Inside Americas City of Zombies | Kensington Philadelphia
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- I entered into Americas city of zombies in Kensington Philadelphia, I tried my best to show the reality of this situation as real as I could.
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Thank you so much for watching, it was a long process to get this video approved to post. I hope it shows you the reality of what is happening in this area of Philadelphia. It really helps me if you take a second and leave a like on this video. God bless, Nick
What kind of approval did you have to have to put this on TH-cam? You were at a public sidewalk so you can interview these people you don’t need permission for them what is the story? I’m curious.
@@NickShirley TH-cam should be uncensored, they are a threat to democracy and free speech
Get Joe biden out🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
What happened at Eddie's house lol
Do a video about Americans' reliance on psychiatric drugs. Found in nearly every home near you.
I'm a recovering fentanyl addict and I've been sober for one year and nine months!!! I hope people reach out and get help like I did!!! Good luck to you all!!!
Well done!
Proud of you ❤
Well done!❤🔥
Congrats!
I hope you stay clean my dude.. many friends of mine died cuz they where clean and got high again.. Your have more to lose now and its easy.. Respect the struggle and be proud of yourself. Personally I found gaming as a hobby.. Get to hang out with people not worried about stealing for money to get high...
This should be shown to students in High School health class.
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This is classic population control.. The government can easily stop this.. China wins
Scared straight !
you mean real teaching? Educating? New concept for our schools.
But that would take away valuable gender studies time. Can’t allow that to happen!
The one lady with her husband seem so kind and they both seem so smart. I hope they find a better life.
I do too.
It's hard not to sympathize with these folks. They're clearly non zombies but human beings. Best of luck to them!
The ones helping the girl who said she's doing a Taper, 12:04 that's Loraine she was trying to get clean a few years ago and the change is drastic. She was on morals over money she looked so much better but now she's lost again
@@shutupandcraft3703 I'm sure you know the recovery rate for opioid addicts is extremely low. So the relapsing and trying again cycle is not surprising to me. I was in that cycle for years and years- not with Fentanyl but with Percocet & Vicodin.
I would not want to be that kind of smart. If she were really smart she wouldn't be where she is. The odds of her getting out are not zero but are slim to none.
What a humble and compassionate young man. He was nothing but respectful to all the people he spoke to.
They're always humble and compassion till you turn your back and that is a fact
I spent 20 years homeless in Kensington im almost 4 years clean i pray for these ppl every day
Stay Strong.
👍🏽🙌🏾
20 fucking years? How the hell did you make it out alive? And how the fuck did you recover?
So glad for you! Stay strong!
Fuck yeah that's the kinda shit people need to hear!!! 20 years in HELL only to pull yourself out and be free from the inevitable death that is Fentanyl addiction
"I would never wish this on my worst enemy" then proceeded to use it on herself DAMN, that's how addictive the drug is
she's her own worst enemy in a situation like that.
That concoction they're taking is the worst and most vicious dope I've ever seen
Makes crack look like Lightwork
If you know how hard it is to quit nicotine or caffeine imagine that with a drug that people say gives you the best feeling you could possibly experience and makes you unbelievably sick when you go cold turkey
Sad to see these people trapped in addiction. I have 14 years of sobriety today.
Congrats. Hope you never go back to drugs.
God bless ❤
Congratulations!!!
Congratulations, you got this!!!
👏 💕 God loves you
I used to do fentynal... I am 4 years sober this passed April... I got out just when the tranq was being introduced into fentynal... I praise God every day he pulled me out before it got worst
@@cassiegriffith8457 AMEN.YOU have a purpose in life.. ALMIGHTY GOD The Lord JESUS CHRIST IS MERCIFUL TO US ALL.
GOD BLESS YOU..
I pray for many good years to come for you in'sha'ALLAH🤍✨
Be thankful every single day to be so lucky to have gotten a chance so many will never live to achieve themselves
🎉
Why do you think God wanted other people to experience worse? Seems cruel.
Nick please be careful, your doing a fantastic job .
* you're
@@KS-yp1jl OK walking Dictionary
@@jimmydean358😂😂👍😂👏
Terrible ,no esperaba algo así, la droga y él fentalino
I literally avoid Kensington as much as possible. Every time I see these videos I feel a sense of guilt, but I also feel proud of myself for making it out. Sometimes people make it sound so easy to leave that situation. I've done it and it was the hardest thing I've ever done, I'm now 3 years sober.
U should be proud of urself, that is a huge achivement
You are a true survivor!!!
Be proud of yourself and keep holding on!❤️🩹🙏💯👍
@@MaMa-uj4pp thank you so much, that was so kind of you to say! ❤️
@@natanoodle3303 : it’s the absolute truth- nothing to thank for…
I know also what I’m talking about! 🙏🫠🤗
Never let anyone bring you down again,
to survive Kensington you must be a very strong person-
just be aware of it!❤️🔥
I'm so proud of you ❤.
The 25 year old in hoodie has so much potential. Very conscious and well spoken. The demons just don’t wanna let him go💔
You don’t know how literal that is. Demons are real. Only God can help.
Oh my god, stop the bull about your sky daddy. They have stopped this from happening in every single other Western country I've lived. Its free healthcare, mental health system, free rehab and opioid substitution. That helps, not talking about fairies, demons and unicorns! You just don't see this in Australia, or the 4 European countries I've lived in
@@lisabaltzer4190 So true. Happy to know you’re aware of the world we living in. Much more than what meets the eyes
@@thegifted8273”Principalities and powers”, Ephesians 6:12.
