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This channel deserves way more subscribers than it has this is real journalism props to you man
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From past experience w them... find someone else!
Making Ads for these kinda lawyers who only make society more and more about money and less about people. Can we please live without being afraid to be sued. it's a negative trend that does not make society any better. I know its something normal in the US, but here in Europe it smells like creed, something that has destroyed this world since day 1 That said,..thx for the doc !
I'm in recovery and I'm 7 months sober today. I watch these videos when I have cravings to use because it reminds me why I don't want to live life as an active user. This country has gone to hell and there's something huge happening behind the scenes. Right before our eyes we are seeing the fall, but there is something much more larger. Addiction is insidious. God help us.
Well done for overcoming the addiction
@@rhh176thank you but I haven't been cured. I work hard everyday to not become one of these people. Everyday it does get a little easier.
7 months is a seriously impressive achievement my friend. Keep it up, do whatever helps 2 stay on the right road. Clean living beats addiction hands down!! Stay strong.
Hi. Stay strong and take each day as new day staying clean. Am lucky I live in England Croydon Trust I do understand starting a new good life without any drugs Trust 7 months we'll done .
Well done! You're doing so well, it's not fkn easy! It's good to hear these videos are helping sum1 stay clean.. Keep going strong!
Was addicted to opiates, benzos, and amphetamines for 20 years. Been sober since 1-1-24. Quit cold turkey and never looking back. With God all things are possible.
Amen to that! Sending you Best Wishes from Canada on ur continued your journey of sobriety. ✌🏼
Good for you JJ! My Dad quit cigarettes & alcohol cold turkey in the 1940's when he was 19. Started living for God....never looking back. I wish you Joy in your journey with God my friend.
That's only 3 months. Ur talking like u been sober for years
@@88Petryzip it
Glory Amen 🙏🏿
My 33 year old brother passed away on one of those streets June 2023 from fentanyl overdose…they tried but couldn’t save him. I wish so badly he was in this video so I could hear his voice one last time.
I am so sorry😔 God bless you❤️
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I'm sorry I lost some one to fentanyl back in 2018 on their mother's birthday. They tried to keep the use age a secret but people could tell right away some thing was wrong. It was only after their passing that their mother discovered about it in their journal. Some where in the time-line I feel that he was on borrowed time and nothing could help at this point. He died a very painful death
one of my best fucking friends overdosed and died in the work trucking just making a pit stop on the way home from work. we worked together and lived together and he was the funniest guy and always made everyone feel like they would be ok he died in the middle of covid when everything was locked down and i just wish he couldve got to have a better year before he passed. he was only 22.
im still a little mad he decided to use alone though. but no one is sure that he really was. he might have been ditched by someone who got scared when he didnt wake up and after he passed out he was alone without help for about 8-9 hrs. will never know.
I'm from eastern Europe,a poorer country and we hear the stories all the time about how great America is... and then i see something like this and i go "nope,we're just fine over here.." What the hell happened ? How did it get to this ?
America is Capitalism. Everything is consumer-based. When you have a country like that, you have the wealthy and the poor, with not much of a middle class. That's how.
stay in eastern Europe broth, enjoy life
America ceased to be a nation back in the 60s. It's just one big fetid "melting pot" with everyone out for themselves. It doesn't help that millions come here every year from the southern borders. Drugs are so cheap that you can get fentanyl pills for often less than a buck and a gram of meth for $20 so it's democratized drug addiction. Given our embedded hack politicians there is 0% chance it will ever turn around. Most of the denizens of these cities think the solution is just more government largesse "programs" like free dope, free needles and not enforcing laws.
@@DIVISIONINCISION Theres other Capitalist countires that dont have this problem, nice try
America is Canada to Chile. The U.S.A. doesn't consist of one intersection in one city. Don't be ridiculous.
Over 20 years ago as a kid we were arrested and harassed by the cops over pot and now they ignore this terrible drug.
Same
So true , it’s crazy how much freedom this nation has to the Point it’s backfired
I have thought of that before but it's still jarring to read. Even I have seen that same progress. Lord help us, whatever Lord you pray too.
Police aren’t allowed to do anything Politicians made it legal.. I mean dam people always blaming cops and Seattle is the epicenter of the anarchy defund the police movement. This is what the beginning of lawlessness looks like and it only goes downhill from here. Same devolution that occurred after the 60s in NYC. The Bronx looked like a bombed out London in the 1970s, subway system was nasty, burned out stripped cars, trash, graffiti, etc Zero Accountability = zero sanity and they all have sob stories and “wisdom” until your in the way of their next fix
Biden's America.
I had 14 years and 7 mos clean then went through the death of my closest family member then was displaced from our home after a flood. I’ve been living in a seedy hotel that has triggered all my fears and anxieties. On top of that stress, the person who raped me as a child tried to contact me after he got out of prison. It was the perfect storm of pain and instability and I had that drink which led to many more. I am highly disappointed in myself and super ashamed. This is the first time I’ve said this. I will do that work to get back on track, I just pray for the strength. Sorry to vent. Thank you for any support
So sorry to hear about what you went through. Be strong and take care of yourself.
You went through a lot at once, don't beat yourself up for the relapse as this will keep you in addiction. Reach out for help, I pray you have the strength to get sober again, you already made it to 14 years which is a great accomplishment so you can absolutely do it again. I believe in you!! Sending hugs and prayers!
You go girl...
W post, my lady. You are not attempting to defy or run from your conscience, but instead broadcast your lowest lows to the entire world, that perhaps we might know of your struggle and hold you to your proper account. By not running from it, but confronting it, you take the first step necessary to challenge its influence over your life. And you know what? You will do it, because you show courage and fortitude. Keep facing it and keep fighting it, and you will prevail. And if ever you lapse and get knocked down again, that's okay too, because one bump and a fall doesn't throw you off of the entire mountain, as long as you get back up, reclaim your footing, and keep climbing it again with that same determination. You will win. You must win. I believe you can do it.
@@youngsomalia1511 🥹 thank you so much! I’m gonna fight to get back there. Thank you for lifting me up!!! It means the world to me
The denial is strong in some of these folks. That was me, once. I'm a heroin addict, been clean for almost a decade now. I still watch these type of things as a reminder that I never want to go back to that lifestyle (sometimes, after awhile, I remember the good times, but forget some of the really awful bits). We do recover! Stay strong everyone ❤
I like how you said I AM, it's a healthy reminder that one doesn't ever really heal, you just learn to cope and stay the fuck away from it. Godspeed.
Stay clean the drugs are trash now a days anyways lol seriously tho there's no real H around it's all this china fet mixed with God knows what!!!! Congratulations on your sobriety!
Wow I applaud you for your will and intelligence!!!!!!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙏🏾✨✌🏽
Girl same, 10 years off heroin and I freaking live 15 mins away from Seattle!! It's so f***ed.
Congrats on your sobriety! You’ve done a lot of hard work. I’m proud of you!
I lived in Seattle and worked at Pike Place Market in the 90's. Even with the heroin epidemic of the time it was nothing like this. This is some Mad Max shit here. It's heartbreaking
Last two nights been up getting my son off fentanyl. Stay strong folks. I'ma get him back to good. God bless you all 💗
Maybe try a little Kratom tea for your son the withdrawals must be horrendous
Get him on suboxone, never methadone
❤ You’ve got this. ❤
Hi Angela- Wow that's not going to be easy, I will Pray for you and your son.. GOD Bless you Both...
