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I Interviewed a 19 Year Old Fentanyl Addict Living on the Streets
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- Published on Mar 13, 2026
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Over 235,000 Canadians experience homelessness each year. But what does life actually look like for a 19-year-old living on the streets?
I sat down with Ash, a young woman battling fentanyl addiction in St. Catharines, Ontario, to ask one simple question: what's it really like?
The answers revealed a world most people never see. Where survival means choosing between food and drugs, and hope feels impossible.
🎥 In this documentary, you'll hear:
• How Ash became homeless at 19
• What fentanyl addiction actually feels like
• The reality of "tranq dope" (xylazine-laced fentanyl)
• Why getting clean feels impossible on the streets
• What she wishes people understood
📍 CANADA'S ADDICTION CRISIS FACTS:
• Over 235,000 Canadians experience homelessness annually
• 47,000+ opioid-related deaths since 2016
• Xylazine ("tranq dope") now in 90%+ of street fentanyl
• Average age of first opioid use: 24 years old
• Shelter capacity crisis across Ontario
This isn't just a St. Catharines problem. It's happening in cities across Canada. If you've ever wondered what life is really like for young people trapped in addiction and homelessness, this video will open your eyes.
#Homelessness #Fentanyl #Documentary #Addiction #Canada 
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She started using at 13, became homeless at 16, and has been fighting for survival ever since..
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Bro please give me her contact
@xanax.2😂😂🤣🤣
@xanax.2 you're a sick person get help and leave her tf alone
,,@sergedeclerck1458,, no bro
@xanax.2stop being creepy
Every child deserves a parent. But not every parent deserves a child.
She looks pretty healthy and shiny for someone living on the street on fentanyl for three years.
Fentanyl users look nothing like that. Fake video.
You people are so funny to me, are you supposed to be a homeless expert? 😂
@johnbrownell1 enjoy your ban
@SteelYodawhat lol
@jim-se5xc I'll report you as a scam, asshole.
She's tall and attractive and articulate ... has above average intelligence ... "Don't do drugs. Don't hang out with bad people." I hope she makes it out.
She just needs the right pimp
Thank you for your support
@SimonDiegoSmith
Yeah, hand over all your money to these two.
@jim-se5xc Harsh comment in many people's eyes... and many people would be on you but sometimes...the truth is the truth. Your honest style is appreciated and I definitely hope what you're saying isn't true...But it's very difficult NOT to believe that it isn't true..
@charliecarter1878 I too hope I'm wrong. But something doesn't add up with these two.
Man. I have a 13 year old. He still sleeps with a couple stuffed animals, plays Roblox, and goes to bed by 10pm. The idea of a 13 year old being out doing meth is just so heartbreaking and crazy to me n
Wild
I had a 12 year old little white girl come to sleep on my livingroom couch, invited by my 16 year old son. I put a stop to that and kicked her out and told my son never to bring her to my house. She slept here on and off, where were her parents? Anyways, a few months later I heard on the news that she was shot in the head with a gun. Google "girl shot in the head on Stong Ct".
Don't let he plays the Roblox😢
Roblox is full of pedos and predators
Roblox is a pedofiles heaven
The hopelessness and sadness in her voice is heartbreaking.
I hope that she will find a way out of all her addictions.
The saddest thing for me in this interview is that she carries so much pain in heart what she experienced at home and then on the street afterwards.
Both places sound very dark and horrific.
So sad. ..😢
Cruel times we live in
She still speaks sound and better than politicians
Thats facts
The bar is in hell
Donald Duck ???
Nah she doesn't
Yeah Biden could barley speak
Don't kick your kids out..it is a dearh sentence to be sent out into the streets
100%
Don’t think any parent wants to throw their child out, but there is very little support for parents with rebellious, acting out teens.
18+ is adult age , if u r useless u need to be kicked.
@deadkachu7678 Yet still cannot drink alcohol.
@UnwelcomeHistory But you can make babies , isn’t that enough? Alcohol is an addictive substance, just like drugs. In the Middle East, alcohol is banned, so does that mean people there don’t become adults?
Having an address as a prerequisite for getting methadone could be the actual DEATH OF THIS YOUNG WOMAN. You heard her. Even when she tried to get clean she couldnt because she needs an address to get on a methadone program. Heroin/Fentanyl/Opioids arent like other drugs like Coke, you cant just STOP when you want to or else to get sick to the point where you become both violently physically ill, weak and cognitively incapacitated to point where you can barely think nor speak, thats why people get so desperate; their entire lives grind to a hault and the body goes into shock and survival mode. There has to be changes made for people like this young woman whos entire life is going to be lost to the streets. It makes me incredibly frustrated.
I didn't catch where she was from, but I've been on an off methadone for 25 years of my life, and it has never been a prerequisite to have an address to get on the program. Half the people at the clinics are homeless. At least in the Chicagoland area.
Very few people recover from a traumatic childhood.
Healing is slow, but hope is never gone.
In my daughters case it was relationships with men that just wanted to abuse her physically and mentally. 15+ years on and she’s still using.
