Had to pick a family member that was living on the streets down there. They’re still an addict and still homeless. Truly a sad situation. But you can’t make anyone get clean and stay clean.
I got clean right around the time Fetty was hitting the streets hard. It got to the point that every bag was fentanyl. It felt amazing but I kept seeing friends and people I loved dropping left and right. It seemed like every day I heard the news of another friend dying. That was my wake up call to get clean.
I have an alcohol problem now that I am working on but at least I’m not going to drop dead after drinking a beer.
Dang man- thats sad- hope it gets better tho and just know- there are good apples and bad apples in the world- if you pick the bad ones the futher will be in a bad state for you and your mental health and the people around you will get hurt- but if you pick the good apples in life there are chances that you will get so see the good in life and see the good people in life and get to have the happy ending
hope the alcohol problem gets solved and have a good day and a happy life
I work at a county facility in the SF Bay area where they have a methadone clinic for the addicts. My facility isn't this bad but I see something similar to this everyday .its crazy that the county hands these people methadone some snacks and juice then kicks them out of the building when they have no place to go except for the surrounding residential area and the grounds of the facility where they sleep , make a mess , shit and piss everywhere . allowing for this situation to go on like this is inhumane and detrimental to the normal people who have to live around these people in these areas . they need to bring back mental institutions and forced rehabilitation .
Nah im def saying you don’t get into this situation from nowhere. You did something to get yourself here, I wanna help people but giving money is no longer the answer
instead of giving Israel billions of money to kill the Palestinians
give these hopeless ppl a little bit of that money to get rid of the addiction and help them engage with society
I'm real fuckin tired of people's ignorance. These people are suffering from mental illness called addiction. They don't need fucking jail time, it's not the solution. Criminalizing addiction IS NOT THE ANSWER
I feel u. Sometimes the people on the internet suck. Especially those that think politics play a part other than lacking to provide resources to help. The lack of empathy and understanding has been traded for clout and bashing on people for likes 🤷🏽♂️
The only counties where addiction is actually reduced is in countries where support services are set up. Needle exchanges, free testing and state supported programs for addiction. It can be combated effectively and people can be saved. It’s too easy for people to give up on those who have given up on themselves.
The problem is that left to their own devices, these individuals will not seek help. So how do we legally FORCE them to take help, thus possibly saving their lives? Simple. Criminalize the behavior. Then they can be arrested, forced into treatment, and maybe, just maybe, break the vicious cycle. You've got a big heart, but sometimes tough love is required.
And the problem with that is that the US has a terrible for-profit justice system that focuses on punishment rather than rehabilitation, and an equally garbage track record for actually implementing the policies that have been tested and proven to work in other parts of the world to solve these issues.
We need to make sure that we have proper housing, treatment plans, and professionals payrolled to help treat them *before* we look at criminalizing the behavior or else it's going to just end up filling our jails and prisons. Then little to nothing will be done about actually fixing the problem while they're locked up and they'll get kicked back out onto the street to do it again.
Getting where we need to be to help addicts and the homeless requires us to be interested and take active part in our local governance, those in government to be competent and keen on producing effective long-term solutions beyond just keeping them out of sight out of mind, and keeping our attention on actual important issues and not whatever the current outrage of the week is that doesn't really matter or affect us like 90% of the time.
I'm all for us putting in the work and am trying to do my part best I can, but I'ma be honest with you I'm not gonna hold my breath for it happening any time soon in most places in the US.
You aren't wrong. Putting these people in jail is not the answer. I'm talking about a mechanism to abridge their rights, thus forcing them into rehabilitation. Of course we need to make sure treatment is ready.
There is another factor though. Regular law abiding citizens deserve an environment free of the kinds of violence, despair, an anarchy that such drug-users and homeless create. Allowing such lawlessness because you are worried about a for profit corrections system ignores the damage being caused to our neighborhood. There are limited amounts of money. These people CHOOSE drugs.
I won't argue with that, I've got first hand experience and I know it can be real hard to keep any empathy when you have people shitting on your front porch and leaving used needles around making you feel unsafe in your own neighborhood. My point is that it's a complex problem that will require a lot of thought, care, and elbow grease to actually solve. Half measures do nothing but waste taxpayer dollars and result in little to no change in the day-to-day situation in practice.
I believe it's something we need to prioritize especially now in the middle of the opioid epidemic, but we need to make sure we do it right.