Stay strong. Don't judge, Stay calm. Hug him.
Sad to think these people were once someones innocent little babies.
and PPL with hopes & dreams of a future at one time. What would they tell their teenage self?
That these are parents of those little babies! WHY ARE SENDING ALL OUR MONEY TO OTHER PEOPLES WARS, AND NOT HELPING OUR OWN BEAUTIFUL CITIZENS?!
Very sad ..god bless them all 😢🙏
I feel bad for them, no help from Democrat America either,
They are damaged people with traumatic childhoods that got left behind.
Want to clarify two things for other viewers: 1. Narcan (nalaxone) is not like "smelling salts" and doesn't just wake someone up. It directly negates the effects of opioids by preventing them from acting in the body. It does this through a mechanism known as competitive inhibition; fentanyl hugs the opioid receptor but Narcan hugs it even tighter meaning fentanyl can't exert its effect. This is why it's so life saving but also why it leads to point 2. 2. Narcan makes people who were "sleeping" suddenly "anxious" because by directly blocking opioid action through competitive inhibition, it puts the person into withdrawal. This is very uncomfortable but entirely safe - not all withdrawals are safe, but opioid withdrawal will very rarely result in harm to the individual. The person may be anxious/uncomfortable, but they won't be dead.
Thank you
Heroin withdrawal can kill
@@koolkitties8552So can fentanyl.
Good explanation. I work in the ER. We use a lot of narcan 😢
That guy who doesnt have his kids....his entire demeanor is so heartbreaking 😢😢😢😢😢😢
I see self involved and selfish.
@@ScarletAdhesive yeah he knows he is making a bad choice but too weak to actually change it. Pathetic, really. He feels shame, as he should.
RIGHT! However, where there's a will there's a way. Obviously, his love for his children is not that strong.
I just celebrated 10yrs sober in February. I am beyond grateful that I live everyday actually happy being sober. I never thought that would be possible. Utilizing any and every program has helped me significantly. When I quit, that's when fentanyl started hitting my area. To anyone struggling in active addiction, getting sober is possible, once you're ready❤❤❤Don't ever give up hope!! I was in active addiction for 15 yrs, and I am clean. No relapses. Please, be safe!! Lots of live, and big hugs!!
You got out right in time. I got out too B4 Fentynal started to get real bad. I couldn't find H anymore so I started doing Fentanyl but I knew it would kill me so I got clean. I'm clean 2 years now. Fight the Good Fight, God Bless
Well done , not-many Make-It ! They should give olympic-medals to those that Do Dave nz
@@73monochromeI live in the Western New York area and I got out in 2016. I moved about an hour and a half southeast of Buffalo to get clean. It was the best thing I ever did I met a man who's not my husband and he helped me to get into a methadone program I work the methadone program and now I'm fine. I still get cravings But I deal with them and my life is fine.
Its only possible for a very small percentage. Lets be real. I am addicted myself for 22 years
going on 6 years myself. It was almost like some kind of light came down and saved me right before this world went completely off the rails. We are in some kind of war maybe the oldest war of them all. We all need to pick a side and soon. My heart goes out to all these kids man.
I was a truck driver & hauled lumber from BC and Washington and Oregon to Nevada in the 1970's . Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco were such great cities back then . Now those cities are dangerous and filthy. I do not see how we can pull out of this. I just feel fortunate to have great memories of these epic places. 😢
I moved from Ireland to Vancouver last year, visited Seattle and was in absolute shock. People walking around screaming at night, rats everywhere, people defecating on the roads… mental stuff. East Hastings over here is just as bad
I bet that was a time. I’m a regional northeast driver done a few years otr. Pacific northwest is stunningly beautiful
I’m an Iraq/ Afghanistan combat veteran that served 7 deployments and I came back to drive a truck every time I was stateside. I grew up riding in my dad’s KW and Mack cabovers in the 80’s. I THANK ALL TRUCK DRIVERS from the “good old days”. I’ve driven for 27 years and the country that we have around f us now isn’t the country that I and many like me signed up to stand for and lay our own life on the line for.
They were great cities even in the early 2000s, though the current problems were already present, just not to the same degree.
if the powers that be let all this new meth & fet in nice and fast- with literally no option to buy H- then they can switch it back or change it up- or get rid of it- the jails and clinics wont have as many customers though.
To the young man who gave up his kids, please don’t stop trying. My own dad was in your situation, and my sister and I your kids, once upon a time. We never hated him for being an addict, we just missed him. He got clean, and we forgave him. And when he relapsed, he got clean again, and we forgave him. Again and again. It took him twenty years to get off cocaine completely, and he’s a living a good life now, and he is everything to his grandkids that he couldn’t be to us. Your kids just want you to try. Please don’t stop trying. They’ll resent you more for not trying and for giving up, than for trying and failing.
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Yes! Thank you for sharing ❤
I lived in and around downtown Seattle for 21 years, and watched it go from bad to worse. This problem can't be solved by just arresting users (who are victims of a chemical war), that just wastes the city's resources and has been proven to solve nothing. Seattle desperately needs affordable housing and treatment programs, yet the city can't afford these programs because they refuse to tax the wealthiest corporations AT ALL. Amazon especially bleeds the city dry and fights every attempt at even the smallest taxation. They run the city like the mob! Seattle would actually have resources if it didn't have the most regressive tax structure in the nation. How come other cities tax corporations, but for Seattle it's completely off the table? It's ludicrous.
The way Amazon operates on every level is evil
Everyone should boycott Amazon if they're not paying taxes 🙄 & whatever else they're doing Amen
With all due respect how many hardcore addicts have you known? Most are permanently damaged and do not want help. Stuff like free needles and decriminalization largely just enables them. Now I agree with you that there should be resources but the only real way out of this is to prevent it from happening in the first place, i.e. a multi generational approach and good luck with that with our embedded hack politicians and "democracy". I'll give you a concrete example as well. In Denver recently the mayor made a big show of getting 1000 people off the street under the usual "affordable housing" rubric. They offered free drug treatment for the first 500 people and how many took it? Exactly three.
(Sarcasm) "Wont SOMEONE THINK of the SHAREHOLDERS?!" (/sarcasm) Rich people gonna rich.
@Sarahyoutubeaddict I've avoided amazon for at least 10 years now. They are steamrolling anyone and everything in their path. Our country's leaders get filthy rich while everyone below them slowly but surely slip into poverty and dependency on government programs. Only term limits and lobby reform will fix the situation. Of course they won't pass either, because their life of control and wealth would end. I wish there was a solution. It seems so unobtainable.
I do the same thing. I had about 4.5 years clean and my sister died, I lost my business and got a bone infection in my hip that rendered me bedridden for the past 1.5 years. I was on methadone which I stopped last week. I'm still having withdrawals it's really hard but I know I can do it.
💜 recovering addict thinking about you and hoping you're ok. Keep fighting the good fight luvey.
You got this!! F hard drugs!
You can do it and those are the magic words you tell yourself Everyday ! Great thoughts and prayers in your corner .
Life your life, not the life drug dealers want you to
You can do it 💪🏾 We believe in you 🙌🏼
Beware of the streets of Seattle when the sun starts setting. It's like someone flips a switch and instantly you're amongst the walking dead.
Same here, in a small Canadian town, just like all the towns around us…
every major city =-(
gotta be armed like the walkin dead
It's a societal problem, impacting all aspects of life. Seattle is an example.
My ex moved out to Seattle over a decade ago. I hope she made it out, but I had to cut off contract so I will never know.