It's a lot of work, that's too much work for an average human brain, but currently with AI it got infinitely easier, like it takes you a few hours to reach conclusions that would take you years back in the day when people had to figure everything out alone
nothing is impossible. you can rise from the ashes 🙂 Alles Gute Ash !!!
@augustusglupsch1895 thank you for your support :)
I want to give that girl a hug, God bless her.
God bless you
for 50 bucks you can!
God bless her??? God ain’t doing sh1t ‘cause god doesn’t exist
@jorgebueso7948 Yes He does.
You wanna hug her, while your God is staring at her suffering.
Rips my heart out. This girl has a big brain. She is salvageable.
It hurts to watch. She's smart, and I'm hoping the best for her.
@SimonDiegoSmithshe just needs the right person in life to start the life over
@SimonDiegoSmith this an I can fix her moment? 😂
She's not. That's the tragedy.
@esteemeduser8290 It is a fight between God and the Devil.
goddamit it's heartbreaking to watch it. I lost my daughter to drugs. I mean, she's alive, and she works, but her life is a mess, and we are estranged, and I miss my little girl. Drugs are evil! Even tho divorced, I tried providing my kid with a happy childhood, and she was a shining star until in high school she fell under the spell of a drug pushing group. I went to rehab with her for 6 months, then sent her to a great college, and I'm still paying her student debt, but I could never find my little girl back. Those drugs changed her personality, and eventually she cut me off. I still miss her, and I pray to God that she's happy. This was very difficult to watch, brought back my memories, and a lot of pain.
Thank you for sharing
Someone get your daughter!!
E p s t e i n
@BMW-8814 noooo!
@BMW-8814 Not funny tbh
@BMW-8814what does he have to do with this
they never deserved her
Her parents are responsible for this mess
No
You can't blame your parents all your life. You have to take responsibility for yourself. At nineteen you're not a child anymore.
@catherinepetit9938 Are you stupid? She started drugs when she was 13. Pretty sure she was a child at that point...
"Responsible' is a tricky one. Likely they were fucked up as well, at least in one way or another. Mental illness, addiction, childhood traumas of their own, poverty.... Not an excuse- just an explanation.
@catherinepetit9938so lack of empathy!
This girl is no dummy, she has survived the streets for at least 4-5 years. She is clearly a LOT smarter than she gives herself credit for. I am old and a parent of 2 sons, but I believe this young lady has a TON of potential from what I can tell. Obviously, I know nothing about her background, but my first impression is that her parents failed her BADLY... I would bet that if she could get clean, get a certification as an EMT and then get on a mission to help people from that same environment / neighborhood, she would be a rock star in that field. Many people simply need confidence, knowledge and a mission to do something good to help them feel that they are worthy human beings. Ash is clearly someone who would thrive if she found that space within herself. I really, really hope she finds that space for herself before she gets totally consumed by that street environment... I am guessing this is in Philly.
This is great advice, its ontario Canada
Toronto?
@ethanelectric1024 St. Catherine's, Ontario. And I wouldn't trust this girl because she very likely would steal from people. The one question he didn't ask her is where she gets her money from; unfortunately it's probably prostitution.
@AG-@AG-re5vw Yeah, I’d say just about every drug addict steals. You can’t blame her for it though she’s still only 19. If you stayed out of this life until you were 19… and then started. That’s a different story.
She's already an expert at giving CPR. She absolutely can rock it as an EMT. The shit she has seen makes her a veteran in the field already.
Homeless at 19, holy shit. I'm 17 and I cannot imagine being in a situation even close to that. I hope things get better for her 😭
It’s rough out here for a lot of young Canadians
a lot of young addicts get HIV and consider their lives over, its one of the most horrifying things that usually isnt mentioned
God i can't imagine, if this was my daughter 😞 I hope she finds her way.
Thank you for your support
i feel like she doesn't even see a reason to get sober because that's only way she can cope with her environment.
her parents failed. poor baby endured so much trauma :(
:(
This is what I was thinking, too. Plenty of people use drugs or alcohol to cope.
Not so fast to blame her parents please. Often kicking out your kid is what needs to be done for everyone's well being. Enabling them to keep their addiction alive without ANY conesequences won't fix a damn thing.
Her PARENTS did NOT fail, she brought this on herself, her parents did the right thing by kicking her out. She Deserves this
Skill issue if you need to kick your kids out of the home instead of helping them get back on track especially at such a young age as 13. Learn how to parent better
If someone starts doing drugs at 13 the parents are 100% responsible.
Agreed
Not if the kid is bad, doesn't listen, and sneaks out, associating with the wrong crowd. I don't know if this is the case in her situation.
@A@Aspect762ds don’t act like that out of the womb. Sneaking out, hanging out with the wrong crowd, not listening, those are all symptoms of bad parenting. It’s usually a result of neglect, abuse, or lack of connection.
@redlizerad8268 I agree. I was too afraid to sneak out or do drugs, etc. My parents were super strict but it kept me in line.
What if they are orphans 😢
Poor thing. She's only 19 and will be very lucky to see 21, much less 25 years old. Sounds like she might've really had a chance at a really decent and successful life if she had been given a better start.
