам всем найти из жтой ситуации, в сша слишком много свободы вот результат.
@@alexsilent5603
No thanks Ivan!
It's been, since the late 60s😢
Basically this is a hit piece of Brandon for doing what you guys do but better and more respectful
' the first girl i walked up to was crouched down , covering her head in the bushes .
so i felt her pulse pull her head to the side and she had no face '
the five year old girl died on the scene during the Texas mass shooting
These addicts getting recorded should be grateful, maybe it will spur change. Would it be better to be ignored?
Get rid of the drugs!
Alot of democrat areas decriminalized them like Oregon.
@@ThePhenom777that's why this is happening
That’s not what he’s doing. He’s just exploiting these people who are compromised and taking advantage of filming these situations to grow his CZcams channel. He’s not trying to shine a light on anything except his pockets.
This is just horrific!! The carnage left behind from these ugly and deadly drugs is just mind blowing!
It used to be many people thought if you were or knew someone who was a drug addict you were whispered about & sometimes looked down upon. But now, almost everyone knows or is close to someone who is addicted to drugs and or alcohol. Addiction is that powerful…it can cause you to be hooked after just once. 😢
shout out Brandon Buckingham and Tommy G and all the other influencers bring our attention to this. CNN is trash trash trash
It's not sad that influencers are recording these people for clicks. Their footage gets seen many and makes others aware of the dangers of this stuff.
In that part of Philadelphia parent’s tell their children not to play in the “bad snow” in the neighborhood because they could get stuck by used needles. The kids have to leave that area so they can play in the “good snow.”
I remember when bad snow was snow contaminated with animal waste.
Times have indeed changed... for the worst .
How dare CNN report on actual issues like this, instead of endless videos about Trump.
CNN would go bankrupt without all the constant Trump news.
Funny CNN is nearly bankrupt from pushing propaganda on Trump for 7 years.
They are pretty much the same thing. Trump is your drug. American society suffers the wounds of your devotion to a cul to fpersonality. Zombies eat brains and so does fox. Trumpers were spreading Covid and misinformation. I really don't see much difference - cancer is cancer
ya thats msnbc job cnn isnt as bad nymore
So weird because just a few blocks from that strip are half-million dollar townhomes and splendid restaurants and nice neighborhoods and a major research university. Worlds apart.
Correct. Only a matter of time that this Kensington will be gone. The people there now? Who knows.
And what's your point😅
Well done. Finally a piece with some compassion.
Please can i know why people take drugs? Cuz i really don't know why someone would take drugs when knowing what the implications would be
Scary
This is incredibly sad. 😢
maybe don't do tranq and live in a tent on a public street if you don't want to be messed with. it's so simple.
I got hooked on opiates for pain eventually got cut off went to herion. I was one of the few who got clean and was able to re-establish my life. Nobody in my family gave a damn after years of me protecting and providing for them. So now I just let them and the pain go. Im a truck driver and I keep the wheels rolling 😎. God didn't give up on me.
Why aren't they being looked after in appropriate institutions?
Because many of them don't want any help. Or there are no help that really helps.
Those institutions would be?
Never seen what? I saw! 2006 in downtown Seattle. I always took the bus to the University, until one day I took the wrong one and found myself on that street!! It took years to shake off the shock. Its always been and will be the tree. Places of shame to America!
prayers,hugs and love to you all, God Bless them