This isn't happening by accident.
Of course not, but it's not happening due to some conspiracy theory style "dark cabal" or "deep state" either. It's primarily a side-effect of Reagan's neoliberal economic policies and the subsequent shift of wealth from the lower (and increasingly middle) classes to the top. Some percentage of people have always turned to substances (whether that's modern day fentanyl or a barrel of moonshine 200 years ago) when their life gets too hard, so making life harder for more and more people leads to more and more substance abuse. At no single step in that chain of events did any one person think to themselves "I really want to start a drug epidemic!" They just didn't care if that was the result (likely didn't care enough to not even have bothered looking into how people respond to difficult economic situations). Fentanyl being more deadly than prior "popular" substances makes outcomes worse for individual users to be sure, but the underlying problems that take people down the path of substance abuse are not unique to fentanyl.
It’s been going on since the drug war started. Drugs generate more money when they’re illegal. Why do you think cartels invest in rehab chains?
No it's not happening by accident our government is 100% complicit with what is being allowed to be sold by dealers.
I concur totally!!!!!!
@@leastonhill7689 It's all by design.
Iam 2 years sober. Watching this breaks my heart. Many of these people don't see an out or their life getting better. If it wasn't for the support from my family to get clean i would most likely be still using it dead. We need better help out in place for the homeless and addicted. Lord be with all these people. 😢
im sober from meth crack and heroin, 7yrs on thanksgiving of 2023. and im glad i got out. God opened a door by my downstairs neighbor apartment caught fire due to electrical wiring. I thank God every day for getting me and my kids out of that situation. moved from Minnesota where most of the people i knew and was related to did drugs and i had to get away. i took that opportunity to start over and be a better version of me. and a better mom to my kids. im glad i moved across country where i know no one. and i will never go looking for them drugs because i don't want to end up on the street. This looks absolutely frighting out there on the streets.
Its NOT about god, its about your strength of character and will, good luck my friend, dont give your power away
@mikedonnarumma5337 How dare you denigrate someone's praise to their Creator? Why would you? Perhaps you don't yet have a personal relationship with The One who made you. I urge you to use that critical thinking organ and reflect on that... millions of people in addiction have reached and obtained sobriety through starting with surrendering to their Higher Power... but you know better? Ask God to manifest in holy presence to you and see what happens.
Good for you and especially your children, giving them a life away from drugs. God be with you sister!
@@tahneamariabeareaglebrown265 you see the anger you people carry around for others that dont believe in the all powerful,all giving,all loving god who stood and watched as his child almost destroyed his life on drugs, a god who gave permission to sell your daughter, that my friend is the essence of disgusting
I am 26 years Sober from alcohol, 30 years clean of cocaine, 14 years off cigarettes..and I have NEVER been SO GRATEFUL to be allergic to opiates!!! It is hell when you live with chrionic pain...but Tylenol and Organically grown Marijuana see me through!
Weed might help a bit - But NOT for me. I have SEVERE Chronic Neuralgia in my skull - I Tried to kill myself so many times I can't count doctors can be absolute Bastards - But Five Years ago that ended WHEN I DISCOVERED RED STRAINS OF KRATOM - THE ULTIMATE 'FUCK YOU!' TO MSMEDICAL AND FAT & DEADLY CHEM-PHARMA! Kratom SAVED MY LIFE! - Try it - It's Nothing Short Of A Miracle from Yeshua! Cheers....
I went to court in the 90s for seeds and stems
@@charjl96 I wish I could go back to the 90's such an amazing time to be alive.
Then you aren't sober. What does your sponsor say about your marijuana use? Marijuana is a powerful psychotropic and SUPER ADDICTIVE mind-altering drug. I know people like to argue about it being addictive- IT IS. If you disagree, try to stop. I think it's time to stop treating weed like it's a folk hero and look at reality. I dealt with crippling chronic pain for years, then I met an addiction medicine specialist 20 years ago who changed my life. Your condition cannot be properly diagnosed when you're using weed. I know I'm just a random person on the internet, but if you'd try stopping for 60 days (under medical supervision) I'd be willing to bet that the chronic pain would magically go away. BEST WISHES.
Have you tried growing your own shrooms?
As a society, we need to make more of an effort to reclaim individuals from the fringes of society. Their experiences can be an extremely valuable tool for preventing others from falling into the same trap - but only if we recognize that these individuals have that value. So many people see the homeless/drug addicted as societally "worthless", and that needs to change. They are probably our greatest resource for solving the issue.
Yes. The issue will be solved when each individual realizes enough is enough and walks away from destroying themselves. May God have mercy and reach down. God already has many times. They keep refusing the call. Life is hard for almost everyone that has ever walked through this world. We have a choice. I choose to abide in God's commandments and walk by faith in Christ. I also, had to deny my own lust of the eyes for the things of this world and the lust of the flesh and pride of life. All these people on the street have family somewhere. Why are their family members not doing everything they can to help them? My family had it's share of alcoholics and drug abusers and the family stood by them, some died of their alcoholism and some got clean. If families abandon their own how can you expect the stranger to care for them, we are busy caring for our own. It's a shame really. God gave us families, the point of a family is to grow in Christ with. One person can't save them all, hence, families. Where's the love of Christ in families today? Marriages? Maybe it's absent because people hate Christ and prefer the darkness and their evil ways. Smh
the homeless person sleeping under a rolex sign pretty much sums it all up in one single shot
I've got 25 months clean. The thing about addiction is that you are trapped before you know it. By the time you get through that realization, you are ass deep and it feels like you are just resigned to your fate. And the further you fall the harder it is to see light again. No one aspires to live like that but it happens so fast. My heart goes out to anyone struggling with addiction. If you are addicted, get help. You can do it. I KNOW you can 💙
I just smoke weed, idk what the fuck the rest of you idiots are doing.
did you not know drugs are addictive before you even took the first time??? are you saying that you didn't know before partaking the first time that drugs are destructive? no one told you? I just don't get the mentality of doing it KNOWING the path it will lead down, its like standing on a highway knowing a car is going to hit you, then being surprised when a car hits you.
Nobody plans on being a drug addict. Of course everyone knows it's bad for you. Same with alcohol all of that. It's usually a more subtle thing.. Little by little sometimes it can reel you in. That's why I agree that pot is just the beginning. We are going to watch this whole country go down.. soon. It's a combination of everything. When they took prayer out of schools it was just the beginning. Look where we're at now where kids think they're animals and parents let them. Everything is so subtle. America is just too nice. Pretty soon we're going to find out how stupid we are . May we all repent and turn to the Lord.. He's the only hope and the only way out 🙏🙏🙏
Opiates are stupid and ruin you, coke is fun and expensive and is a choice even if its annoying to stop -Former sleep deprivation hallucinator
@@_Y.Not_ You do realize a ton of people’s addiction started from doctors writing them scripts right?
"Government keeps creating program after program without perfecting a one". This man has it figured all out.
That's the problem with "programs", they are not solutions.....they just raise taxes & delay the inevitable.....ppl must be accountable for themselves. Government programs don't save anyone.
These people are free..You cant do anything,you cant make them stop unless,same with guns..Dont allow nobody access..Thats the only way..Otherwise nothing will solve that..But they make money lots of it,same with guns..Thats why they will never remove them..!!!
They need a substitution program that has more type of Opiates. Not only methadone and Buprenorphine. Some European countries you either get pharmaceutical heroin at a clinic or you get a script for let’s say Oxycodone you can get at the Pharmacy.