I agree w you. Thank you for your support and God bless
This world needs love. There is a lack of love. She is amazing yet she can not see that because of the experiences she been through as she said she has no support no family background to feel at home. Hopefully she can find some community where she can be accepted and discover her purpose.
@lubel9750❤❤❤❤❤❤
@lubel9750 She needs a four year degree, a supportive and caring group of friends and the chance to regain her sense of worth. Self esteem is severing lacking likely because she was never told how much she has going for her and what potential she has. It's beyond sad!!
Please try to help her, and the people like her. Everyone deserves a good life @SimonDiegoSmith
as someone who started drugs at 13 as well and is now sober, i feel for her, this made me tear up, i hope this baby gets a loving home :(
Congrats on your sobriety. Must’ve been quite the journey!
Parents kicking out their daughter to street, what world we live in? WTF
Young drug addicts often steal money, items, etc from their parents to fund their addiction. The parents might have given her an ultimatum to stop using / stealing otherwise get kicked out.
@pida9669she asked her parents divorced
@pida9669So? Decent adults know that ultimatums won’t work. And she was treated like shit way before that. They are to blame.
@lauras1553 we don't know the full picture, and we can only hear the story from the daughter's point of view. It's a sad situation that's undeniable, but pointing fingers and putting the blame on others without even knowing the full context is wrong.
Because kicking out to someone who's ur daughter over cash and expensive material things stress will never be on my playbook when my baby is needed me the most let alone kicking out and left her alone to feed the predator s and die eventually. How can that even be possible but yes we do live in a crazy world
She's tried but she said there is no safe stable place for her to stay sober. That is heartbreaking. Also her telling kids not to do drugs...I hope someday she finds help and gets her life back, she's such an amazing young woman
America is one of the worst third world countries in the world.
This isn’t America
@SimonDiegoSmith Where is this?
@Kaja-o9q Canada
@keeswillemjohanfrederik bro what?
Her message to others is truly heartfelt and very powerful.
Thank you for commenting
8:50 hits hard, "dont have a stable home to get sober"
Real
Don't go into drugs, don't hangout with bad strange people,legally get marry sober person, make home heaven and reset your life
She has a really good heart. I hope she gets the help she needs. It's definitely not too late.
Agreed. What do you think she can do?
@SimonDiegoSmithi think people as such often need an enviromment/location (not local, but across the world), with some help, they can bounce back. Reason why i say that is, if she is in america, someone tries to help, or set her up with an ngo, care center etc... often it takes 1 slip up or withdrawl episode to go back to their ways, or if you relocate them locally, they find their way back as it is not freakin easy to go sober... i just pray and hope she and others like her that are out there make it out... 💐
@jim-se5xcreally??
@jim-se5xcHow do you tell if somebody has a good heart or not? Sometimes I can't actually tell with the people I know long time. If she's taking drugs it doesn't mean she's evil/ a bad person.
She should go into rehab
I would never imagined this girl is drug addicted. And it breaks my heart seeing some children don't have normal childhood and can't have a good start in life then 😢
It's heartbreaking. No child deserves to start life that way.
Imagine her 6 years ago at 13 when she first started
She will probably die on the street if no one helps her
she looks too healthy to be a drug addict and homeless for 6 years.it's just an act to generate clicks.
just found this channel and seen the video, i think it was great and has a huge message. New suscriber, i hope you grow far, you deserve it
Baby girl get on the bus and come to Cambridge. We have so many resources specifically for your age group. We will get you housed, fed, off the street and get you a job.
Please dm me w more info
Cambridge in Massachusetts?
thats so humanely and kind. great work. really appreciate the noble work you are doing
Thats if you get accepted.
If anything there are no jobs lol
@SimonDiegoSmith tht young girl needs deliverance frm drug addiction.its a spirit shes possessed.chek with hungry gen church.pastor vlad
They will set her free in Jesus name
This in Hamilton bro, fuck this hit me hard, i started when i was her age, 15 actually, made it to 10th grade before i dropped out, was on the oxys , then fentanyl patchs , once both were gone it was popcorn (heroin x fentanyl mix) the dope isnt what it used to be, i stopped right before the tranq hit the streets, went back to school got my diploma and worked hard,
Been clean over 10 yrs now...
Wish i could have a word with this girl to say theres hope ... shes young full life ahead of her ,
I pray she has an epiphany one day, finds the motivation and drive to get clean,
Bless brotha
Hey, bless you, youve been the hero of your own story. This girl is not dumb, but people who are not dumb are still addicts. and, you cannot put an old head on young shoulders.
@karenjones-d3ki pray every night addicts see the light cause its soo much better on the other side
u do know u were buying all that dope of csis/rcmp agents???? Thank scumbags like csis agent Bain Coote who suppies all of Toronto..... ask me hw I know?
@AlanKelly-nm9lx nothing suprises me anymore, we need to rid the world of these evil people dealing death, long black train
I pray for everyone that's struggling with addiction.🙏
It's sad. Some people can get addicted to anything.
