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YouTube Is Monetizing Human Suffering at an Open Air Drug Market (www.404media.co)
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Volunteers in Philadelphia’s Kensington say YouTubers and TikTokers are increasingly exploiting drug users as “trauma porn stars.”

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[–] sock 3 points 1 year ago

damn itd really suck if u needed surgery and post op pain meds then the doctor decided you dont need pain meds anymore so you need to get something stronger off the street because of debilitating pain.

do you blame them for being addicts too?

"just stop" you may say. withdrawals kill. you cant just stop opiates.