Philly Streets
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Here is our coverage of Kensington, an open-air drug market in Philadelphia. If you'd like a chance of pace, our new episode 'Ocean City' streets is availabl...
  • mo_ztt ✅@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    11 months ago

    “You want my honest opinion? I don’t think there’s no solution.”

    For some reason the way he said it hit me really hard.

    • Rascabin@lemmy.ml
      5·
      11 months ago

      Apparently the new mayor has a plan to clean it up. Just like the ones before her at some point.

      • mo_ztt ✅@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        11 months ago

        I mean… what can you do?

        “Hey, all you druggies! You can’t be druggies here! Go be druggies somewhere you’re not familiar with! Or maybe briefly to jail!”

        Yeah, that’ll help.

        • VikingHippie
          10·
          11 months ago

          Needle exchanges and safe injection sites help a lot. Decriminalization if not full legalization like in Portugal would help even more.

          • mo_ztt ✅@lemmy.worldEnglish
            7·
            11 months ago

            Yeah. Punishing people for being addicted is like throwing rocks at someone who’s drowning to try to knock them closer to land.

            • VikingHippie
              7·
              11 months ago

              Yeah, or put in another way: treating this health issue like a criminal one scares people away from seeking the help they need.

              It also exacerbates the socioeconomic issues that put people at greater risk of developing the disease that is addiction in the first place.