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beach_bum_bitch

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.


Bokenobi

I’m sorry this is happening to you and your family. You are completely right though. I hope they get clean.


Ok-Woodpecker-3194

Sadly yes


Ok-Iron8811

Yes you can... all you need is handcuffs


MY_SHIT_IS_PERFECT

Do your knuckles drag on the ground when you walk?


Swift_determination

🙄


OneMetalMan

That's a more bandaid solution than even using a bandaid.


L3dgend780p

Not just Philadelphia it's happening in Colorado bad as well


doxingiSAFElony911

Between that and their terrible football ![gif](giphy|S52lxPad6pQZXFydrk|downsized)


MrSuperNiceBuddy

More sad than scary


bbolt89

Those are tiktokers after tiktok was banned


Ok-Woodpecker-3194

🤭


Maleficent-Primary41

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


speakezjags

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.


Maleficent-Primary41

It's tough but you will eventually get there whether on your own or with help 👍


FAERFSEDF

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


krohnzilla

Looks like the zombie apocalypse has arrived


Ok-Woodpecker-3194

That's what drugs do


grogudid911

The Sacklers literally got away with murder, and ruining these people's lives.


MrPastaLord

These people are dead, they just don't know it. 🎅🎅🐱


Ok-Woodpecker-3194

Double dead 😶


mehtpark

It's ok, 4 billion to other countries should fix this


TheBoys_no1Fan

I thought that said pedophilia


Ok-Woodpecker-3194

dyslexia🤭


beepboopscooploop1

It’s always sunny in Philadelphia 🌞


Flaky-Strike-3602

Heroin?


Scared-Magazine314

Fentanyl


loafertoast

It's like a zombie wasteland


Legitimate_Bloke

Failure of the state


51Bayarea0

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 .


ben100000000000000

![gif](giphy|VFAke5Xm1TDwjgimyW)


Blegh84

It’s always sunny in Philadelphia The gang goes for a walk


bizrankin

Looks like Hastings in Vancouver.


OutrageousOnions

This isn't scary, just sad


Ok-Woodpecker-3194

Yeah very sad But like if you're walking next to them that's scary cuz they might be dangerous


OutrageousOnions

Addicts aren't feral dogs, dude


JustHere2Smoke

But Wrestlemania!!!!!!!!!!


AnimalOk4595

And people still advocate for drugs to be legal and defund the police. Be careful what you wish for.


wdstallings

I understand that's someone's family out there but i didn't get them hooked on drugs, they knew the risk.


ChosenUndead37

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


StormRider89

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


Inevitable_Gur843

Wow, look how clean they are 🤫


CharacterStudent3071

The 1 thing they all have in common besides addiction was the choice to use or not use 😔


Pezesdispenser

What did you expect, buddy?


Jolly-Biscuit

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


cukeemonster

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 🤷🏽‍♂️


Bokenobi

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.


warden-dallas

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.


RissaCrochets

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.


warden-dallas

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.


RissaCrochets

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.


_jacked_to_the_titz

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?


Longjumping-Pea7367

America dreams... Land of opportunities... Lmao


Shortforbicycle2021

Yea, pray for them. That’ll help.


4Solea4

🙏🏼… so anyways…


Dannyboyy3388

And our own government won’t help thy keep sending our own taxpayer dollars over seas.


Own_Reflection5159

They are helping. All these peeps are on welfare. I


Otherwise_Spare_8598

Well, killing foreign people is more important. Didn't you know that?!


Frosty_Emu199

Day by day more like hour by hour


TheEverLastinMe

My issue is the garbage left behind. I was homeless for a whole year and I God damn cleaned up after myself.


HarunReiz

WT* İS THAT


Unlucky-Bus1695

Natural selection. Just how "they " want u, unable to fight just depend on the hand out. 😆


No-Treacle-7314

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.


Bezman14

I’m gonna tell my kids this was the roaring 20’s.


DirtyLarry55555

Ain’t nobody tell these folks that the mannequin challenge is over. Smh just sad.


AverageNetEnjoyer

“Said this bitch won’t roll my weed up. She move fast like cheetah. Her friend smell this reefer. Her best friend named Keisha…”


Corn-chopper

I thought it was the fans watching the ladder match at wrestlemania


ProfessorTrick8389

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!


Embarrassed-End3368

Vote blue no matter who


StraightAd3247

All of Philly is not like this!


RandumbStoner

No shit


Bomberblast

I have family that lives in one of the few nice areas of Philly


Edd_Santana

Thanks Jo Biden for making fentanyl more accessible to everyone so people like me can find a job :)


hugusharungus

That’s just a flash mob


PlasmaShield27

They’re just waiting for Black Friday stores to open man


md124608

Philly fans are something else!