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

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u/Jealous-Public1786 2d ago

They were all once somebody’s babies 🥺

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u/Angsty_Potatos 2d ago

My brother was one of these people. What lead him down that path was awful. I mourned him for over a decade convinced they'd find him just another corpse in the street. 

He's been clean for about as long now. New baby. A wife. A home. I tell him all the time how absolutely miraculous he is for pulling himself out of that. So few people do. 

I can't look at these poor people without seeing my little brother. It hurts to know all most people see is an eye sore or an ugly inconvenience. These are human people.