@@lisabaltzer4190no. Treatment can help, not god.
I suffered through 15 years of addiction. I turned myself in so I could get help. Went through the whole program and as soon as I was done I relapsed. My family and friends stood by my side the whole time. I thought that the program failed me but I failed the program. That's when I realized that the ultimate decision to get clean was up to me. The one thing I did take away from the program was figuring out what my triggers were. As I knocked them down one by one, I started getting better. One day I had enough and went to church. I cried so hard on my knees before god. He saved me. My life is better now than it ever has been. The only thing I can say is DON'T GIVE UP. FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT. Trust me life on the otherside is amazing. Don't be afraid it's the toughest road I've ever traveled. As I walked through the valley of the angel of death I feared no evil. You can beat the hell your in. Take it head on,embrace it, you will win. I've been sober for a year now. Wish I could help everyone in your videos. Peace
God is so good, I'm happy that you are in a better place
Very happy for you, praise God!
I'm trying
you didnt fail the program, the government programs for these problems are not very good. Have a look at what the government in amssterdam do for addicts. they have a very good program and are with the individual through the whole process. They know its easy to relapse, they have programs that work. they do not have the addiction problems that canada and US have
Amen Brother. Jesus does save. I was/am an addict as well.
I started 10 years ago, and have been sober for 7 years. The reason they say cigarettes are actually harder to quit than heroin is because of one thing: Accessibility
1. Leave the area you’re in
2. Get a completely new number
3. Delete social media or any way contact people from your old life
4. Succumb to the withdrawal
It isn’t easy to do, but it’s definitely harder to quit if you don’t change people/ places/ things
golden words
Congratulations! One day at a time 🙏❤️
I moved 3 states away and broke all ties
You can walk for 2 hours and start a new life. 🤙
You’re right. Something as simple as weed is tough cuz it’s just legal here
Former enlisted woman in video: "I told myself if I ever got one of those wounds and I would quit." A minute earlier: I never got one of those big ol' wounds that people get...I'm ready to stop because I actually got one..this is my second one."
Proceeds to take fentanyl twice for at least the second time that day.
This is just one good reason we need to care for our troops!
We need to care for everyone dude, not just former enlisted troops. This isn't the draft they chose to go into combat.
lol that means fetnoyl users used other drugs before fet combinations of bad habits fruit bad fruits you do good you fruit good trees it’s cause and effect karma
@@androgynylunacy Though there are likely a certain prevalence of an attitude of denial of mental issues among uniformed professions. They have typically a higher suicide rate as well. This despite usually having fairly good access to support trough their work. But maybe there is a reluctance to actively seek help if there is a fear they would be declared unsuitable for their position that prevent them from seeking help at an early stage?
And a soldier, cop or medical staff are likely exposed to way more trauma and overall consequences of human degenerates compared to the average Joe.
@@androgynylunacy Yes, we do need to care for everyone. As for joining the military, those recruiters make a lot of false promises to young people.
I agree. Every Vetran fight for your right. To recivev free Rehab. They will give it. I am clean since oct 22nd 2004
i like how respectful you are to those people
I am going on 10 months of being sober from fentanyl. My heart goes out to these people & I pray that they beat this disease 🙏🏻 there is HOPE & we DO RECOVER!
Congratulations! Prayers goes out to you. When filling weak turn to God. He loves you and he will heal you.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
We're pulling for you!
It is not a disease.
People get high on purpose. People smoke weed on purpose. They get drunk on purpose. All the drugs that get you high..... are put into your body intentionally by your act of will and work. If you go to this place..... it was for bad reasons.
@@user-ym7xr6di5chuh
My son would go there! He's clean now, Thank God 🙏
Praise Jesus, so happy for you and your son
Alhamdullilah
Hallelujah 🎉❤
So happy to hear…my brother is in the strong holds of this right now. He went to rehab one time a wk after our other brother passed (not from drugs) but he wasn’t ready. I pray for the day he wants to get clean. It was hard enough to lose one sibling and every time my dad calls late at night or when I’m working I fear it’s that call
That’s a miracle because these drugs are not the same as they used to be. There is almost no coming back these days.
Do not go back to visit there alone, not safe.
Seriously. He's doing great work but it's too risky. Don't make this a series!
Do not go there AT ALL
I’ve never felt unsafe along the Ave itself, but if you go a few blocks into North, it can be a different story.
this is my city, born and raised and I feel safer here more than anywhere else in the world.
SO true. I used to cop down there every day for about 10 years. The ave itself is semi safe just because theres always a bunch of peole, but once nighttime hits, its a diffferent story, and like others sdsaid, just walk any direction for 2 minutes and your nio longer even close to safe! I luckily was never robbed or attacked or anything just due to the fact its abusiness and they knew i was there to spend money. But someone like you not spending money, I wouldnt suggest goingback.
As a mother of a daughter who died from Fentanyl. It is not a choice.. like she said, who wants to puke and poop and chicken skin, hot one min, cold the next, sweat and stomach cramps. Either do it or be sick. All Rehab should include a controlled medical detox before doing the program.
Be wise. Going along to Eddie's house was not a wise move, young man. Please, be careful and wise!!! Your and your mother's personal safety is NOT worth clicks and likes.