As long as the lawmaker's friends got the fat government contract, that's the most important thing. Second most important thing is for the voters to be fooled into believing the lawmakers are doing something. The least important thing is helping these folks
@@Rocketman0407Jesus Christ has freed millions and millions of people from all kinds of addictions throughout human history and you're babbling about taking more drugs. Just shut that idiot mouth 🗑️
I lost my little brother to this drug. God rest his soul. I pray over every soul consumed by drugs, and demand the demons involved in their addiction be destroyed this very moment, In the mighty name of Yeshua.. Pray with me people, these are our brothers , and sisters, they are suffering an unimaginable pain.
that guy broke my heart when he mentioned his kids and started crying . You can tell he dont wanna live like that and misses his kids a lot. God help him to get out f it asap.😔
other countries must think what is the matter with the U.S. yikes maybe instead of all the money spent on wars, clean up your own dirty streets gross
I'm from the US and couldn't agree with you more.
I'm not from America and I'm gob smacked from all the doco's I've seen on homelessness , drug problems, the lack of health care for those that can't afford insurance. My kids would not know what to make of seeing a whole group of people bent over swaying on the spot or sleeping on the street. What a huge problem America has, it's extremely sad to see.
@@nickeljims1532 you are correct. I feel that if we had a better mental health system, it would make a world of difference. It seems no one gives a shit about people who struggle. So sad. More pathetic. I hate that part of the US
Other countries' people don't have to wonder, they know. This is asymmetric warfare. And it's winning.
@@nickeljims1532I live in Florida. We have fentanyl here, but you don't see people getting high and nodding off in the street. They would be arrested and put in jail.
"why is Seattle like this?" - the correct answer is "the Globalist initiative to destabilize and destroy the county using policy and active measures". No punishment for crime, encouraging drug use, jacking rents thru the roof, vilifying traditionalism, offshoring jobs, and everything else we're seeing".
So true, the internationalist fiend carl swab is behind this
110%
I moved from Seattle it’s so trash
"The Globalist initiative..." Conspiracy theory much?
Bingo!
So what I’m understanding is they took away prescription medication from not just abusers but from people who are in pain. Now you have people suffering like they’ve never suffered before and the drug problem is much worse than it’s ever been before. Hum
My friend who worked in home health care said people with horrible chronic pain forcibly cut off their pain meds started to commit suicide.
I was working 12 hour days, 7 days a week on a project and developed a sinus infection. I did not take the time to go to the doctor since it was just to the point of moderate discomfort and stuffy ears. Then I found out that a sinus infection can get into your upper molars. Whoa! 4 infected teeth can pack a punch. Had to get an MRI to see how badly things were and the dentist tells me, "I know that you are in a tremendous amount of pain and years ago I would have written out a prescription for oxy to help you, but now I am banned from doing that. All that I can prescribe is codeine but you are allergic to that, so the best that I can do is tell you to take Tylenol and Ibuprofen." Thanks to these addicts the rest of us have to suffer in pain when we need the help.
It actually started with doctors prescribing pain killers like they were Skittles. The drug companies pushed doctors by paying them to prescribe them. People got hooked then cut off then turned to the streets to get their fix.
I grew up in Seattle and watched this scene ramp up in the mid 80s after the funding cuts for mental health treatment. It’s been like this ever since except the drugs have gotten stronger and more dangerous.
I've watched alot of these videos where youtubers are going around these kind of streets and I would like to say you have been the most respectful person and only asked questions that were important or relevant on how there journeys started and the effects on their lifes rather than filming a side show,well done sir.
but why did this video get so many dislikes? I dont get it.
@PM-vv3uc maybe it's after getting to the end, and hearing this guy @24:43 saying, "tax me...tax me...take another 5%"...yeah OK, sparky...keep that liberal 💩 to yourself! 🥴🤦♂️
@@mr.nobody10101 this is a documentary. He goes around to see what these people are like, what they think, and how they feel about it. He never said he agreed with him or not.
@@Popcorn_Pillow no, I know. But I was just "spit-balling" ideas on why so many dislikes. 🤷😉 P.S. And for the record, I liked & subscribed. 😊
@@mr.nobody10101 Fair. I guess people disliked it after seeing a strange number of dislikes along with the fact that the video would seem in bad faith before you actually finish it.
About 15 minutes in,, I could see my son, Damon, who passed away,, going on three years ago.being who you speak of .
O, for real?. That’s awful. Hope your ok.🙏🏻💙
I'm pretty stringently anti-hard drugs but this doc did a great job of creating some empathy. The guy towards the end talking about losing his kids hit me pretty damn hard. If I lose my son, I can't say that I won't lose my mind as well and end up on Pike. Losing your kid is worse than death.
I lost my 15 yr old son to suicide and it hurts to this day, nearly 10 years later. But I didn't resort to recreational drug use, or alcoholism or whatever. We all have choices in our lives, and you can choose to play the victim and try and bury yourself in chemicals of whatever variety. Or you can pick yourself up and dust yourself off and try and get on with life as best you can. Frankly, life is hard enough sober, without introducing drugs or alcoholism into it. Choices have consequences. But I reserve empathy for people who actually want to try and better themselves in life, and not for people who seem to intentionally want this lifestyle, or at the very least, aren't even attempting to get out of this.
@@pwoeckener Crap dude, I’m so sorry to hear that. I’m happy that you had the resources and capacity to manage your way through something so horrific. The thing is that not everybody has the strength and help you had to have had. I sure as hell don’t. Many don’t.
People deal with horrific experiences in different ways. What is trauma for you might be good day for someone else.
Yes, they can send 61 Billion to the Ukraine but can't help their own people survive addiction and poverty.
Agree
Facts.
They do spend billions on it. But most of that money goes to handing out free needles and tin foil and the rest is pocketed by scam non profits and agencies They don’t spend the money wisely bc they don’t want to solve the problem
thats the dems and libs ,,,, thank them
Bobby Kennedy is the only candidate talking about this crisis.
Seattle and San Francisco and Portland used to be such special, quirky cities back in the 70's and 80's when i grew up in SF. I cant even stand to go back to SF now it is so upsetting to see what they have allowed to happen. The politicians who presided over this are disgraceful. So much suffering they have caused
i live in washington . 10 years ago it was night and day difference. it is so sad to see something so beautiful get destroyed. i wont dare go to san fran at this point. Portland is nuts tooo, its like apocalypse now........fires on the sidewalk......rampant crime and open drug use. So sad
I think that a lot of you have poor memories. I've been in and out of the city my whole life 35 years, and some of my earliest memories were from homeless openly using drugs and bathing in public fountains on the waterfront around the viaduct. The area where this is filmed has always been notorious for open drug use and murder/ assault. Really the only difference between those early memories in the early '90s and now is that it's just easier to be homeless now because cops used to round up the homeless and concentrate them around the viaduct. The only thing new is the acceptance of tents on the street. But the drugs and murder have always been there as well as the apathy. I remember at the age of five so around 1994. My dad reviving somebody who had stolen toothpaste and then passed out on the street and when he awoke he threatened to kill my dad which terrified me for many years. Needless to say, all of this talk of Seattle used to be better is simply by people that haven't been around long enough. It's more open now but the prostitution the drugs and all that have always been there. It's just more visible now.
it is all by design, the Government's project!
