Volunteers in Philadelphia’s Kensington say YouTubers and TikTokers are increasingly exploiting drug users as “trauma porn stars.”

Volunteers in Philadelphia’s Kensington say YouTubers and TikTokers are increasingly exploiting drug users as “trauma porn stars.”

    • sock@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      theyre using them to generate a stigma and further alienate addicts.

      addicts dont wanna be felt sorry for they want help. awareness has never done anything for anyone especially addicts. people see them as scum and have no desire to actually change policy.

      • PlasterAnalyst@kbin.social
        11·
        11 months ago

        I mean, yeah, I can’t really feel sorry for a drug addict. They did it to themselves. I’m out here raw dogging it sober every day.

        • sock@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          11 months 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.