💯💯💯
Take this advice please, get more streetwise. Take care, you seem like a nice fella
hope he has a security team just in case
He proves otherwise
I think he’s doing it more for educating people and letting people see what’s really going on in this country then do it for likes and clicks
Nick, I could see the concern on your face at all the chaos and trauma going on around you. Even being near that sort of darkness is overwhelming. Bless you for caring to show the rest of us whats really happening. Please protect yourself.
@@user-eo4bf6jo7y this wasn’t cool leaching for views off people who are going through hell on earth this kid has no place speaking on drug addiction he clearly has no idea the severity of the situation these people are in this isn’t an opinion based topic I don’t think he should be giving any input on this lifestyle he clearly has no clue what the problem is there suffering with and it stems from mental health and past horrific traumatic experiences that haven’t been resolved I’m an addict that’s 6 months sober I’ve been the one on the street like this an I don’t think any of us addicts are okay with people speaking on addiction who’ve never been an addict this was not cool only someone who’s overcame this exact situation should be able to speak on it
Seems like he dabbles in it too
Paying $5 for your fix should tell you everything you need to know?
This is real journalism. We have cities like this in America but are more focused on letting millions of illegals come across our border and receive free hand outs instead of our own Americans getting help.
True
💯Agree
It's as if our current leaders have washed their hands of this problem
This is terrible journalism this needs to be done by a real addict who overcame this exact situation this kid has no idea what’s actually going on here and although he’s not being disrespectful to them it’s just not his place this isn’t an opinion based topic it’s severe mental health issues that haven’t been resolved this is we’re all of us addicts have ended up do to rough childhoods and past horrific experiences this kid should have had someone who has been through this life and came out on top interviewing these people because he doesn’t understand what they’re going thru
@@Ondeaddawgsss it would be smart to have someone that has overcame a situation like that yes I agree but he’s atleast still there trying to get a better understanding and give these people a voice.
I quit heroin in 2009. Yes, it sucks. I did it with no help, no rehab, no nothing. For the first 7 days the body just goes haywire but it’s no worse than a bad flu. You’ll get hot, then cold, then hot again. You’ll throw up, have low energy, your emotions will be all over the place. You need to eat, sleep, and shower. You’ll have headaches, body aches, and a bad attitude. But it isn’t anything you can’t live through. The next 7 days you start to feel better, your body temp starts to get more normal, you throw up less, and the headache fades away. With each day you feel your body getting more normal. It can be done! It’s hard but it is not impossible. Throwing up a few times won’t kill you but these drugs will kill you. Also, get away from the people that are also getting high, throw away the dealers phone number. Move away if you have to. Or die early, it’s your choice.
Withdrawals from heroin are sadly not a bit that hard as from fentanyl or also methadone!!!
I don’t know tranq (thank god) but together with fentanyl it must be the worst…
I have done plenty withdrawals from heroin and I tried some from methadone,
and I truly can say that you can’t complain it at all…!!
But noone should give up
- with medical help (like slowly reducing it, plus other medication for sleeping, stomach issues, restlessness, ect. ) it can work…
Well they say fent is 100 times stronger than morphine so I can’t imagine what those kind of withdrawals would be like. Tapering down would seem to be the only option there. Good for you for getting clean, and I can only hope that others find a way to do the same.
@@heatherwade2373 ,it’s not worse than a bad flue‘- I often heard that from people with a good old heroin withdrawal (and I believe that it’s not true either…)🤷♀️
But neither than other, much stronger opioid withdrawals (like from methadone or just a much higher dose of heroin) needs much more time (up to three month!) to go through, also the symptoms are much worse!!
,You need to sleep, eat and shower‘…
On every single withdrawal that I was,
all three of this was a big issue:
I can’t eat nearly anything for weeks, I can’t sleep for weeks too, and I was far too weak to take a shower!
Throwing up was not the only digestive tract problem- having bad diarrhea, nausea and heavy stomach pain was also always there!
Then every single muscle in your body hurts heavily-
mostly the leg muscles but also arm muscles…
But the worst was that unbelievable weakness in combination with an unbelievable unrest, depression and hopelessness!
A minute gets literally into a couple of hours in your feeling
and there was literally nothing that makes feel you a bit better…
Sometimes a warm bath helps a bit, but coming out of that bathtub was so hard then,
that I nearly collapsed because of the weakness and the circulation problems!
Every step was such a hard thing and you feel literally like a hundred-year-old…
- just awful!
Than you make it to your bed and as soon as you lay there that horrible restlessness takes control over you again…your head and brain with all your thoughts and nightmares drives you so crazy,
and then no sleep at all!
It’s just a day- and week-long nightmare
and I’m talking just from a heroin or methadone withdrawal (the more pain with methadone is that it just lasts so much longer!! Up to literally 3 months…)
Can you imagine how a fentanyl or tranquilizers withdrawal must feel?!
Unbelievable…
But we still judging this people and say easily : ,oh- they just need more will to quit…‘,
plus : ,they get every options for a rehab everywhere‘…
What a joke!!
To worsening the situation so much more in the last months,
all those horrible wounds have afflicted so much of the homeless and addicted people out there, that it gets more and more absolutely horrific!!
And people like you, who tell that’s it’s just that ,easy‘ are also not very helpful…sorry!
It’s good that you get out of this hell, but you had a lot of luck too…
Heroin withdrawls dont hold a flame to fentanyl though.
