{"id":1940321,"date":"2023-05-29T16:42:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T20:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chilling-video-people-look-like-zombies-on-streets-of-philly-as-tranq-epidemic-explodes\/"},"modified":"2023-05-29T16:42:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T20:42:06","slug":"chilling-video-people-look-like-zombies-on-streets-of-philly-as-tranq-epidemic-explodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chilling-video-people-look-like-zombies-on-streets-of-philly-as-tranq-epidemic-explodes\/","title":{"rendered":"Chilling Video: People Look Like Zombies on Streets of Philly as &#8216;Tranq&#8217; Epidemic Explodes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchilling-video-people-look-like-zombies-on-streets-of-philly-as-tranq-epidemic-explodes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1940321&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>\u201cThe City of Brotherly Love\u201d has fallen.<\/p>\n<p>And no, this isn\u2019t some shot at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/historic-misery-philadelphia-becomes-first-city-ever-lose-2-championships-24-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">evergreen agony<\/a> that is Philadephia\u2019s professional sports teams.<\/p>\n<p>This is a genuine call for concern after a viral video revealed that the only discernible difference between the streets of Philly and the \u201cEvil Dead\u201d horror movies is the active presence of actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/legendary-actor-bruce-campbell-shares-heartbreaking-news-of-clint-walkers-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bruce Campbell<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The video appears to have originated on the social media account Urban Visuals 2.0 last week before proliferating on social media.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following video contains imagery the viewer may find disturbing:<\/strong><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@urbanvisuals2.0\/video\/7237124507075382571\" data-video-id=\"7237124507075382571\">\n<section><a title=\"@urbanvisuals2.0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@urbanvisuals2.0?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@urbanvisuals2.0<\/a> <a title=\"kensingtonphilly\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/kensingtonphilly?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#kensingtonphilly<\/a> <a title=\"philadelphia\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/philadelphia?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#philadelphia<\/a> <a title=\"philadelphia\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/philadelphia?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#philadelphia<\/a> <a title=\"kensington\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/kensington?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#kensington<\/a> <a title=\"kensingtonphiladelphia\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/kensingtonphiladelphia?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#kensingtonphiladelphia<\/a> <a title=\"\u266c original sound - Urban Visuals 2.0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7237124562264116010?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound \u2013 Urban Visuals 2.0<\/a><\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It depicts swathes of mindless zombies trudging through the streets, but instead of searching for brains, they\u2019re looking for their next fix.<\/p>\n<p>The account identified the scene as taking place in the Kensington area of Philadlephia, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/07\/health\/fentanyl-xylazine-drug.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> described as \u201cthe neighborhood at the epicenter of the city\u2019s drug trade\u201d in a January report.<\/p>\n<p>Urban Visuals\u00a0has shared dozens of similarly bleak videos of the area on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@urbanvisuals2.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@UrbanVisuals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Opioid addictions are terrifying enough on their own, but Philadelphia\u2019s issues have reached another level because of the introduction of an animal sedative, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fda-approved-zombie-drug-worming-way-major-us-cities-literally-rots-users-flesh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">xylazine<\/a>, to bulk up fentanyl.<\/p>\n<p>This new xylazine cocktail, known as \u201ctranq,\u201d \u201ctranq dope\u201d and \u201czombie drug,\u201d is turning its abusers into zombies in more ways than one.<\/p>\n<p>While any number of drug addictions can turn addicts into soulless husks of their former selves, tranq takes things a step further by transforming users into ambling zombies \u2014 rotting flesh and all.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following paragraph contains a graphic description of drug-related injuries that some people may find disturbing:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s one grimly illustrative description from the Times of the grievous wounds that tranq use can leave someone with:\u00a0\u201c[The drug user] unrolled a bandage from elbow to palm. Beneath patches of blackened tissue, exposed white tendons and pus, the sheared flesh was hot and red. To stave off xylazine\u2019s excruciating withdrawal, she said, she injects tranq dope several times a day. Fearful that injecting in a fresh site could create a new wound, she reluctantly shoots into her festering forearm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That report pointed to the distinct lack of hope that the city had for its tranq epidemic back then.