Amen
Thank you
@BigSnakey Not just some people. Anybody can get addicted to anything. We all need to be aware and cautious.
A pastor who knows he authority can easily set her free in Jesus name
Actually shes afflicted by a spirit of addictions.
Evangelism will also help in these areas and Actually prayin in the streets the spirit will help them.
I hope she heals one day from these things. It gets me crying. when I see stuff like this.
:(
So sad politicians spent billions on war instead of helping their own people
Should we be Canada first? What do you think
ikr. and rich ppl out there buying yachts, private islands, evading all taxes, hoarding wealth, engaging in pedophilic hobbies, funding wars and invasions, tax breaks for the rich, etc while people go through such traumatic, heartbreaking childhoods and have no where to turn. no play to stay, to feel a sense of belonging and love, and not having the resources to properly manage drug and addiction. or not having enough child services to intervene when she was younger to prevent such suffering. the disparity in wealth and privilege is just sad.
They give them the drugs.
What kind of help ? Give them free drugs. Collect all the drunken, high, homeless and put them into prison until they are clean. Offer every mislead youngster a holiday trip to a nicer place and hope that they like it and stay away from drugs. Or hunt down all the dealers and producers of drugs so there is no supply.
The help is there. 90% don't want it, and I should know
I'm only 26, single but I feel that motherly instinct to adopt her. This baby needs a home.
I’m the same age and had the same reaction. I just want to help her somehow.
@mariaz1884 me too
unfortunately the reality is its almost impossible after that much crystal and fent use. the damage is permanent, her body wouldn't physically be able to handle being sober. its a tragedy.
@yyenovamedically there is no way to reset life?
@yyenovathere nothing like that... she can go back to being normal by God's grace, self discipline, love, help and care from those around her
I think she is very strong and smart.
I think so too
Smart but not smart enough - unfortunately.
@RobertSeviour1 her situation has nothing to do with she is not smart enough.You have had much more privilleg and luck in your life than her,be thankfull and great that you never had to walk in her shoes.
@MicheleDiouf-l3d Smart is as smart does.
@jim-se5xc how do u know its fake? you should give some explanation.
She seems like a very intelligent and humble girl. God please help her sort out her whole life!
🙏
God bless you
Poor little angel 💔 her miserable parents must be held in custody for life.
Thank you for your support
You don't know the full story.You also evidently have not dealt with drug addiction.
That's why dealers should be executed and users forced into good rehab centre's .
Hey! I want to help her! Offer her safe home and really be there for her! I dont know how to reach or if she is ok with a stranger from another country but I would be there for her! I swear I dont have much things but at least I can give her a safe space
It's such a nice thought but a) another country, visa, flight etc, ans b) even if addicted are given a way out they need to look for it themselves, if she doesn't have the drive nothing can save her.
@YourHealingSoulStudio she can't just live abroad. It doesn't matter that she is an American. I'm British. I can't just live in another country without the things above. She's also Canadian not American.
If financed she could fly over and stay for x amount of months but she won't be able to do that or get on her feet without the items mentioned above. She at least needs money to get there temporarily and being accepted for the long term is hard. If she's been unfortunate enough to get a record or long medical/mental health history it's even more unlikely unfortunately.
❤❤help her
I mean, she's tall and pretty, she could become a top-tier model
@ALEX-fq7hh seriously??
i have hope, she seems aware of herself all she need the right push fr
You're right, but a little push won't do it. She needs rehab... Fentanyl is the worst drug ever
@loveWeezy4L very true
I'm glad that these people get a chance to tell their stories... I wish the best for them.
God bless
Praying for her i can tell shes gonna make it
What part of her getting woken up by paramedics and doing fentanyl and tranq makes you so confident she’ll make it?
@ava4689 He is being optimistic cause she's got a decent mind
@ava4689 Could have fooled me. She seems put together enough. All she needa do is find a shelter that keeps her spot, and some social support.
Its fake.
@snorkob bro she's hotter than 90% of OF creators, she could make million and afford better dental care...
Drugs absolutely destroy life's! Good interview my guy!
Just doing my best thank you 🙏🏾
Abusive persons destroy life. The drugs only try to hide that suffer.
Dont do drugs kids
Saying that does not do chit !
How come they make them so expensive they cant afford housing?
Liquor and weed is all ya need
@ava4689false
I get high cheap, there are ways I don't want to say because I don't want the dea cracking down, I can still function and pay my bills but I'm retired now on social security. Some people just can't handle drugs.
This beautiful human can still be saved, she's a very intelligent young woman and could be so helpful to those trying to get clean !
This comment is long, but here I felt comfortable sharing my own story as well and offering support to this very sweet young woman. I’m using a translator, since Portuguese is the only language I’m fluent in. From the bottom of my heart, I hope she will be okay. :)
I know very well what it feels like to be completely lost. Our stories are not 100% the same, but I understand many of her pains. I grew up in a relatively dysfunctional household - a narcissistic father and a mother who was extremely Catholic, to the point of denying the existence of mental disorders. Please don’t get me wrong: my mother is a good person, but she doesn’t know how to deal with certain issues.