Heroine WD is a walk in the park compared to fentinyl or tranq. They will UNALIVE you. That lady said she was in a coma from WD and her lungs quit working, so she was on life support and even called her family in because they were going to pull the plug! Thank GOD you got clean before this new stuff started coming around. Heroin WDs are no joke, and I'm SO proud of you for going through it like a BOSS! Great job! 👏👏👏
NICK READ THIS : When they say they don’t want to be sick they mean they don’t want to withdrawal. Fent withdrawals are hell day one you’re going to have nausea, Diarrhea, anxiety, body aches to the point you don’t even want to get out of bed. Every single day after that until day 7/8 all of those symptoms get worse and worse every single day. Especially the anxiety day 2 it will get to the point you’re about to explode the anxiety is the one thing that keeps people going back to doing the fent. There’s nothing in this world I can even use to compare how bad the anxiety is and how bad you feel while withdrawing from fent.
Yeah, but you have to go through it and get off of it.
@@skylarmichellex obviously, he just asked the lady what she meant as if he fr didn’t know that’s why I commented what I did.
Okay but your comment didn’t end with what I said which is also important. You make it seem impossible to get off of it like you’re making an excuse of withdrawals as a reason for not getting off of it.
@@thephenomgalaxy I understood your comment lol. You were just trying to help explain not making an excuse for not getting off of it 🤦♀
Try chemotherapy. It's way worse
I’m so far removed from this horrific situation that I am finding it hard to comprehend how a society can even end up like this.
It's every where any major city has it so many ppl so many ppl it's so sad I've lost so much to many an nobody wants to listen
By design.
Money
@@johnadkins5918 ...I am not super sympathetic here.
This is hard for anyone to understand.
These people don't choose this they must have them.
You and your mom are heroes
Been off those very same streets for years now. I really hope someday they truly realize that the problem needs to be fixed. Much love to all of those still fighting. The worst part of withdrawal isn't even the puking or diarrhea, it's the amount of pain you are in. Pain I pray I'll never feel again. I couldn't keep myself away no matter how many times I got "clean" I had to leave Philly. The hold that shit has over you is like the grim reaper calling out to you in a way you can't possibly resist. It's like a switch gets flipped and you don't even realize what you're doing till it's long to late. I can't count the number of people I lost on both hands.
I was the Property Manager in a Section 8 building in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District, addicts die when they get apartments because they’re using drugs alone instead of on the streets with their friends. No other reason.
Anyone that goes as far as using a needle to take a drug is really a waste of space. I was using meth but never would I use a needle
@@sammyd7857it’s called addiction for a reason. These people are not a waste of space.
They have little to no resolution, or resources to help them. Withdrawal is horrible to go through, and it’s easier to continue Doing the drugs. The Government is doing nothing, but letting them abuse drugs and d!£.
I’m not trying to start an argument! 😂 I
Just feel for these people who may have family members or someone who is missing them and can’t help unfortunately, as addiction is beyond hard to live with, let alone get through. Tks.
@@sammyd7857I've never used meth but people who have are a waste of space. AKA you.
Omg me too ! SF property management is crazy !
@@sammyd7857 and your one to talk too, 🤦♀️
I've seen other videos of the drug affected people from this place before. However, they did not stop to talk the people and to listen to their story. It was almost like they filmed what they filmed to mock these people. Mate, hats off to you for doing what you did because it could not have been easy. It would be a massive wish that someone in some sort of authority sees this and starts the ball rolling by doing something positive to help these people. I believe that this video should be distributed to schools and teenage clubs for viewing as it would go a long way to making teenagers stop and think about drugs and the taking of them.
There are several other TH-cam channels that delve deeply into the lives of the addicts in Kensington. Just search for Kensington and you'll find them.
Oh yes these two other YT that do MAL AND A PREACHER
Maybe doctors too before they start handing out pain meds with little care.
@passionatepatriot7272 lol you're uninformed if you think Mal doesn't care or doesn't try to help some of these people....and yes I'm one of "these people" who has been sober for 16 years.
@@JennAyBaybAyy I didn’t say he didn’t care I said there was two other timers out there I like Mal a lot idk where u gig that outta of
You’re bringing more awareness to the public more than mainstream media. I’m from Philly and when I used to live there , everytime we drove through Kensington under the L to visit my aunt who’s more North East was always sad to see. A lot of the people are very friendly and kind ; just battling through their own vices and trauma. I also feel so much for the children who live there. This country can do so much better for their people
Protecting the users with free needles, endangering everyone else with the same, free and uncapped needles.
The city of lost souls😢I breaks my heart
Because caze
That guy was likely taking you to Eddie's house as a setup to likely get robbed, killed, and/or dumped somewhere, most likely. Eddie saw your camera and thought you may be live streaming, hence the threats to go away. Be wise and safe. Thank you for showing the reality of this awful and heartbreaking situation.
Ma'am please lay off the lifetime original films. This is the most middle-age suburban Mom braindead take I've ever heard.
LOL. so dumb. if that was the case they wouldnt have been yelling get out of here we gonna f you up. They wudda been pleasaent and waited till he got there to jump him.
This is depressing.
8:41 Her hoodie says I'm so freaking cool omg seriously
It needs to be seen and shared though♡
What did you expect? Sunshine and butterflies?
@@Minlaroo not butterflies but maybe rainbows..
@@basedsalty6970 its a c-o-l. it doesnt say cool. 😂 i actually looked it up it says "im so freaking cold." what do ya know its actually a based hoodie
What she said about not trusting doctors. VERY TRUE. I had a doctor who had me on 4 very strong different medications. I wound up in the hospital when i tried to quit due to withdrawals.
