We have frequently noted the ridiculous lack of law enforcement in Philadelphia when it comes to illegal drug use.
Now we get Steve Keeley, a reporter for Fox 29 News:
With no police officers here at @SEPTA 30th St. Market Frankford Line,the signs of rampant drug use. So many used needles tossed off platform onto tracks. Tourists arriving by Amtrak & headed to Liberty Bell etc. this is their first impression of Philadelphia . @fox29philly pic.twitter.com/IfVqPOZfpF
— Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) April 22, 2022
This means that junkies are shooting up heroin and fentanyl and who knows what else in public, on the train platform. This isn’t even the Allegheny Avenue station we’ve written about before, but 30th Street, thirteen stops away from Allegheny Avenue, near the Amtrak station and Drexel University. This isn’t Kensington, this isn’t the slums. This is near Powelton Village.
Of course, some of the junkies could have gotten on the train in Kensington, shot up while riding, and then gotten off at 30th Street, but why would they? It costs money to ride the train, and 30th Street isn’t really a neighborhood itself, but the middle of the train, trolley and Amtrak lines.
But hey, this is for what the good people of Philadelphia voted!
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