There’s a neighborhood in Philadelphia, United States that looks like it’s straight out of a horror movie. because its inhabitants walk like ‘zombies’, its streets are full of garbage and insecurity is the queen of the area.. This is because most people are heroin or fentanyl users and therefore wander around not knowing where to go.
We’re talking about Kensington Avenue, a neighborhood with spooky images on the internet. While more has been said about it lately, this is not new to the city, as in 2017 the ‘BBC’ declared Kesington Street an ‘Outdoor drug addicts camp’.
According to ‘Forbes’, this neighborhood has British and Irish heritage, which is considered the flag of the working class. But, there is a big problem and that is drug use, because there have been cases of overdoses even in the bathrooms of public libraries. There is also poverty and prostitution in this part of the city.
“Injections are made on the arms, neck and between the fingers. They limp and shake their heads. Some lie on the ground and look dead,” he told ‘The New York Times’ in 2018.
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The Centers for Control and Disease Prevention portal said that one of the most widely used drugs is fentanyl, a compound used to amplify the effects of other drugs, making heroin 50 times more potent and 100 times more potent than morphine.
It is worth noting that there are two types of fentanyl: pharmaceutical and illegally produced. Both are considered synthetic opioids. The pharmaceutical fentanyl is prescribed by doctors to treat severe pain in patients who have recently had surgery or have advanced cancer stages.
Illegal fentanyl is often seen on the streets of Kesington Avenue, which is distributed in illicit drug markets for its heroin-like effect. Moreover, Because of its extreme potency, it is often added to other drugs, making the cheapest ones stronger, more addictive, and more dangerous.
But Kensington’s problem isn’t just residents, the area attracts thousands of people from all over the country who want to buy and use drugs.
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, half a million people have died from opioid overdoses in the past two decades. Likewise, this organization assured this place has experienced three outbreaks of this drug. The first was for opioids in the 1990s; second, that thousands of deaths were caused by heroin in 2010 and fentanyl again since 2013.
Another drug that has become very popular on this site is Xylazine, or “trank,” a deadly tranquilizer used to amplify the effects of heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl. This drug is so powerful that the White House has declared it an ’emerging threat’.
“Xylazine had a particularly strong impact on Philadelphia. causes an increase in overdose deaths as well as serious injuries that can lead to sepsis and amputationThe Philadelphia Department of Health and the Board of Health said in a press release last April 2023.
“As a result, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health is working closely with partners in the city to address this new aspect of the drug overdose epidemic,” he said.
Neighborhood organizations in the neighborhood, according to ‘La Razón’ They repeatedly condemned the permissiveness of the drug market in the region, because they are reassuring if the authorities do not take action against the outlets and consumers in the neighborhood.
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On the other hand, they stress that they experience “institutional racism” because the majority of residents are Hispanic or black. “Let’s be clear: The hugely successful containment effort in Kensington is systemic racism in action,” said Eduardo Esquivel, president of the Neighborhood Association.
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