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
    7·
    3 years 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@lemmy.wtf
      10·
      3 years 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·
        3 years 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@lemmy.wtf
          6·
          3 years 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.