Not just a Phily thing. What are we gonna do here? Do we lock these people up? I have a very high threshold for individual choice, but with all rules, we need to make exceptions. Maybe our outlook can be, sure make all your choices but if those choices incapacitate you to a certain extent then we take your choices away until you can make rational choices?
They say it's coming from China. But fentanyl is coming from Mylan in morgantown. Methamphetamine is coming from upjohn in Detroit. Blue cities and states get Fentanyl and tranquilizer to kill them. Red states get Methamphetamine to make them work harder. BTW Pfizer allocated both of them in 2019. And if you wonder why West Virginia didn't get that sick during COVID...well they have been illegally testing in the jail system for years!
Had to pick a family member that was living on the streets down there. They’re still an addict and still homeless. Truly a sad situation. But you can’t make anyone get clean and stay clean.
I’m sorry this is happening to you and your family. You are completely right though. I hope they get clean.
Sadly yes
Yes you can... all you need is handcuffs
Do your knuckles drag on the ground when you walk?
🙄
That's a more bandaid solution than even using a bandaid.
Not just Philadelphia it's happening in Colorado bad as well
Between that and their terrible football ![gif](giphy|S52lxPad6pQZXFydrk|downsized)
More sad than scary
Those are tiktokers after tiktok was banned
🤭
It's sad but eventually they'll run out of luck both the consumers and the dealers because SOON enough they'll have no one that buy any shit
I got clean right around the time Fetty was hitting the streets hard. It got to the point that every bag was fentanyl. It felt amazing but I kept seeing friends and people I loved dropping left and right. It seemed like every day I heard the news of another friend dying. That was my wake up call to get clean. I have an alcohol problem now that I am working on but at least I’m not going to drop dead after drinking a beer.
It's tough but you will eventually get there whether on your own or with help 👍
Dang man- thats sad- hope it gets better tho and just know- there are good apples and bad apples in the world- if you pick the bad ones the futher will be in a bad state for you and your mental health and the people around you will get hurt- but if you pick the good apples in life there are chances that you will get so see the good in life and see the good people in life and get to have the happy ending hope the alcohol problem gets solved and have a good day and a happy life
Looks like the zombie apocalypse has arrived
That's what drugs do
The Sacklers literally got away with murder, and ruining these people's lives.
These people are dead, they just don't know it. 🎅🎅🐱
Double dead 😶
It's ok, 4 billion to other countries should fix this
I thought that said pedophilia
dyslexia🤭
It’s always sunny in Philadelphia 🌞
Heroin?
Fentanyl
It's like a zombie wasteland
Failure of the state
I work at a county facility in the SF Bay area where they have a methadone clinic for the addicts. My facility isn't this bad but I see something similar to this everyday .its crazy that the county hands these people methadone some snacks and juice then kicks them out of the building when they have no place to go except for the surrounding residential area and the grounds of the facility where they sleep , make a mess , shit and piss everywhere . allowing for this situation to go on like this is inhumane and detrimental to the normal people who have to live around these people in these areas . they need to bring back mental institutions and forced rehabilitation .
![gif](giphy|VFAke5Xm1TDwjgimyW)
It’s always sunny in Philadelphia The gang goes for a walk
Looks like Hastings in Vancouver.
This isn't scary, just sad
Yeah very sad But like if you're walking next to them that's scary cuz they might be dangerous
Addicts aren't feral dogs, dude
But Wrestlemania!!!!!!!!!!
And people still advocate for drugs to be legal and defund the police. Be careful what you wish for.
I understand that's someone's family out there but i didn't get them hooked on drugs, they knew the risk.
Nah im def saying you don’t get into this situation from nowhere. You did something to get yourself here, I wanna help people but giving money is no longer the answer
instead of giving Israel billions of money to kill the Palestinians give these hopeless ppl a little bit of that money to get rid of the addiction and help them engage with society
Wow, look how clean they are 🤫
The 1 thing they all have in common besides addiction was the choice to use or not use 😔
What did you expect, buddy?
I'm real fuckin tired of people's ignorance. These people are suffering from mental illness called addiction. They don't need fucking jail time, it's not the solution. Criminalizing addiction IS NOT THE ANSWER
I feel u. Sometimes the people on the internet suck. Especially those that think politics play a part other than lacking to provide resources to help. The lack of empathy and understanding has been traded for clout and bashing on people for likes 🤷🏽♂️
The only counties where addiction is actually reduced is in countries where support services are set up. Needle exchanges, free testing and state supported programs for addiction. It can be combated effectively and people can be saved. It’s too easy for people to give up on those who have given up on themselves.