After a severe breakdown at school when I was 13, in which I revealed to the school psychologist my self-harm episodes, deep depression, and suicidal ideation, I began psychiatric treatment - very irregularly, but in theory it was supposed to help me.
However, the psychologist provided by the health plan was extremely unprepared and spent entire sessions just on her phone, asking me to put together a puzzle. Obviously, I kept getting worse and worse, to the point of completely withering away and losing all the brightness I had as a child. Because of this, my mother reluctantly took me to a psychiatrist, who diagnosed me with depression, generalized anxiety, and social phobia. I then took fluoxetine for a year and a half.
Apparently, I got much better - but in reality, I experienced a manic episode, an extreme reaction related to bipolar depression, a condition that at the time had not been identified. After an intense deterioration throughout adolescence, marked by extreme highs and lows, full psychosis at certain moments (delusions and hallucinations), misdiagnoses (such as treatment-resistant schizophrenia by another psychiatrist), and medications that left me extremely sedated and feeling like a zombie, I went through one year of home hospitalization and almost lost my final year of school.
When I entered college at 17, I experienced the mixed phase of bipolar disorder for the first time (mine is type 1). During that time, I started drinking irresponsibly, to the point of trying to get vodka at 7 a.m. just to numb my discomfort. I was taking three clonazepam pills a day and mixing them with alcohol, marijuana, and other substances, because my treatment felt completely lost. I became somewhat dependent on that to try to calm myself, even though I would become extremely dizzy and unwell - so much so that I couldn’t even cross the street alone, risking being hit by a car.
Many times, I skipped classes to drink and smoke. Self-harm became extremely frequent, and I went to college with my arm covered in irregular cuts. A classmate would often hold my hand and look after me in some way, trying to keep me from completely losing control. One day, I was “invited” to try cocaine, but I refused out of fear, since I already felt deeply damaged by marijuana. I wanted to die, but not as a drug addict.
During this period, my psychiatrist ordered an involuntary hospitalization, because in addition to everything else, I had attempted suicide three times in five days.
My parents refused, so I ended up in a kind of infernal house arrest: I couldn’t be alone at any time, couldn’t go out without my mother, was monitored constantly, and couldn’t even sleep in my own bedroom. In the end, after countless medications for bipolar type 1, I fell into a deep depression and stayed that way for months. I relapsed with alcohol later that year and almost started smoking cigarettes again.
One year later, I went through my most serious suicide attempt, in which I tried a medication overdose and had to be hospitalized. I will never forget the invasive feeling of that emergency room, especially the nasogastric tube being inserted through my nose and my internal despair over my situation - even though I was laughing and finding everything very funny because of the high dose of diazepam in my blood.
Two years have passed, and between traumatic events such as multiple sexual assaults, phases of full mania, deep depressions, and attempts to adjust medications, I feel that I am finally “getting back on track.” I feel happier and calmer, even though I still deal with my parents’ indifference, as they blame me for my crises. Many times, I have thought about drinking until I passed out just to numb myself, but I never want to return to that dark place I was in at 17.
I’ve been taking life as it comes, one day at a time, and learning to see beauty in the small things of everyday life. I am happy in college and taking care of my mental well-being through self-knowledge and the regular use of psychiatric medication.
I don’t attend therapy because I don’t feel comfortable, and here in Brazil it is very expensive. What I want to say is that often all we need is a word of support and a friendly shoulder - someone who welcomes us and shows us that there is a way out. Sadly, many people don’t have that and have to manage on their own. I felt a lot of empathy for the young woman in the video and I truly hope she gets better. Dear one, I hope you receive emotional and psychiatric support and make it out of this situation. I, a 20-year-old young woman from a distant country, am rooting for you. God bless you!
Thank you for sharing your story
Try doing 1 hour cardio everyday. I thought It was bullshit but It completely eliminates anxiety. Dont ask or doubt me. Just do It and u Will see its true.
As cliche as it sounds, learn to meditate. It’s not easy but taking care of our mind should be the first priority for everyone. And I too come from extreme pain of childhood, I have seen every worst thing that can happen to an individual and I chose to stay positive, to heal myself and forgive.
@Lilithdna good luck in life and keep your soul always strong
God bless you too, rooting for you :))
19 and says she has a tolerance to tranq WOOOOOW! 😮
I was in shock when she said that
The fact that she's saved other people from overdose is what surprised me the most. Also that it just started off with marijuana and alcohol. I had a friend who *allegedly* did both those things so that's really scary
Weed is the ultimate gateway
What surprised you about that? I'm not trying to be critical or snarky with this response either; I'm just genuinely curious. Many addicted people use with other addicts, and so they are used to bad situations like that. It comes with the territory of being an addict, unfortunately. Sometimes addicts get so used to reviving their friends with Narcan that it becomes just another day...