The suffering was there then before anyone saw I like this it just pulled them out of the woodwork to get closer to the dope these folks were hooked long before the laws was changed
just came from Frisco, Stockton is wayyy worse
the timing of that dude walking by looking so unhinged just as other dude says "these people need more loving" lmao
I feel so bad for those people! It breaks my heart because I know how hard it is to get off opioids. I fell down a flight of stairs and really messed up my shoulder, the doc prescribed me V*codin. (I’m not sure if I can say that or not so I bleeped the word). Anyway…I started abusing it. I noticed I was getting more housework done, happier mood, you know the rest. Well, it got ugly and I went to rehab. It was hard and miserable so i feel for these people. It has to be really hard to get off Hero*n and Fent. I’ve been drug-free for 23 yrs now, but I’ll never forget the struggle.
At least we have trillions of $ for war in other countries.
War is business but also thanks to CIA aka Cartels and open borders for drugs...
This right here!!!! ^^^^^
We dont have trillions of dollars for war. We have trillions of dollars in debt from wars. "Other countries" you speak of dont get our support unless theyre strategically important to our national security
Of course, how else is the big guy gonna get his kickbacks?
@@twotwentyswift you mean the Irish Catholic who supports abortion, i have heard of that cok sukr
I used to go to Seattle regularly , that exact area, from 2007 to 2015. It was never like that. This is intentionally happening to our population.
It's a war and the drugs are the weapon.
Decent documentary, but what’s up with the title? Is anyone going to address the bone eating part, or am I missing something?
ex heroin addict who was on the streets for thank god only about 4 months back in 2009 in portland and seattle. Vancouver WA. I got on suboxone it saved my life, still on it and will be on it forever because the risk of getting off and relapse is not worth it. I look at videos like this and its NOTHING like it was out there on the streets when i was there. Fentanyl has changed everything. You can get super high for nothing. Back in my day it was like you had to spend 20 bucks and it was always crap heroin most of the time, black tar. SO you didnt have people nodding off everywhere and being a danger to everyone and themselves. Fentanyl is ruining lives more than any other drug. Crazy
Man, I remember 2005 down there and being worried about a joint.... look at them now....
I remembered when I went to Seattle for my first time to the Bon Jovi concert at the King Dome and I visited the Pike Market area in 1988 and around there were a lots crackheads , nowadays it’s worse 😢😢😢😢😢
And that's the problem. Some people thought they could raise hell over a joint and .... Look 👀😐 y'all raised hell to come populate your streets 🥀😑
I would never think the guy with the face tattoos would have a DRUG problem!
From 2003-2006 I lived 2 blocks from 3rd and Pike and it was fabulous! Great stores, restaurant and coffee shops. I walked to my office and at night it was safe. Now it's a place I would never visit.😢
What’s sad is they let these people dictate How a city is run and operates.
@@johndeere8594 when you have a wimp for a governor and a half wit for a mayor this is what you get.
Me too 2008-2010. I feel the same. Belltown was a little shady and down by Chinatown but otherwise I felt safe. What a freakin mess now! I moved away in 2010 and just came back it’s soooo sad!
Yeah I remember that place in 1993, 2003. It was called The Blade and it was crawling with junkies, crackheads, and dealers. Joker and Burns (no joke!) were the cops that policed that strip, busted the dealers. It's always been rough. 1st and Pike was a little rougher back then, it's crawled towards Capitol Hill over the years but it's always been Skid Row, Hooverville, Fet City, whatever you want to call it...
From someone who used to live in Seattle. IT HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THIS! There was no fear of walking down Pike and 3rd. Ever. This is nuts and completely out of hand. My heart still lives here, but im afraid that I won't be visiting downtown very after after seeing this. Sad to see such a beautiful city riddled with death and corruption for absolutely NO reason.
It has always been like this. It was just swept under the rug. What you are seeing now is the curtain being lifted from everyones eyes. It's decriminalized so everyone collects in certain areas, and then you can park one ambulance and food truck and attend to everyone's issues instead of having multiple ambulances driving all over the city taking money and time from all other emergencies. Nobody wants to pay for health/mental health services, and then expect the police and EMS to pick up all the slack. This is what saving the budget looks like without raising taxes.
great work, Aaron. you present the facts and reality without having to sensationalise and dramatize the situation, while also making it highly enjoyable and educational to watch.
"Trauma makes people wanna be less than they really is" That's so true. Dang.
TRAUMA+DNA+ENVIRONMENT +PERSONALITY =ADDICTION
@@Jenny-uv4dlPure Capitalism makes the negative environment
@@michaelandrews4783 Yes blame everything EXCEPT for these disgusting lowlife junkies
Can go the other way, too. Trauma can make one stronger and more resilient. ;-)
Dang is not a word.
We have fentanyl in London. I cringed when you said that. Fentanyl is worldwide bro
I believe he meant at this type of level. Their are homeless in London and drug-addicted in London, but London does not look like Seattle like Portland like Los Angeles like Kensington like San Francisco....who's next?
You probably do.Fortunately you’re not bordering Mexico and it’s drug cartels.
Oh but it will just wait it's heading in that direction and I know believe me on that
@@adspurFentanyl & oxxies and others opiates were in Seattle before the cartels
Not in New Zealand, we don't inject nothing . All these fent users etc done it to themself - too bad
amazing video thank you for making this!💗
Much love to you Aaron for going out on the street. These people deserve the love you have shown them
"Addiction is a lot like an abusive relationship your not ready to leave it until you had been hurt enough",. -Oz Rivers
This is so true
The one kid said he died after the _first_ time he ever tried it.. so why the F%CK WOULD HE CONTINUE TO USE IT?! Insane how dumb some people are..
Actually this is NOT true. Addiction is really CAUSED by a person not feeling loved or connected in any meaningful way. Most often without identifying and working on the actual causes, like abuse (as a child), neglect as a child, and even some less obvious things like surviving narcissistic parents or significant others. There is a DEEPER root for most ailments, particularly addiction. It is NOT just a substance that grabs ahold of a "regular" person and then they just lose control. That may happen here and there, like 1 in 10,000. But MOST addictions are patterns of essentially trying to escape the harsh reality of THIS world... THIS country... THIS crappy society. I argue that if you consider multiple generations, which MANY psychologists and sociologist are now FINALLY looking at; you can find that MUCH of our crappiness, addictions, and coldness have been born from greed. It often started with greed and Capitalism from several generations ago. People's grandparents and before were given rough expectations. Often older generations ended up taking out their frustrations on their own kids. Then those people ended up doing bad stuff to their kids and so on. Sometimes it's just a particularly difficult child. But MOST OFTEN, it is our funnel-of-a-system trying to FORCE all people to be equal. This is mostly in school. Humanity no longer just lets people BE WHO THEY NATURALLY ARE. We're all EXPECTED and really FORCED to do work that nobody really wants to do. But much worse is how they treat people, who are not "on top." I could go on and on. But, I already have... :-) It's a COMPLEX problem though... not a meme or platitude type of topic.
@@hhaste > why the F%CK WOULD HE CONTINUE TO USE IT?! Because to him, dying was better than whatever he was dealing with in life. > Insane how dumb some people are Not "some people". All people. There are things you do that are bad for you as well. Some you probably are aware of, some you probably aren't. We all do what we can to cope with problems we face, and there is rarely a "smart" way to go about that. I'm happy that you've never been hit so hard by life that you think dying might be better, but you're only one anecdote among 8 billion stories. Your (lack of) life experience is not indicative of everyone else'.
