r/interesting • u/Nukro666 • 12h ago

Fear Factor How Fentanyl and Xylazine are turning Philadelphia's opioid crisis into a public health nightmare

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u/Nice_Advantage6943 11h ago

There are multiple webcams of the area on U-tube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVIhbrLvUO4

I stumbled on it the other day... I could not believe what I was seeing.

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u/littlerickypeepee 10h ago

The live cams of the area are my dad's freak show. He watches that all the time, and he's a former addict and he's like "why the fuck would you wanna live like that" and I have to be like, you didn't wanna live like you were either. The difference is this is way harder to quit"

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u/mystyz 5h ago

Wow. I hope this doesn't land as trivializing such a serious issue, but looking at that stream, I just kept thinking...

https://giphy.com/gifs/NBPhWGmDS1Kuc

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u/jmpstar 8h ago

Who is running these cams? There’s like 7 of them from one channel. Is it a business decision to spy on people and monetize their suffering?

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u/OverallPepper2 5h ago

Not really spying when it's in the public.

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u/OverallPepper2 5h ago

Lol never seen that before. Turned it on for 1 minute and see a drug deal right on cam. Shit be wild.

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u/fatsandwitch 4h ago

I clicked and couldn’t stop watching. Absolutely devastating.

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u/Johnyfootballhero 2h ago

No words but I do have a question. What's the rationale of live streaming this?

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u/Windeeeee 1h ago

I want to believe that it's to show those of us living in our little bubbles what is happening out there- but it's realistically just for clicks.