I smoked weed and drank in my teenage years and early twenties but never did anything stronger... most of my friends are exactly the same. I don't know anyone who ever did hard drugs but most of my friends and acquaintances smoked weed at least sometimes. So no I don't believe weed is a gateway drug. It just so happens that the people who end up doing hard drugs do all sorts of drugs weed included. Does not mean that smoking weed will automaticall make you a fentanyl addict.
Weed is not a gateway. It's not addictive, and you cannot overdose from it. What is a much bigger factor is mental illness. People with mental illnesses are the ones who get addicted to these substances. 40 years of research has proven it.
@bioshawna Thanks for your question I guess it's just something I had never thought of, I'm trying to understand more about addiction because I think a lot of addicts are misunderstood (I've been guilty of misunderstanding things about them myself) And that was something new I learned, like how normal it is and how often they have to deal with it.
Such a beautiful and well spoken girl, hope somebody will hep her and that she will straighten her life 🙏❤️
Thank for your support buff
yes🙏🏼🙏🏼
@SimonDiegoSmith So what did you do to help her?
@Jacob_Tulipathere’s not much anybody can do if she’s not ready to help herself.
This girl was harder to help than others but we gave her group some supplies
You’re a great listener without any judgement. It helps people feel comfortable opening up to you. I appreciate you giving her a voice. I was there at her age, and I am 49 now. I wish I could give her a hug and tell her that her whole future is still in front of her. Life can get better. I believe in her. She’s got a beautiful inner light and I hope she never loses that because it will help her through the worst.
Thank you again for allowing her to tell her story.
Edit: I just realized that you’re in Vancouver! That’s my home town. Sunshine Hills!
Thank you for sharing :) and thank you for your support. wishing you the best!
I hope she recovers while she’s still young. You don’t understand how much opportunity you don’t have when you get older. She still has access to so much help and can leave this life behind
I hope so too - thank for your support :)
I really hope she gets better. She's my age and I'm in college with a job and loving parents. Life isn't fair, I wish her the best of luck going forwards and hope she can get herself off the streets.
I hope so too
Who cares
Stop blaming “life”, its society thats not fair
@decd-w4gYou cared enough to comment. They're just wishing her the best.
@EPICCAT-jn8iv thats true
My son was on a really bad roller coaster. Was on all the benzoes, oxy, overdosed twice. It was hard as hell. He had so much trauma. He’s turning 18 now and really turned a massive corner last year. He just woke up one day knowing it was time to change. I cannot be thankful enough to the UK services like social services and mental health team as well as youth workers. They have been incredibly supportive and helped us though this very difficult time. I am so proud of my son. He is in college now and doing extremely well. He wants to be a nurse and help others. This girl in the video needs someone to tell her she can change. You can see that it’s like there’s a veil covering her true self. She doesn’t look like a lost case. I hope she will find the right people that will inspire her and offer support and change. That’s all she needs. Young people need to be told their worth over and over. They need to be applauded and celebrated and reminded of how good
They are.
This is such a powerful story - im happy to hear your son is doing well and has a good mum to support him :)
@SimonDiegoSmiththank you Simon, I do feel incredibly proud of him and yes I would never abandon him.
As an Heroin addict, I feel that so bad.
This young woman has something special about her, I REALLY hope she faces her demons n learns how to work through all the darkness n rise above it. It just gets harder to face n deal with the older you get n this is coming from someone who has struggled with heavy addiction since I was a teenager n im now 50. I'm doing AMAZINGLY well now but it did take over my life for most of my life. Its so hard facing our demons but in hindsight its harder NOT facing them. It just doesn't feel like it at the time. It's SO worth doing it n putting in the hard work. Once you start getting a taste for life again n start getting glimpses of who you REALLY are it's the best feeling. N when you start to feel proud of yourself, hold on to that n keep pushing through n keep practicing getting your life back. It takes time n dedication. Learn how to love yourself. N if you relapse don't beat yourself up just pick yourself up,dust yourself down, put your shoulders back n your head held high n try again, n each time you will learn abit more n get abit stronger. You can do this lass. I believe in you. Stay strong. One love from England. 💚
This is powerful and I loved reading it. How did you break free?
How did you recover love from India ❤❤❤❤
This is a great interview
All the love 👏🏾
I do think that a single adult from the school stuff that would be there emotionally to her could prevent this whole situation. She's well spoken and the way she speaks shows about an intelligent person who wants someone to help her and she seems like she has some hope and want to change her reality
Teachers are afraid to reach out like thag now a days for reason I won’t mention
@SimonDiegoSmithhelp her❤
It’s nice to know there is people out there who care enough to give addicts the time of day to express their feelings. Talk about their struggles, past and current situation. Everyone deserves to feel like someone cares and just be listened to. Not only is it spreading awareness but definitely must be comforting to have someone listen and genuinely care.
Thank you for sharing
I wish she wants to get better that’s the only way she will sober.
I agree. Recovery starts when someone truly wants it. Wishing her strength and healing
Sending this woman love, my heart aches for her. Some people are dealt very poor cards in life and it’s 1000x hard to escape. Bless her, i hope she’s okay today.
