The Kensington neighborhood — made infamous by its open-air drug market — is seen completely packed with the slumped over and passed out drug users in the video posted to TikTok.
Horrific footage shows the devastating toll the “tranq” drug epidemic has had on addicts in Philadelphia.
The Kensington neighborhood — made infamous by its open-air drug market — is seen completely packed with the slumped-over and passed-out drug users in the videoThe harrowing clip comes as the “City of Brother Love” struggles with the rising use of the drug Xylazine, or “tranq,” which is a deadly sedative used to enhance the effects of heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl.Dr. Rahul Gupta, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, issued the warning last month.
. “As a result, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health has been working closely with partners across the city to address this new aspect of the drug overdose epidemic.”urbanvisuals2.0/TiktokTeun Voeten/Sipa USASarah Laurel, founder of harm reduction nonprofit Savage Sisters, said there has been increase use of xylazine over the last four years.urbanvisuals2.0/Tiktok
“And we are now left with individuals that have open gaping ulcers, infections, some necrotic tissue, and that leads to amputation,”Laurel said she and her colleagues began carrying oxygen because of the number of drug users she found unresponsive. “Nobody asked for this,” she added. “When you are a person who is purchasing drugs from the criminal drug market, you get what you get, and you don’t get upset. I don’t think that anybody knew that it would have this catastrophic effect.”
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