Drug abuse continues in Philadelphia, USA: Dozens of drug addicts passed out on the street and ooze blood from their arm wounds
Hangzhou Net Release time: 2023-08-13 17:03
Overseas.com, August 13 (Xinhua) According to a US Fox News report on August 12, drugs continued to overflow on Kensington Street in Philadelphia, USA. Dozens of drug addicts passed out on the sidewalk, and many drug addicts had blood oozing from wounds on their arms.
Kensington is notorious for its excessive public drug consumption, the report said. The area has become a hotspot for xylazine, with Xylazine found in more than 90% of drug samples in Philadelphia in 2021, the data show. Xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer dubbed a “zombie drug” by the Philadelphia Department of Health, is on the U.S. Illegal Drug Supply List.
In Kensington’s open-air drug market, drug addicts injected themselves with needles in the street, covered with bleeding wounds, and blood ran down their arms. Gene, the drug addict, said he had just been released from hospital and had taken xylazine without his knowledge. His leg was bandaged, covering multiple injuries.
Before Xylazine became popular in Kensington, the community struggled to contain a “fentanyl epidemic”, reports said. Before that, heroin had plagued the drug-ridden community. According to data released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, since 2020, more than 200,000 Americans have died from overdoses of drugs such as fentanyl. According to Pennsylvania data, in 2022, one drug user will die of a drug overdose every two hours, and nearly 80% of these deaths will be related to fentanyl.
Frank Rodriguez was a recovering heroin addict turned local activist. “I’ve seen addiction and I’ve seen the drug trade. I’ve seen violence and I’ve seen poverty. Most importantly, I’ve seen pain,” Frank said.
(Original title: Drug abuse continues in Philadelphia: Dozens of drug addicts passed out on the street and ooze blood from their arm wounds)
source:overseas network Author: Editor: Chen Dong
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