Lemme get your number 😊
Why doctors prescribe, right ? I saw movie about it but its so sab
In 2013 i cut my finger camping and the doctor gave me a huge bottle of hydrocodone the pills were huge he asked me what the pain was like i told him it wasnt too bad. They gave me that anyway. I didnt know what they were until after i picked up the perscribtion. I was a 22 year old. I threw those suckers in the trash i didnt take a single one. My gf now wife started to fuck with them and thats when I threw them away she only took 2 on separate days but thats when i threw that shit away when i saw her start using them for fun. Those doctors are trying to get people on those pain killers. People dont believe me when i tell them that story but its true.
@tracimckay9487 Oh yes!! They have a direct hand in this evil! A doctor put my poor Grandma(82 YO!) on several pain meds and when she landed in the hospital she had to be detoxed!! My grandma was a beautiful Christian lady who was just following her docs instructions! It was a pitiful sight to see!! Shame on the evil ones at the top who are fanning the flames!
Thank you for letting us hear their stories, so important and their views. Most videos just walk through with no real understanding. You spent your time talking and being compassionate and understanding, I thank you. 'Don't do doctor's painkillers.' Best advice I have heard. Stay gold.
Those are all someone’s child. Thank you for raising awareness. This is so sad.
They may be someone’s children once, but they are now adults, and this is the life they chose. I have no pity for them and don’t say addiction is a disease diabetes is a disease heart disease is a disease leprosy is a disease, alcoholism, drug addiction. That’s a choice you choose it the very first time you pick up the drug or the alcoholic beverage that does not constitute a disease, a disease or something you cannot choose, and they chose it so no pity for them.
they are the oceans now accept it. FACT
@@gjmarin2004I don't understand why people say it's not a disease when Dr's did years of research to reach that conclusion. Diabetes and heart disease can be self inflicted as well. It's just sad to see so many people with no understanding of addiction being so cold towards people in the depths of addiction.
Most had adverse childhood experiences, including neglect, abuse and mentally ill parents themselves.
@@gjmarin2004unless you've studied drug use and addiction through a psychological and sociological lens you will continue to lack empathy. I believe it's dangerous to spread the notion that it's not a choice to use however it was not a choice for them to be born with the brains they have or go through the experiences they've had. It is a choice to take accountability and find hope to make better choices and live a different life.
The lady was blaming someone for drugging her with Xanax? Jesus
Very sad.
I feel for her
Why do you blaspheme the name of Jesus?
Probably not Jesus maybe bill cosby
She need some milk
That girl said something so profound, she said two people can keep a secret if one of them is dead. Everything she said was the truth.
Nick , never follow a drug addict bro 😅😅😅
Thanks for the video bro
Love your channel
God, this is so sad. Those street people all seemed so kind and took care of eachother the best they could. And they were good enough to share their stories to warn others. Well done for your sensitive presentation of a monumental tragedy. God bless those poor folk.
Yes, it is so sad. Many of these street people have underlying mental illness that hasn't been diagnosed and just want to find peace within. Street drugs are a quick fix. Unfortunately, the addiction is a disease in itself. We need medical personnel who have a good heart who understands this. Many doctors will get you hooked on pain meds that lead to death. A good doctor will help shut down the "pill mills".
If everyone helped a little, then a lot of people could be helped...
If the camera wasn't there, they would have robbed the woman who was overdosing.
Be careful bro. those types of people dont like seeing someone not all high and drugged out
Most of them are not even aware of what is going on around them. They don't care about anything ,that's the point. The ones that are talking are not that high or coming down .
As someone in recovery from alcohol, I have lots of sober friends who were hard on drugs and I can tell you, we only care about how to get the next one. Withdrawal is absolutely awful and if anything we see sober people as something to try to achieve. Not all addicts and alcoholics are criminals or bad people.
@@skittlessunshine5518 Oh, ,I know!! I'm not a bad person. I'm a former opioid addict. I was just lucky to never go further than Percocet, Vicodin and the occasional Dilaudid or morphine patch. I overdosed but I was never anywhere near the kind of life these poor ppl in Kensington live. I found an addiction psychiatrist and got better with the help of Buprenorphine-(,Subutex) and a lot of therapy. It took me a really long time but I did get better. If you look at my picture close up( it's 20 yrs old- I was 30 in the picture) no one believed I was an opioid addict. This picture was taken at the very beginning of my addiction though, by the end I certainly didn't look as healthy as I do here. I was very pale,sweaty, and I just looked sick. I know the horrible cravings and anxiety that come with withdrawal,believe me. I'm so grateful for my addiction psychiatrist and Buprenorphine/Subutex!!!!!!!
@KingKeK I don't believe that. I'm not saying there aren't any bad people in that area but most of them have big hearts and try to watch out for one another. As the one lady said, she wouldn't wish it on her worst enemy. Most of them are just focused on trying to stay alive.
The lady who was enlisted in the army seems so smart and aware of her situation, I hope she is doing ok and is getting the help she needs.
The girl with the burnt head and face 😱
I’m glad I’m not the only one horrified.
Don't let people near your milk
‘It burnt down to the bone so it’s numb so it’s a blessing’…GIRL. This is so, so sad.
This reminds me of the song, Shaggy, "it wasn't me". U know wat else ppl on tranq say .. I'm just really tired... I have seen someone walking and right out of no where he just stops and bends over and hangs there sleeping... Then 10 mins later a noise woke him he wakes up and starts walking again like he wasn't just taking a nap mid-walk!!!!