Thank you for your support. God bless
Its amazing how she still managed to speak for the entire interview and had the courage to speak about her stories even when she had to sniffle here and there
She has great potential to become the woman she wants to be, she has a strong heart for enduring so much
Living in Canada certainly makes it easier to adapt to the cold haha
I have survived traumatic childhood, drug addiction. But recovery requires actuall will - its like figthing a war inside ur head
Yes
Wise words, thank you for sharing
I don't understand how any parents in the US could kick out your own kid. They're your damn responsibility! If they're screwed up in life, it's your fault, parents! You don't just kick them out of your house. You deal with them! Where's child protective service? Why are the parents not arrested for child abandonment?
Thank you for your support
Often it's best for the addict's well being to be kicked out. It forces them to change and makes clear they can't keep going like this. You let them stay you're just enabling them to keep going. Don't be too quick to judge, it could genuinly be the best thing for them. Addiction changes your values and what you care about. It can make you lie, steal, manipulate, abuse, destroy relationships until you're forced to change or overdose.
@gacoss2739 Forces them to change or gives them an open environment to do drugs with drug addicts without supervision? The parents were responsible for her starting drugs so they must responsible to her even when she became an addict. They neglected her because of her addiction and yet they are the root cause of that. All that this girl has said, points to her parents abandoning her because of their own mistakes.
@gacoss2739 Poverty and homelessness also forces people to lie and steal. Giving a kid more sorrows to want to distract themselves from isn’t going to turn them away from the distraction??
@gacoss2739 So you're saying being homeless for years is the best for their well being? The kids becoming an addict in the first place is parenting failure, either due to negligence or abuse. Kicking them out of the house instead of dealing with it is adding insult to injury. It is purely abdicating their responsibility as parents. Call me judgmental if you want, but it is what it is.
I find it disgusting how many people here comment on her looks. She doesn't need further objectifying, to be pushed into an industry that is known to use and abuse people and leave them depending on drugs/ broken/ causing several illnesses. She needs someone who *doesn't* do that but sees the good in the person she is. She deserves someone who values her regardless of her looks history I've read "skin" "jawline".. how dusgusting. Someone who would never notice that but the worth within her.
This is the realest comment ive read so far
100% agree w you
Women’s value mainly resides in her looks, wether we like it or not. But I do get your idea, tho. One must always looks beyond looks, but we gotta be aware of the gender dynamics as well, despite what certain polarizing groups suggest.
Anyways, I hope things get better for this girl. She has potential, just need proper direction.
Stop. The saddest thing in life is wasted gifts. This woman’s beauty is a gift from the heavens and it should be treated as such.
It's tru, but in THIS society, exceptional beauty can be used to help your life as a woman, and for someone who is SO DOWN in life, it wouldn't make any sense for her to NOT try to utilize her beautiful looks to get more opportunities than be used and abused as a drug addict. Her looks could bring wealth, prosperity, and security, even a good man who wants to take care of her for life.
I hope this gal has a place to stay and recover by now. I'm still praying. Thanks for airing this Simon.
Thank you for your support
Me rompe el alma , tan joven , nadie merece estar y vivir así , no hay palabras para expresar mi dolor por ella y su familia , amigos , no puedo imaginar el dolor por lo que están pasando 😭
Hearing stories like this live breaks my heart as well. What do you think we can do to help them out?
7:20 WTF is this country.
you can guess by the accent 😭
It's not USA :o
@crazyvenky_dev the fuck are you laughing for
It's Canada usa will soon become like this if trump didn't have done that trade stuff with Trudeau he is the man
This is definitely Canada
Stunning, smart girl she deserve much better ❤
Thank you for your support
SHE SPEAKS VERY WELL GOVERNMENT MUST SUPPORT HER
Yet they won’t
@SimonDiegoSmithGOVERNMENT STAFF USE PUBLIC FUNDS FOR THEIR OWN ENJOYMENT
The people about there seem tough and streetwise, but they are incredibly vulnerable because they are traumatised over and over, and this clip shows that the street lifestyle can start in childhood for some
A lot of people we interview have similar stories w abuse and neglect
Remember: Often times, if a kid is or behaves like someone you would want to kick out of the house permanently, it's your fault for raising them that way
Prosecute parents kicking their child out of their home once they turn 18 just because they can
W
shes been on the streets since 3 years dude and then became homeless completely at 17
Sad... this girl could have so much positive potential....
It really is sad. With the right support and care, she could absolutely turn things around and reach that potential.
She has the potential for a grifter which is what she is. Its fake.
May God bless this young lady and keep her safe and warm.
God bless you
Problem is loneliness and broken homes that puts you on the street. Drugs is not the cause but a consequence.
Good take
This young lady needs to be helped and saved.... 🙏🙏🙏
Fr
everyone needs to be saved
@BernddasBrotxDNO.... I don't.... What a silly comment....
Someone call captain save a hoe
I wish I could take her into my home and help her to get her life straight
She sounds like such an intelligent, well spoken, caring young woman. I pray she receives the support she needs.