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s too late for Philly,\u201d Shawn Westfahl, a Philadelphia outreach worker, told the Times. \u201cPhilly\u2019s supply is saturated. If other places around the country have a choice to avoid it, they need to hear our story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That story is now officially a horror story, if the Kensington videos are any indication to go by.<\/p>\n<p>But how did it get so bad? How did a city known by many as the home of a fictitious boxer become known for a movie about (once) fictitious zombies?<\/p>\n<p>To the surprise of nobody who has been watching deep-blue cities for the last 20 years, much of the onus can be placed firmly on the shoulders of Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>And this isn\u2019t just an indictment of Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney or Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro. No, this rise in American zombies can be traced as high up as to President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/joe-biden-gets-worst-news-latest-poll-cnn-debt-ceiling-talks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> himself.<\/p>\n<p>Worse yet, it\u2019s not just a breadcrumb trail from Biden to this epidemic. It\u2019s a clearly marked trail with bright flashing lights and sirens.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do you think Democrats are responsible for the fall of U.S. cities?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n\t\t\tYes: 100% (9 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\tfunction ffp_getCookie(cname) {<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar name = cname + &#8220;=&#8221;;<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar decodedCookie = decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar ca = decodedCookie.split(&#8216;;&#8217;);<br \/>\n\t\t\tfor(var i = 0; i <ca.length; i++) {\n\t\t\t\tvar c = ca[i];\n\t\t\t\twhile (c.charAt(0) == ' ') {\n\t\t\t\t\tc = c.substring(1);\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tif (c.indexOf(name) == 0) {\n\t\t\t\t\treturn c.substring(name.length, c.length);\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\treturn 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5px;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t#firefly-poll-results-no {\n\t\t\tbackground-color: lightgrey;\n\t\t\twhite-space: nowrap;\n\t\t\tborder-radius: 4px;\n\t\t\tpadding-left: 5px;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t.firefly-poll-question {\n\t\t\tfont-weight: bold;\n\t\t\tfont-size: var( --big-font-size );\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t.firefly-poll-Disclaimer {\n\t\t\tfont-size: var(--smallest-font-size);\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t@media ( max-width: 768px ) {\n\t\t\t#firefly-poll-container {\n\t\t\t\twidth: 90%;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 20px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t<\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s no secret that the president and his administration are especially fond of illegal immigrants, leading to policymaking that has resulted in a genuinely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cameras-capture-desperate-migrants-starting-hand-reporters-border-wall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">porous southern border<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That porous border might as well be a giant, blinking neon \u201cOpen\u201d sign for the cartels and drug peddlers to sell their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/country-poisoned-trump-unveils-plan-wage-war-drug-cartels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poison<\/a> to Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Couple that influx of drugs with Democrats\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-biden-administration-spend-millions-creating-safe-injection-sites-hard-drug-users\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">soft-on-crime<\/a>\u00a0sensibilities, and it breeds the perfect environment for a literal zombie drug to take hold in a once-great American city.<\/p>\n<p>As grim as that is, all hope isn\u2019t necessarily lost.<\/p>\n<p>No, things are not good (at all) in deep-blue cities such as Philadelphia and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/homeless-man-randomly-stabs-2-people-downtown-los-angeles-target-security-guard-ends-bloody-rampage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles<\/a>. And it might take years and years to undo the damage that Democratic politicians have wrought while unchecked in their echo chambers.<\/p>\n<p>But it can be undone. The right leadership just needs to be in place.<\/p>\n<p>So please, be horrified, appalled and furious at the Kensington videos. Then carry all those emotions right to the voting booths in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Once-great American cities are literally depending on it.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chilling-video-people-look-like-zombies-streets-philly-tranq-epidemic-explodes\/\">Chilling Video: People Look Like Zombies on Streets of Philly as &#8216;Tranq&#8217; Epidemic Explodes<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe City of Brotherly Love\u201d has fallen. And no, this isn\u2019t some shot at the evergreen agony that is Philadephia\u2019s professional sports teams. 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