Crazy the stories ppl will make up!
That woman really described addiction.... you either make it go away and restart the clock or grow a pair and go through the withdrawal "sickness".... crazyyy
yup, when i was addicted to pain pills everyday was a race against the clock til the withdraws started. Finally got into a rehab and i think so much of it was mental because my withdraws in detox were nowhere near what they were like before i got there. It was like my body knew the everyday fight was over lol....i celebrate 12 years clean a week from today
Be careful out there Nick. I live in Philly and seen some things out there in Kensington. Don’t follow anybody to some random dude’s house. That’s is how you end up in a sticky situation. Take care and great work! 👍
This is legit journalism. Amazing video. I barely ever comment on vids but this one is a real eye opener good stuff man thank you for the information and awareness
the real eye opener is, that these drugs came from china.
this is chinas revenge for the opiumwar
This is so sad to watch. What a hard reality, right here in the USA. 😥
and mr 🍊soon god help you
In a way, she isn't wrong about the government for the fact that look how long it took them to finally admit they had an opioid epidemic. Just saying...
THEYRE THE ONES WHO STARTED IT TRUST ME
It’s not the governments responsibility to keep *YOU* from using/abusing drugs.
People need to grow up…
@Gfysimpletons It isn't about you. It's the fact that your government knew what was happening and refused to acknowledge it !! How many lives were lost to very addictive opioids? I guess your wonderful pharmaceutical industry knows best. How well did just say no work? How about the war on drugs? Almost every time, a worse drug has been created because of it.
@@Gfysimpletonsgovernment is helping these people stay addicted. As stated the sickness is so bad. They can now steal up to $900 worth of stuff from a single store, they can sell that stuff for say $300. Also the lack of police response to Burgarly theft and robbery. Easier to get money by selling their bodies for sex than to get into a rehab. Especially if they have no insurance. Lack of hostels rehabs and healthcare. It is a choice as you say but a very difficult choice to stop.
@@Gfysimpletonsikr honestly she sounds delusional probably from drug use...
Not one person says I want to grow up to be a drug addict. Something changes, trauma etc., then the government takes over, they want to keep you down. These are the most honest and caring people, intelligent people and something went wrong, God bless our people 💜
No they aren't. They are the most selfish.....they hurt kids and their families. That's my experience. So you can't tell me I am wrong.
Exactly, my brother is a drug addiction and he severely abused me as a child and is a mean sadistic terrible person. They speak nice on Cameron because they're manipulative. Doing drugs is a choice, I speak from 1st and 2nd hand experience
Everyone is different. Not all addicts are terrible
For all you know they could of been terrible people. But sin has corrupted ourbabies, and trauma broke their will.
@anthonylombardi4168 You just don't get it. People like you never will. There are some wonderful people who are gripped with addiction.
It was nice to see amber alive... You did very well young man. You were respectful and it was clear you had genuine concern for those you spoke with.
I hope you stayed as safe as possible while you were showing us this.
Crazy. Good to see you branching out and being you still. Bro, use a mask and wear some gloves and DO NOT TOUCH them. Great Job Nick.
This is affecting the younger ones in our family, and it's devastating. Our youth are being targeted by our enemies, and set up by our own leadership. The one lady sounded as though she was rambling making accusations against our government, but she isn't wrong.
There's definitely something in what she's saying. They ve more than likely set up these apartments so they can unalive people within them without suspicion. Knowing that the Govts are ones putting the drugs onto the streets and altering them to become more destructive, I absolutely believe they would do this.
Our government would be happy to kill a white or black person,just so an illegal can take his place.Sick AF!
Psychedelics saved me from years of uncontrollable depression, anxiety, alcoholism, smoking, and illicit pills addiction. Imagine carving heavy chains for over a decade and then all of a sudden that burden is gone. Believe it or not, in a couple of years they'll be all over for treatment of mental health related issues.
Congrats on your recovery. Most people don't realize that psilocybin can be used as a miracle medication to save lives.
To be honest, mushrooms are one of the most amazing things on the planet and it is natural, they serve in many ways not only for mental related issues.
Can you help me with a reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. It is very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!
Yes, Sporeville. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD, and addiction... Mushrooms definitely made a huge difference to why I'm clean today.
Shrooms saved me from meth addiction too. Psychedelics could really help addicts a lot!
"The clock starts again."
Such a good quote...
Bro, I’m from Russia and I’m shocked . We had the same problem with crocodile and “spice”.
Yes, 90s was a tough time for us, and people wanted an escape, but I wonder why Americans are getting hooked on these things even when they are doing relatively well economically
@falcon_224 Meaningless jobs, corporate culture, loss of connection. Life's become fake and this is the result.
yes and Russia has actually effective leaders that care about there people while the mayor of philadelphia’s and all democratic leaders want to enrich themselves
In USA the Same Goberment support the drugs
Remember why US occuped Afganistán +20 years or why have bases in Colombia #1 cocaine
@@falcon_224 Um, most of us aren't doing well economically. The middle class of America is disappearing.
We all need to stand up and stop this stuff that's going on. I lost both of my older brothers to this sh*t.
😢❤🙏 blessings
That is devastating. I'm so sorry😭
We have to stop enabling
Yes. Vote Trump
And to think over 90 BILLION dollars have gone to those in Ukraine. Can you imagine if 90 BILLION dollars was spent to save these addicts? God help and bless them.