1,000 fent overdoses in one year in one city is .... Just very, very, very tragic. No words for it, really.
It's the whole west coast too.
All part of the 1%'s plan. Government isn't going to fix anything because the 1% own the government.
And also shows not a single individual in authority is doing a single thing about this clearly massive problem.
@@Delicious_J blame their bosses
@@rallokkcaz Its even worse on the east coast. West Virginia in particular is notable for drug problems, though hardly unique. It's not especially new either. People have always turned to substances to escape hard lives. Fentanyl is relatively new and horrible, but heroin and meth and crack and anything else you typically think of as a "hard drug" has gone through the cycle over the past half century or so. Even before the advent of chemistry-based drugs last century, natural drugs like cocaine, opium and even alcohol were rampant. Hell alcoholism was such a problem that the US invented an entire amendment to try and combat it - and the people still wanted booze so badly that they had to go ahead an unamend that amendment again. The biggest thing that's new is exposure. Starting even in the 1980s when 24 hour news came around and started needing to find stories to fill an entire 24 hours we were already seeing these kind of videos around places like Skid Row in LA, and now with social media, the exposure is orders of magnitude greater. We're not seeing increased overdoses on the streets because overdoses have been increasing - we're seeing increased overdoses on the streets because the number of incidents we're able to see has been increasing. Of course the number of overdoses in general has likely also been increasing, but it's not because the police are more lax - it's because the economy has gotten worse and worse for the lower classes - GDP has skyrocketed but almost all of that is going to the top 1% or so - even middle class people are struggling to make ends meet. And as noted at the top, people have always turned to substances to escape hard lives. You just want to hide the problem so you can pretend it doesn't exist? Sure, heavy-handed police brutality will do the job. For a while. But if you want to actually solve the problem, you need to find a way to make life without drugs more bearable for those who have given up. You'll never get 100% of them - some peoples' are hard for reasons that aren't purely economic - but you'd get a large majority of them. And there's been efforts to do just that of course, but this is not a problem that was created in 4 years and it's not a problem that can be solved in 4 years, so politicians who live and die on a 4 year cycle aren't really willing to invest more than a token effort as the payoff won't be visible before their next campaign season and their opponents will attack them for "wasting taxpayer money". That leaves it up to charitable organizations to deal with a problem that's fundamentally not just municipal, or state or even national but global. They make a difference to be sure, especially for those they help, but they simply don't have the scale and scope to change the systemic issues that cause people to get into these bad situations in the first place.
Hearing those WDC guys talk about what they do has given me back just a bit of my faith in humanity.
You mean enabling the addicts by giving them handouts and letting them continue to do drugs? They aren’t giving back or helping. They are making the problem worse.
Ive been sober since 2017 and I go to Seattle every year for a gaming convention. It's absolutely mind boggling to see people openly shooting up and smoking meth on the sidewalks while everyone else just walks by like they don't exist. Each and every addict out there is someone's son or daughter.
What do you want the every day person to do exactly? People get help when they’re ready.
I felt heartbroken seeing the guy crying about his kids. You can tell underneath he is a really good guy.
I went to Seattle in the mid 90’s on RnR from the British Army and seen none of this. I seen one Vietnam Vet begging on the street which we all gave willingly to as Serving Soldiers. No addicts ,no one lying in the streets. Nothing. What a mess America is in now and it’s taken what 30 years?
Childhood abuse is the leading cause of addiction.
I wonder if that is really true.
I'm from Seattle. Anybody looking down at addicts? It's easier than you think to end up strung out & homeless. I guarantee there is at least one person you know that is secretly using. Your neighbor, soccer mom, teacher or family member. It can happen to you. I have been off of dope almost 15 years.
Most people are less than two months from homelessness in many, many countries
Well said
Remember something, America is a business and the government is management. When you don't manage something well it goes out of business. And that is the easiest layman's way of putting things.
You nailed it.
Bidenomics hard at work.
@@TheGMRGIRL He looks the same as these people, zombie like
& that's exactly one of the biggest problems. A country shouldn't be run as a business. A business cares about it bottom line, not about people
The United States of America is a corporation and we are the "slaves", so to speak, who are obligated to pay their taxes. That is why they issue a social security number right away when a baby is born.
After a few heart surgeries, mechanical heart valve and also have coils in my belly and head.. I wake up everyday and thank God for another day and ive got over 2 years clean from IV drug use..🙏🙏 one day at a time
jesus that was the scariest and most unhinged ad section I've ever seen. The look in your eyes, your voice, just unsettling
I watch these from time to time to stay clean. After 2 yrs i wanna get high but know what I'm facing. At times life jus kicks your ass and you don't know where to turn. U just want things to go away. But they never do😢 cheers to all that are going through this
You're doing the right thing. Find a new outlet for your focus when you feel drawn. Some paint, take up photography, music therapy, poetry, rock-climb.
As a European/Australian, our countries are just a step away from being the cartels next marketplace.
Cartels huh try governments throwing it from the sky. Like they did cocaine. I’m sure 10 years from now they’ll be a news alert the govt trafficked fentanyl into neighborhoods.
I heard that fentanyl is now in Denmark, and young people take it... i'm completely speechless as to why people would want to take this
Bro the cartel is already here, they in control of most the coke trade
@@jacla666 because its cheaper then heroin buddy
@FPV_Viking ... Too late mate ... Watch this documentary on the Aussie cartels, posted about 6 days ago: kzhead.info/sun/aNKGpq-yaZh_nZs/bejne.html
It's disgusting that so much publicity is given to promoting Pride for a month in America - they should be putting on a Recovery for our Addicts month to promote awareness and help for all of these people. These are humans with real problems, nowhere to hide away, be safe.... yet we see Pride and gay rights awareness and acceptance being pushed in a time when sexuality isnt an issue. Addiction and homelessness, DESPAIR is a real problem - that needs a month of awareness for sure
Love the man who said "Tax me tax me. I am happy to give up %5 to help this problem".
Ex IV opioid user here, narcanned frequently enough. There is no "high" from narcan. It's just instant withdrawal. Not always instant though. One time I was still kinda of high for a while after getting home from the ER, went to bed, woke up maybe an hour or two later with the worst anxiety, sickness, etc. and puked from outside the bathroom into the toilet. Not pleasant but it was actually pretty impressive. I love narcan though. It saved my life and many others. Not every gets sober on their first try. Harm reduction helps people people get there. Stay strong.
Naloxone
I think you may be delusional. I bet not even half of the people in this video will ever kick their addiction or even improve to the point of becoming a productive member of society. They have a greater chance of dying.
Narcan is naloxone literally
@@user-cs1fz4jw7r It's the same thing... narcan is just the patented nasally administrated version and most normies aren't familiar. I would call my Suboxone sublingual buprenorphine films at the pharmacy but to the average person I would just say Suboxone or Subs. Quit being a sperg this isn't r/drugs.