God bless you
this interview should be shown to all young people in school because this poor girl has had a tough life from age 13 and her parents and family are more to blame then she is, and i can tell that she would have probly become a nurse from the way she leered about giving cpr and tried to save lives. that takes a special person to care this way to help other people in need. so i hope this young girl will get help and become the person i think she can be, but it breaks my heart to see this happen to her and our young people because there parents dont care enough about there children. her being willing to talk so openly is a good sign that could lead to a good start to recovery. please young lady it is not to late get help
Let’s start a petition hahahah change the curriculum
Very very sad that a bright and young lady like her is left on the streets. How can parents do that to their own children. It is our duty to love and nuture them, and provide the very best in whatever capacity we can. Really really breaks my heart to see this young lady in this state. We need to save her. @Simon, please let us know how we all can help. Thank you
Thank you for your support, the best way to help out is to donate so I can provide them w the supplies they need to stay alive and stay safe out in these streets. Also just being kind to unhoused people out in the streets gos a long way, a simple conversation will make their day.
My heart is broken .... she seems so sweet.
Very nice girl
She is so smart and beautiful I wish I could adopt her. Breaks my heart
Wishing the best to this girl!! I hope she comes back with her family and all of them start to get along well with each other 💖💫
seeing this reminds me of seeing Requiem for a Dream for the first time its very hard
That sounds familiar what is it
@SimonDiegoSmithit's a movie about how drugs destroy lives
She's so young I hope you can help this young girl
Im trying my best
Thank you for your support
@SimonDiegoSmithany updates ?
If this girl is watching, PLEASE reach out to your family. Try EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO FIGHT THESE DRUGS! I lost my young son 18 months ago, to fentanyl, so heartbreaking. Get help, fight it. It’s a much better life out there for you drug free. You’re smart, you can do it. Good luck sweet girl.
I hope she sees this. thank you for your support
I know you say this with good intent but you are probably unaware of the levels to which some people can stoop.
Her parents are abusive, they are why she started to cope by using drugs.
We don't know the extent of emotional abuse inflicted by the parents, most likely she herself doesn't know either (how would you know if abuse is all you have known).
So your suggestion of contacting parents might gaslight her further and potentially make things worse.
Reaching out to abusive family is the worst damn idea ever
What she needs is someone who will push her through getting a proffession so she can afford living by herself and working full time even if she's a high functioning addict
She needs a job she can be good at and indispensable from and that covers her accommodation and costs of living
I know it, believe me.
Heard
if she is reading do NOT reach out to your family, but she probably already knows that
It was so heartbreaking when she talked about what she had suffered.
💔
I was on opiates and finally fent from 20 until 26. I actually graduated college while on it and held down a job. If you quit before 26 you have a better chance... your brain finishes developing around 26, at times a little later. It's possible to get better whats most important is love for yourself and knowing you deserve better. When you think you are shit, you live that way.
Thank you for sharing this. That kind of honesty matters, and you're right-self-worth and believing you deserve better are huge parts of recovery.
你的故事非常振奋人心，是的，每个人需要学会爱自己，在低谷的时候，要靠自己把自己拽出泥潭
She looks in pristine condition considering. Wishing her the very best for the future xxc
Wishing you the best as well Tip, thank you for your support
I cannot imagine forcing a family out of their home to live on the streets. Credit to the child for carrying herself with strength despite the circumstances she is facing.
Idk how someone couldn do that
😭😭so sad to hear this . Pls save this girl.
God bless
This is a good interview, I hope you follow her every couple weeks.
When girls go missing there are all kinds of reasons. Of course we always think the worst. Let’s look at some other ways they could go missing
Jail, rehab, moved back with family, went to a different hood, got a boy friend and moved on. It’s horrible what both the men and women go through but we need to hope for the best.
Thank you for this thoughtful perspective. You're right-there are many possible outcomes, and while we stay alert to the worst, it's important to hold space for hope as well. Everyone's situation is complex, and compassion matters.
Agree with the idea of a regular follow-up interview
“My parents were divorced.”
Stop now Ash while you still have a chance. You still have your looks and your whole life ahead of you.
They still have plenty ahead of them - and they're capable of choosing their own path
i can take her ,i volunteer where is she
"Looks"???? You're just as creepy as those guys she mentioned!!!
@unstalling8671 bro some thoughts are the ones you keep on the inside of your head
@unstalling8671creep
May this girl find the wisdom to stop using all this and come back stronger in life
God bless
What an intelligent, beautiful young woman. She never had a chance at life. I wish there was someplace she could go to get sober and stay until she was through her recovery. A place she could feel safe. My heart breaks for her.
We’re gonna find something like that for her
God bless you young lady 🙏
God bless you as well
Thanks baby
Fent is crazy how is she still alive let alone abusing drugs since she was 13.
Honestly I dont understand it at all
This is so sad. My heart goes out to these people.
Thank you for your support
4:18 the life this girl is living seems to me is worse than death
at least shes still living
But still she make a change though it is really really hard
I pray her life changes for the best she’s a beautiful smart girl ❤ you’ve got this chick if you ever see this .. you are not alone
Thank you for your support
Such a sad sad story for such a young beautiful woman
:(