Great job Nick! 💕 great job Nick’s mom 💕
Thank you for taking the time to document and share this devastating situation.
Thank you nick - please always be careful - you are seriously one of the most honest true journalist out there … we can’t loose you ! 🤗 thank you for your vigilance
Nick please be careful out there. Your videos are very informative and always high quality, but not worth you getting hurt. I will pray for your safety. God bless!
Thank you for taking the time to show the lives of these people. It’s very enlightening, but also very sad and tragic. God bless you and your ministry to bring over awareness to everyone.
This young man does more for those people than our pathetic government. Those people need help they can’t help themselves. This is ridiculous, politicians should be held accountable.
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Saying "they are just afraid to be sick for a few days" really downplays the suffering. Sure, it's just a few days, days that would breeze by normally- but during withdrawal, every minute feels like an eternity. Nothing distracts you from the feeling as though you are dying, you're throwing up with diarrhoea, you're both freezing cold and burning hot and sweating all at the same time, you feel a sense of anxiety and doom as though the world is about to collapse in on itself, and there's no escape, no reprieve, as you can't even sleep for 5-7 days. Not only that, but your body aches and you don't even have the energy to get out of your sweaty bed and so much as shower- you can barely even get up to use the bathroom. You have no appetite and even drinking water makes you ill, as you're losing all your fluids through vomiting/diarrhoea/sneezing/watery eyes. That week, it feels like a month. That's what makes it so difficult and the extreme time dialation is what I think most people don't really grasp.
That is horriblr
However there is methadone , and there is NO withdrawal
@@glenkruman5526 It has its own withdrawal symptoms though. It doesn’t take away everything.
I went months withdrawing from pain pills and still couldn't function months later. I had to get on Suboxone to function and go back to work. Demons are operating in the government!
I went months withdrawing from pain pills and still couldn't function months later. I had to get on Suboxone to function and go back to work. Demons are operating in the government!
You're doing important work Nick!
Thank you Nick for always keeping it real and reporting on relevant topics like this. All respect and love for what you are doing. Keep up the excellent journalism work and stay safe.
It has been about 10 years since I ended my addiction to H.. Every time I thought about relapsing, I was always so afraid of getting something that had traces of fentanyl in it, and how the market has completely changed in just these past several years. I've never been more thankful to have gotten out of the scene and gotten clean when I did, because I guarantee that I wouldn't even be alive today with the amounts that I was doing at a time. Crazy to see. I hope everyone well, and for people to not judge those currently in the grasps of active addiction. Everything these people said about why they use and the mentality of it all with waking up and going to use to get well - just to feel normal, to not be so sick in withdrawal. You truly never understand unless you've been through it. I wish health and peace to all, you are strong, you can do this, you matter, and you are loved. We all make mistakes, you can be a better person then what you were the day before, and that's all that matters, just keep pushing on, remember that. You got this. 🖤🖤
Amen!!
This is one of the saddest, most heartbreaking videos I’ve ever seen. Amazing journalism, Nick. Thank you for this video. .
An actual journalist. Wow. This country lost touch what true Journalism is. Thank You! Don' lose that ...............Keep it up.
I know people who can quit things cold turkey (like me) we are in the 5%. That's how LOW it is to be a person that can quit anything. I never touched this or any "hard" drug but smoking, drinking... Those are really difficult and quitting drinking can kill you.
I know this is hard to stop. I worked in mental health for years and many people were addicts. Kensington has been bad for a very long time. The only person that can really help you quit is you. You have to want it, but even then, so many slip back into this. Mostly because they're depressed.
Pray for them all. This will probably be the last video/time you'll ever hear from them. Only 5% will recover. 💔
That's true, most opioid addicts do not recover.That was heartbreaking to watch. I'm a former opioid addict but I never progressed any further than Vicodin/Percocet. I'm so grateful for my addiction psychiatrist and my own strength to go and see him. I've had years of therapy along with the Buprenorphine (Subutex) to get better. This video made me cry. I overdosed before but I was never anywhere near this kind of life and I'm just so grateful to be in recovery and to be okay. Wow, that was really hard to watch . Thank God I'm better. 🙏
They need purpose and meaning in their life from a relationship with Jesus Christ. They do not need someone praying to gaia, aphrodite, or the Buddha.
How do you know you can easily quit cold turkey but never touched hard stuff ? lol
@@perc3136people like to brag. Parents probably did not show them love
@@mrfattypancakes That would certainly help but these ppl need to be in medically assisted treatment programs to get better. The percentage of opioid addicts who recover is extremely low. The withdrawal process is so severe.
Heartbreaking… absolutely heartbreaking.
I can testify to the power of addiction. Addiction will grab you and take control of your life.
To have the mental strength to quit, isn’t common. Without addressing the core issues that are the “why”… you’ll probably never break the cycle. Addiction is the result of trying to escape physical pain, struggles, memories, mental trauma and so much more. And a lot of people didn’t have the protected childhood to properly develop the tools needed… especially if they were hurt in those early years.
It’s not as easy, as just saying “I want to quit.”
Nick you are a brave young man,bringing the truth for everyone to see. You deserve a journalist award . You are an awesome reporter just please be safe.
This is a tragedy 😢
I hope these poor addicts find peace and sobriety. Thank You for the video
I have an autoimmune disease that's eating my body alive. I feel such pain seeing these people going through something similar, simply to get high. I hope the light finds them.