Yeah, I thought that when he said it... You can't get high of narcan, it instantly puts you into withdrawals, WICH is why soo many overdose instantly after it being used on them as it puts them into full with draws and blocks the opiod effects so thay will use an even bigger amount of drugs after being narcaned to try n stop them feeling the symptoms of full opiod withdrawal WICH is absolutely an horrendous feeling the worst feeling in the world... Once that stuffs gotta hold on you it's the hardest thing to brake ever, and to the ppl who have managed to get clean and stay clean then WELL DUN, to those ppl as thay managed to beat the worst well 1 of the hardest addictions in the world🙏🏻❤️✌🏻❤️❤️✌🏻❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻
G'day from Australia. I'm from Sydney & I took a trip to Los Angeles and San Francisco back in March 2023. Big cheers to Aaron for speaking his mind. I've witnessed the same scenes in downtown LA & SF, if not worse. Skid Row & Tenderloin are two suburbs I'll never forget. Homeless folks were crashing out inside LA metro trains at night, doing their business right there & leaving needles behind. Even Hollywood's flashiest streets with stars on the footpath were covered in homeless tents. Utterly shocking and completely different from what both the American and Aussie media show about LA and SF. What's worse, I met loads of Yanks who were really open about how bad things are in their country. They felt they could share because I'm Australian and not likely to judge them like their own mates would. It's truly gut-wrenching to see our Big Brother nation falling apart from the inside.
Don't judge All America by these Shit hole Cities Run by Democrats for the Last 50yr s Watching from Beautiful Bedford Virginia home of the National D day memorial because we lost so many Brave young men from this small Town come visit my friend.
Come to Canada. Your other sibling ain't that much better.😢
I live in Wisconsin. You only see one or two homeless people, and they’re the same ones you see year after year. Clean streets, no litter. Nothing like this.
Yeah, the major cities are awful. But to be fair, there are thousands and thousands of really clean cuties all over the US. But not to get too political, the extremely liberal cities without fail, are exactly like the one seen in this video. Every one. They just have such a "soft on crime" mindset that it not only excuses those who already live there from their actions, but it has cause tens of thousands of other misfits to flock to those cities, because they can do whatever they want without consequences. It is so infuriating having to wath this happen, while many are too brain rotted to admit it is their extremely liberal politicians and lawmakers who are running these once great cities down the drain
Yes it's 5th Generation Warfare. They're destroying the people this way..
Am I wrong to blame the whole system for this? The lack of support for *everyone* is insane. Paid maternal leave at least 6 months, limited working hours per week, mandatory paid vacation of 4 days per year and working day per week (like working 6 days a week you get 24 days paid vacation / y), reasonable welfare, reasonable public healthcare, decent dismissal protection, decent minimum wage (and no, tips aren't part of the wage, they're bonus for good work), etc etc etc.
No, you're not wrong at all. Substance abuse problems have been on the rise for 50 years, and can be directly tied to the introduction of neoliberal economic policies and the subsequent shift of wealth from the lower and middle classes to the top. The "war on drugs" that came around the same time didn't help either - that "war" made it difficult to talk about or address the increasing problem at a time when it was still ramping up and could have maybe been curtailed.
Great work Aaron, keep it going, this video just happened to show up on the feed, so I went and checked out your ch and subscribed.
All love for the guy @18:36 . Grew up in shelters, never not struggling, and still has a smile on his face and his level headed given his circumstances. He inspires me to show compassion understanding and strength. God bless that man. Take care of his spirit. Everyone and everything is light. The people in this are better off because of him. Hope he continues to share his heart . Sending blessings and thankful to know there are men in this world with that much Grace.
Dude @14:00 saying its racist to lock up the people publicly doing drugs its crazy.
He was making no sense anyway was he chairman Mao. His head was fried. "Almost racial." I mean what the hell is he talking about?
Yep libs say everything is racist
@@mongieboy The war on Drugs was entirely racial. Do your research.
@@mongieboy he was saying that it would possibly reflect on the city badly since the majority of people arrested would be of color
Yeah, I didn’t understand that. I walk that area a lot and see ALL races, fighting their addiction.
I have been disabled for 32 years I live in pain now I get pain pills 💊 at a pain clinic. I am worried about addiction to medicine 💊 but without medication 💊 I hurt so badly I won't to street druggs I quit smoking weed. But I have depression 🫥 from being injured. I am a Christian ✝️ and I look to God for my help.
I lived on the streets of England for about 12yrs..I was injecting crack & heroin cooked together.."Snowballs"..died a few times and watched a Good few "Go".. I'm on methadone now.. cutting it down too.. I'll never touch a needle or a pipe again anyway..took me decades to learn that self control.. this just really reminded me of a lot.. dunno why I wanted to write that? Some very Lost Souls here😢....I hope that things change for the better.
Im happy you quit that brother, God Bless you
U described almost exactly what I was doing. I also mainly used to inject high quality heroin with meth aka goofballs. Heroin doesn't exist anymore it's just that street China or Mexico made fake fentanyl
You didn't "die a few times." You can only die 1 time. You're not Jesus Christ.
Just smoke weed
@@MEAT_CANNON dude never died. You can only die 1 time. They removed my comment, and notified me of your comment, so I could see that my comment was removed. Psyche ops
That goofball at 15:16 is a part of the problem when he says "these people here are more alive than people that be working." What idiocy!
water is wet
Youd have to be a little off to be down there at night to be fair lol. But yeah you are totally right lmao
Agreed
The non-jobs that are all there is for many, many people drive them to despair, make them feel dead not alive, in despair prople turn to drugs and get addicted.
This is one of the most realistic and loving drug documentaries I’ve seen in a long time man. Thanks for posting this ❤
Imagine if circumstances in life were so good that people didn't even need to choose drugs to enjoy life and try to find an escape. The status of the world is responsible for all this. It might be easy to blame them but when you're poor, hungry, homeless and don't have much of a reason to live but It offers them a reason to live. Society has failed these people, the government has failed these people.
Are we witnessing the begining of a zombie apocalyptic world😮
Yes, and it's all government-planned.
Looks like Seattle is turning into Kensington PA...just sad...
Biden’s America
Racists, bigotry, sexism and transphobia are the root cause of this problem, period! That and defunding the police to better fund social programs is the answer.
It’s Biden’s presidency we need help here in America but he sends millions of dollars overseas now we are a broke nation
The saddness in my heart runs deep for these poor people. Had i have been introduced to drugs i would have been the same. My choice was alcohol and i am blessed to be 31 years sober today. God bless everyone who so desperately needs help
I was introduced to drugs and I turned them down, maybe you're just stupid 🥳
23 here
@@rebeccadavis794 Fantastic! X
💪💪🙌🏻🙌🏻❤️❤️ one day at a time!!
This is such a self-deception, it’s not better anywhere. I'm from Russia - we don't have fentanyl, but we have mephedrone and alcohol
The city of Seattle has completely and utterly failed it's people. 3rd and Pike is a symptom of a much deeper rot. Sadly like everywhere else they won't start taking care of their people until someone puts their feet in the fire.
I'm from Ireland and I was in Seattle visiting a friend back in August. We went out to the cinema one night and we had to get the bus back to his house from 3rd and Pike St. and it was a huge shock for me seeing how crazy it was, so many people openly smoking fentanyl and meth, people absolutely out of their minds causing big scenes, and at one point someone actually overdosed across the road from us and died before the ambulance showed up. We have junkies over here in Ireland but definitely not on the scale that I saw while on that street. I hope Seattle can stop this madness from taking over their city since I really love Washington state and the city of Seattle.
I work the frontlines here in Canada with our homeless population, never seen anything like this before
San Francisco and Oakland are WAY worse.
DTES? crab park is nuts right now. union/main gets pretty weird at night.
pain and wasting's ( main and Hastings) it dont get much worse
@@tonyroach6297 for sure, tunnel vision and dont look like a mark! never had an issue
Where at in Canada. I have heard some of the big cities like Vancouver are the same way
I pray and pull for all of you out there struggling with addiction. Love you!
