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Dr Oz PAYS addicts to shoot up for the Camera to be used in his Political Ads (Original Post) MagaSmash Sep 2022 OP
You don't have to pay anyone Tree-Hugger Sep 2022 #1
Yes, I ran across this on you tube. Truly an unbelievably sad situation for those folks. justhanginon Sep 2022 #2
Dems set up programs and treatment options. Repukes and insurance companies fight against it. Evolve Dammit Sep 2022 #3
It makes me so mad Tree-Hugger Sep 2022 #5
What I think of the "Doctor"........👎Z.......nt mitch96 Sep 2022 #4
Remind me again what that line was????... sdfernando Sep 2022 #6

Tree-Hugger

(3,370 posts)
1. You don't have to pay anyone
Thu Sep 22, 2022, 08:37 AM
Sep 2022

You can see addicts shooting up in broad daylight in Kensington. People already exploit them for views.

justhanginon

(3,290 posts)
2. Yes, I ran across this on you tube. Truly an unbelievably sad situation for those folks.
Thu Sep 22, 2022, 09:05 AM
Sep 2022

There has to be an answer somewhere to help them. Not an easy problem to solve but they are still people, just went down the wrong path.

Evolve Dammit

(16,725 posts)
3. Dems set up programs and treatment options. Repukes and insurance companies fight against it.
Thu Sep 22, 2022, 09:36 AM
Sep 2022

I think I'd have the big one if I ever saw a prominent Gooper or insurance company in favor of drug treatment and tie meaningful funding to such a program(s). PS. "Dr." Oz use of these folks for a political ad is gross.

Tree-Hugger

(3,370 posts)
5. It makes me so mad
Thu Sep 22, 2022, 12:05 PM
Sep 2022

Kensington videos are all over YouTube, Twitter, and TikTok. On YouTube, many of these videos get 10's of thousands and 100's of thousands views. Some have over a million. They are monetized, so those making these vids are raking in some good money. Many of the top accounts are in Kensington on a daily basis, sometimes multiple times a day. They are not doing these videos too help the situation or help people find loved ones. This is all greed. Many videos will have very cold and sometimes violent comments about "those people." They are called "zombies," because of how they walk and sway, but it just further dehumanizes them. None of these videos are aboit finding solutions. It's pure exploitation.

Dems would love to have more treatment centers, clean needle sites, housing options here, but the GOP outcry is loud. Many Kensington residents want to "take their neighborhood back," which is obviously understandable, but many are not open to solutions given by Dems because "socialism," blah blah blah. They blame dem leaders for Kensington. Philly is blue, but it has many red pockets and they are loud about it.

sdfernando

(4,935 posts)
6. Remind me again what that line was????...
Thu Sep 22, 2022, 02:21 PM
Sep 2022

Oh yeah.....First do no harm.

Seems paying addicts to shoot up is pretty harmful.

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