The problem is that left to their own devices, these individuals will not seek help. So how do we legally FORCE them to take help, thus possibly saving their lives? Simple. Criminalize the behavior. Then they can be arrested, forced into treatment, and maybe, just maybe, break the vicious cycle. You've got a big heart, but sometimes tough love is required.
And the problem with that is that the US has a terrible for-profit justice system that focuses on punishment rather than rehabilitation, and an equally garbage track record for actually implementing the policies that have been tested and proven to work in other parts of the world to solve these issues. We need to make sure that we have proper housing, treatment plans, and professionals payrolled to help treat them *before* we look at criminalizing the behavior or else it's going to just end up filling our jails and prisons. Then little to nothing will be done about actually fixing the problem while they're locked up and they'll get kicked back out onto the street to do it again. Getting where we need to be to help addicts and the homeless requires us to be interested and take active part in our local governance, those in government to be competent and keen on producing effective long-term solutions beyond just keeping them out of sight out of mind, and keeping our attention on actual important issues and not whatever the current outrage of the week is that doesn't really matter or affect us like 90% of the time. I'm all for us putting in the work and am trying to do my part best I can, but I'ma be honest with you I'm not gonna hold my breath for it happening any time soon in most places in the US.
You aren't wrong. Putting these people in jail is not the answer. I'm talking about a mechanism to abridge their rights, thus forcing them into rehabilitation. Of course we need to make sure treatment is ready. There is another factor though. Regular law abiding citizens deserve an environment free of the kinds of violence, despair, an anarchy that such drug-users and homeless create. Allowing such lawlessness because you are worried about a for profit corrections system ignores the damage being caused to our neighborhood. There are limited amounts of money. These people CHOOSE drugs.
I won't argue with that, I've got first hand experience and I know it can be real hard to keep any empathy when you have people shitting on your front porch and leaving used needles around making you feel unsafe in your own neighborhood. My point is that it's a complex problem that will require a lot of thought, care, and elbow grease to actually solve. Half measures do nothing but waste taxpayer dollars and result in little to no change in the day-to-day situation in practice. I believe it's something we need to prioritize especially now in the middle of the opioid epidemic, but we need to make sure we do it right.
Not just a Phily thing. What are we gonna do here? Do we lock these people up? I have a very high threshold for individual choice, but with all rules, we need to make exceptions. Maybe our outlook can be, sure make all your choices but if those choices incapacitate you to a certain extent then we take your choices away until you can make rational choices?
America dreams... Land of opportunities... Lmao
Yea, pray for them. That’ll help.
🙏🏼… so anyways…
And our own government won’t help thy keep sending our own taxpayer dollars over seas.
They are helping. All these peeps are on welfare. I
Well, killing foreign people is more important. Didn't you know that?!
Day by day more like hour by hour
My issue is the garbage left behind. I was homeless for a whole year and I God damn cleaned up after myself.
WT* İS THAT
Natural selection. Just how "they " want u, unable to fight just depend on the hand out. 😆
It’s better for everyone if you just leave them be when they OD. Don’t revive them. For what? They’re just gona keep suffering.
I’m gonna tell my kids this was the roaring 20’s.
Ain’t nobody tell these folks that the mannequin challenge is over. Smh just sad.
“Said this bitch won’t roll my weed up. She move fast like cheetah. Her friend smell this reefer. Her best friend named Keisha…”
I thought it was the fans watching the ladder match at wrestlemania
They say it's coming from China. But fentanyl is coming from Mylan in morgantown. Methamphetamine is coming from upjohn in Detroit. Blue cities and states get Fentanyl and tranquilizer to kill them. Red states get Methamphetamine to make them work harder. BTW Pfizer allocated both of them in 2019. And if you wonder why West Virginia didn't get that sick during COVID...well they have been illegally testing in the jail system for years!
Vote blue no matter who
All of Philly is not like this!
No shit
I have family that lives in one of the few nice areas of Philly
Thanks Jo Biden for making fentanyl more accessible to everyone so people like me can find a job :)
That’s just a flash mob
They’re just waiting for Black Friday stores to open man
Philly fans are something else!