"In London we don't have fentanyl" wake up mate
Mate he’s not being literal, but we have nowhere near the problem of US. They don’t even have heroin anymore it’s Tranq rotting peoples skin off, we don’t have that here.
Im a recovering fentanyl addict. Let me tell you this stuff is wicked.
This is suppose to be the ''Greatest Nation'' on earth, i am sorry but that must have been a very long time ago..
😂 everyone outside USA knows it isnt
@@KanyeKetchupno a lot of us here know this. Not even just about drugs a lot of people are mad about our government !!! A lot of things wrong with
Not so long ago
I’ve been voting blue all my life and this country has only gotten worse as you can see.
It’s astounding how nonchalant people discuss their drug addiction. It’s like it’s all normal. It’s so scary.
We don't have any services in the USA to deal with this. I'm not sure anywhere in the world does. We're what everywhere else will become. It's like those Cyberpunk novels and books of the future you read about and see in the movies. It's actually happening.... It sucks.
When all you look forward to every day and every second of the day is getting high that's all you can talk about without a problem there's an old rehab saying it goes "you live to use and you use to live", that's how addiction works.
@@Projectmayhem82 Play stupid games win stupid prizes and then complain about it for the rest of your life.. I was introduced to drugs and I turned them down, what the fukkk is your excuse? All lame excuses
This is so sad. I lived in Seattle in the 90s, downtown. There were some homeless but nothing like this. I've since moved to the east side across the lake. I was called for jury duty a couple years ago and when I took lunch I walked across downtown to look at the places I once haunted. There were cop cars on every corner. The whole of downtown stank of urine. There were young people passed out on the street, tourists looked shell shocked at Westlake center, one woman was screaming over a passed out or dead kid "someone do something!" I saw a grinning bald guy in a cocktail dress with his boyfriend step over someone on the ground like stepping over a dog turd. The last thing I saw before I left was a naked man strapped to a gurney screaming being loaded into an ambulance in front of Symphony Hall. Evil has taken over the entire city.
Im an EMT/firefighter. Narcan is not like smelling salts. It brings them back by sobering them up and reversing the effects of opiods.
It’s far worse in Seattle than this. It’s everywhere RVs and rents line the city. Fentanyl addicts nodding out in the thousands everyday. The police and everyone is afraid of them and it runs rampant. I just moved to San Diego and people think the homeless problem here is bad, it’s far worse in Seattle than San Diego for sure!
Moved to SD from Seattle in 2017. Homeless problem here is nothing compared to Seattle.
Why is it that Seattle is so bad? 😢
This is your city on secular progressivism.
Yup and the citizens just think the problems are only there because things aren't "progressive" enough. They think they just need more "treatment" and stuff like free needles when in fact all this does is ensble the problem. USA has been indoctrinated with lefty ideology for decades and it is probably never going to be undone.
I like how Aaron is so respectful to the people he is interviewing. He is a great journalist!!
It’s my first time watching him! He’s good at making people feel accepted and seen 😊
But the clickbait titles of his videos suck. Turns out there wasn't any *"bone eating drug taking over america"* , what a surprise...
@@randallflagg3700 That's what some people from other countries do. They focus on issues in other countries, namely the US, and sensationalize the issues while ignoring the ones in their own countries. England does this a lot. I think it's a way of deflecting from their own challenges.
@@veronicamoody3981 Everybody CAN speak about WHATEVER he wants-in his own country or in another!Idont see the big deal here....Its clear you get OFFENDED....Youre American?Yeah your country has A LOOOOT OF BIG PROBLEMS!It does NOTT mean other countries are heaven on earth but THIS case is soemthing really weird,SCARY and important and its a GOOD thing to film it and show to people!To educate them how bad the situation is....dont get patroitic here....Its preventig you from thinking with logic....... Because USA is SO SCARY with the drug problem!And there is something reallly disturbing here!Other countries are NOT like that!But you think its OK..."Hes from UK-why not speak about their problems?Why he is here bothering us? "Thats wrong.
@@veronicamoody3981 - Perhaps, but I gotta hand it to the video uploader... he changed the title from "bone-eating" to "flesh-eating". It's not correct either (he's thinking of desomorphine, aka the infamous legendary "krokodile drug") but hey, he tried.
Does the reality of this epidemic in America make it on the news and daytime talk shows? Being a Brit I don't get to see American TV.... But what I do see seems to focus on (especially) Any and all celebrity gossip, need to support Ukraine with all of the taxpayers dollars, whatever Kamala Harris has to say, the current BS that Trump is having to deal with and maybe a slot about Harry and Meghan in-between if theres royal family stuff going on here. How do they not have this stuff headlining every week, every big chat show, Whoopi, Ellen, Oprah, James Corbyn, ALL the breakfast TV? This is supposed to be a first world nation....THE first world.... Its imploding, its citizens are fucked in every major city it seems. The American dream???? No way would I want to go there ever........ This is screwed up and its obvious to me theres a plan for America to implode.
The saddest part is that there are simple solutions to stop almost all overdoses, and have these addicts engage with treatment professionals on a daily basis. A way to stop all the open air drug use. SAFE USE CENTERS
Unfortunately safe use centers alone are not sufficient. It reduces the ODs as there's someone monitoring the usage and immediately available to administer Narcan when needed, but once they've used they're just sent back to the street. We need holistic solutions - safe use centers, _and_ treatment professionals, _and_ low-cost housing to get them off the street, _and_ skills training to help them get a job and become self-sufficient, _and_ counselling to address whatever life issues led them down that road in the first place. Any one of those things in isolation _helps,_ but it doesn't _solve._ You need all of them (and probably more I'm not thinking of off the top of my head) to truly address the issue.
Stop dealers at a high level is more important
I hope & pray that the young man who lost his kids gets clean & sober for good. He knew & admitted it was a choice that led to those consequences. I pray those children mean more ❤ to him than the cluthes of addiction. 😢
He's got to get to the point that he means enough to himself first.
I believe he will I've been in lots of rehab's and met people like him his hurt for his kids is what's gonna push him to stop using because he's showing the world he loves his kids and wants to be there for them he just needs support.
"We need help. Nobody helps us." "You must stay off drugs receive help. That's the rules." "No. Never mind."
They get help whenever they need it! Aid groups and volunteers bring them food and clothes and tents. Whatever they need. There are a ton of resources for these people.
21:25 i wish i could give my man a hug. i have such a love hate relationship with these people, having been on the brink of death, teetered over the edge, was brought back, and now am a responsible father who loves his son more than anything on this planet.
I'm [insert] years sober today. There is a lot of love for recovering drug addicts here. I have a question. Why? What did they do? Have all the people that likes every "recovery" story had a family member they actually forgive? Have they been locked up in a cell with them? Rewarding and amplifying pointless affection does nothing to solve the issue. Don't bleat on about how many years clear you are, what have you done with them.
The compassion and grace that accompanied the creator of this documentary is absolutely remarkable.
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Compassion is why you ruined your city.. 😂😂 nobody can make adult decisions.. 🤡 dumbocrats
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this is for sponsorship not respect.
I grew up in Seattle and have so many memories of hanging out downtown with my friends, going to movies or getting food. I still live in Seattle but now, but I never go downtown, nor do I have a reason to. If I were a parent now, I’d never let my kids hang out downtown like my parents let me do. It’s sad to see this every day but someday, I’m going to leave Seattle once and for all and say goodbye to its prevalent drug culture.