The light finds them ? Why don’t you just say God/Jesus.
@@Barbie.Boo1961 I did.
i hope you’re doing well. obviously you wouldn’t be doing well with an autoimmune disease, but i genuinely hope you’re okay. ❤️
@@thetonguetwisted Thanks for asking, I'm doing ok. I still think there's a reason for everything. It hasn't crushed my spirit, in spite of the body.
@@onbored9627 i’m glad to hear it hasn’t crushed your spirit. i agree, nothing is without purpose. there’s a reason for everything 🫶🏻
Thank you for being willing to go downtown to Kensington Ave and record these stories- may the Lord Jesus Christ meet each and everyone of these people from this video with the reality of the freedom only found in Him 🙏🏼 I grew up a long time outside the city - Philly will always have a special place in my heart ♥️
Not from america but this was a hard video to watch. Teared a couple of times. Keep up the journalism work. Bless.
Opiate addiction is something that never really goes away… even if you do manage to quit, those withdrawals and cravings are brutal, sometimes to the point where you can’t physically move. Very painful either way. And that lady made a good point: don’t take something just because the doctor prescribes it to you. It doesn’t take a lot to get hooked forever. Truly a vicious cycle. Pharma companies and the government love it though but they’ll never tell you that.
The Sacklers triggered this Fentanyl disaster with Oxycontin years and years ago. When ppl got wise to the Sacklers and Oxycontin was restricted they turned to heroin....and then Fentanyl.
Surely the government would rather these people have a job and be paying taxes and paying for things and buying things to help the economy etc. They don't want their citizens scaring tourists away and messing up the place.
Yeah, my son was in the army, fell and broke his shoulder and they prescribed him opioids. Good that my husband just read an article that that caused a very bad addiction, so encouraged my son not to take them. He survived on ibuprophen alone. That was a very close call
@@TopHatNat Of course they want them to be productive members of society but I don't think there is any tourism in and around Kensington. I've known about Kensington for years. It's not new to me.
Speaking from experience it does go away but it took me 10 years clean to have absolutely no desire to use it. Like if someone used right in front of me now I wouldn't sweat or crave it. That's still a long time for a 6 year addiction.
Thanks so much for sharing. The time and passion that went into this shines through in further bringing to light this ongoing tragedy. My heart goes out...
4:46 "somebody put something in my milk" ....... yeaaaaaaaah
You were so kind and empathetic to every single person you encountered❤ Be super careful out there, I got nervous for you at the end of the video! You’re doing amazing work, Nick! Thanks for all you do
You were very kind and empathetic Nick.
Great work, man. Governments don't care about people. He who believes that is just naive. This fact makes videos like this so much more valuable! Don't stop.
Amber, still down there. Shocker.
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This was filmed months ago, she’s been in rehab for a while now
@@xrfordgalshe left rehab and is back on the streets
@@missyorkshire6567 that relapse is when this was filmed and then she went back to rehab
@@xrfordgal she is 100% back on the streets now. A TH-camr bought her lunch a week or 2 back and posted pics. Go to Jeff’s high on life, click the community tab and scroll down for pics. She’s also been seen on the USA Livestream TV live cams.
Please continue to spread awareness ❤thank you!! It’s spreading to cities big and small!!
very good Nick - the future will be independent journalism , the mainstream media is DEAD!
Prayers to them, addiction is wicked. 🙏
Government gave out needles to help them? They gave me chills.
They do that in California, too. Probably in all the big, Democrat run cities.
It's thought to stop transmission of HIV, and other disease. Not sure how well all this works, but that was the premise...
Makes me angry at the independence day protest was a cover-up for other problems.
Ya that should tell us when the government says they are here to help us run for your life!!
They do this in Kentucky. It’s a red state…
Brodog that was the best interviews ive ever seen. Very respectful and understanding
We need more videos like this on the platform. Reasonable, seemingly legitimate, and not using shock factor for views.
I used to live a few blocks from there years and years ago and it definitely changed. I could walk around and shop with zero issues.
OMG! This is horrible!! It made me cry watching these people living like this! It's so messed up!!
Me too.
As our tax money goes to fund the pensions of the Ukrainians ! Let that sink in . We have over 100,000 deaths per year of our young people that doesn’t include ALL the near deaths . Biden’s administration does NOTHING as it flows over the border and our doctors over prescribe medications with zero responsibility! Make me angry. I too have a son living on the streets, addicted, who knows where . What a damn disgrace this country is !
I was born on Ella st, Kensington. I went to Cramp Elementary, Stetson Jr. High, and Frankford High. Was never afraid, never saw people on drugs, just a pleasant, thriving neighborhood. I am so glad I left after graduating from Hahnemann University, because I saw the slow decline.
This is so sad, it's happening all over the world 😢
After you finish watching Nick's in depth video you can watch Kensington, Philadelphia Live Cam 2 and/or 3 to see what happens in real time 24/7.
I'm glad you did not go to Eddie's house, you have the common sense to listen to your intuition. Stay safe!
I was a Kensington customer for 26yrs . Im so blessed i been 1yr clean and out of Kensington. God Bless Everyone who suffers from addiction. ❤
Good for u man I pray for ur continued recovery
Glad you are actually teaching and not just filming people. Great job good work keep going
Apparently Eddie doesn't like cameras. :) Good Job Nick.
This broke my heart watching this and I'm glad that i got out of that life
That first Black Dude hit the nail right on the head with the zombie land question. Hope he gets outta there.