Philadelphia deploys teams to help those struggling with opioid and 'tranq' addictions

Philadelphia deploys teams to help those struggling with opioid and 'tranq' addictions

The Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia has been the epicenter of the city’s opioid crisis for decades with people not only struggling with fentanyl addictions but a new drug called tranq. NBC’s Dasha Burns went to Philadelphia to see how funds from a state-won settlement are being used to aid the drug epidemic. Warning: Some viewers may find the images disturbing.

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20 Comments

  1. John Murray on November 6, 2023 at 12:21 am

    How can such intervention be successful? Better to remove and detox



  2. Dwn2Race on November 6, 2023 at 12:29 am

    Democrat Utopia… compassion and progress!



  3. DElla Baxter on November 6, 2023 at 12:30 am

    Thank you for all you do



  4. info Base Works on November 6, 2023 at 12:31 am

    They call my mom ‘tranq the skank’ around Kensington



  5. Love gun on November 6, 2023 at 12:32 am

    To many to help



  6. jean bon on November 6, 2023 at 12:39 am

    USA… #1😑



  7. Aaron on November 6, 2023 at 12:44 am

    They’re getting 2.2 billion and only 3% goes to the heart of the problem in the city?



  8. xxPayback101 on November 6, 2023 at 12:46 am

    Why is she wearing a ballistic vest



  9. ruzzell907 on November 6, 2023 at 12:48 am

    Kensington looks like a fourth-world. Not just third-world. It’s fourth-world. It’s THAT bad.



  10. Sahin Apalak on November 6, 2023 at 12:50 am

    Lost my sister cause of heroin. She got X amount of months clean every time. She just couldn’t break free. Wish I coulda done more for her



  11. Love gun on November 6, 2023 at 12:51 am

    You can’t fix the stupid



  12. Flick 123 on November 6, 2023 at 12:52 am

    Imagine America took out Iraq .but they can’t control drug selling on their streets..



  13. A4N on November 6, 2023 at 12:53 am

    Did you hear that Clown ,
    This isn’t a Kensington problem or a Pennsylvania Problem and it’s not about President Biden ,
    It’s an American problem….🤣🤣🤣🤣
    Democrats created the problems and now
    They want Americans Tax dollars to throw at the problem without any Results other than padding their pockets….
    Every Democrat politician in Pennsylvania should have to live on the streets with these people until they stop catering to Drug dealers and the Woke Agenda….

    You Reap what you Sow !!!!



  14. Heng Lee Kai on November 6, 2023 at 12:54 am

    2.2 billion opioid relieve actually is free drug for the addict



  15. The 12 Tribes of Israel! on November 6, 2023 at 12:56 am

    Only one reason they dont lock these people up is cause they 90% white.



  16. Love gun on November 6, 2023 at 1:01 am

    Joe Biden created it



  17. Cesar Calderon on November 6, 2023 at 1:03 am

    And american government worrying about wars and supplying others, but look at their citizen. I dont mind helping other but i have to make sure my people are taken care of first.

    I wont be surprised if they are the one supplying it lol.



  18. James Magana on November 6, 2023 at 1:06 am

    Its a lack of rejecting God… spiritual problem



  19. Brenden Davis on November 6, 2023 at 1:14 am

    Instead of arresting and asking the criminals if they want to go to jail is great strategy. Smh



  20. Love gun on November 6, 2023 at 1:15 am

    Where is this trankq comeing from