What happened to Philly?
Disturbing footage of tranq addicts in Philadelphia went viral on social media this week. The individuals appear to be swaying and moving like something out of The Walking Dead.
The video was shot in the Kensington neighborhood in Philadelphia.
From The New York Post:
The Kensington neighborhood — made infamous by its open-air drug market — is no stranger to such disturbing sights following the rapid rise of the drug xylazine, or “tranq,” which is an animal sedative used by humans to enhance the effects of heroin, cocaine and fentanyl.
The drug is so potent, the White House recently declared it an “emerging threat,” with the drug capable of causing flesh to rot, earning it the nickname “zombie drug.”
The viral video in Kensington came on the same day GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy visited the area to highlight the drug crisis.
In a video of his tour of the neighborhood, Ramaswamy said the city has become inundated with needles littering the streets, and urged action to fight open drug use and homelessness in Philadelphia.
“The people I met in Kensington, PA, couldn’t care less if you had an R or D next to your name. Fentanyl, violence and homelessness are the problem,” he tweeted.
The people I met in Kensington, PA, couldn’t care less if you had an R or D next to your name. Fentanyl, Violence and homelessness are the problem. That’s what we show up to fix. America First. https://t.co/rgmxi1sFji pic.twitter.com/uG2gDZ11CT
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) July 17, 2023
More over at The New York Post:
Footage shows zombified addicts swaying on Philadelphia streets amid Tranq epidemic https://t.co/xHprfKeVf1 pic.twitter.com/byRSYpnUvv
— New York Post (@nypost) July 18, 2023
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