drug dealers that turned there lives around

He asked Davon to get in the back seat and turned on the engine. King was sitting behind the wheel, dressed in sweatpants and a T-shirt. He got to the mall’s parking lot and saw King’s pickup truck. To snitch on fellow drug dealers was to invite death. Where he came from, there was nothing worse than helping the police. The more Davon dwelled on that possibility, the more panicked he got. What could a city detective possibly want from a small-time drug dealer such as himself? The only answer Davon could think of was that King wanted him to become an informant.

'We're here to help you get help.As Davon walked to a nearby strip mall where King had arranged to meet, his mind was weighed down by anxiety. 'We give them cards, and then we just ask them, listen, if you're ready, call us,' said Samuels. At least five days per week, they roam the streets of Camden offering water bottles, food, and camaraderie to folks on their own dime. They co-founded 'Set Free Outreach' along with their fiancees. This revelation inspired both men to turn their lives around and help others escape addiction and homelessness. Peoples gave Samuels a haircut, changed his clothes, fed him, and housed him for a week. 'So, from that day, I picked him up and I carried him with me.' 'It hurt my heart because I grew up with this guy,' he said. Peoples, 51, remembers finding Samuels when he was homeless. 'While he was having a problem with drug addiction, I was the one supplying the drugs,' said Peoples. 'We just watched things deteriorate as I deteriorated as well,' said 55-year-old Samuels.Īs they grew older, the two friends found themselves on opposite sides of the opioid epidemic. They say the community was beautiful in their youth, however, things changed when drugs poured into their streets. He and Nate Peoples were both born and raised in Camden, New Jersey. CAMDEN, New Jersey (WPVI) - 'We both played our part in the destruction of our community,' said Gary Samuels.

Drug dealers that turned there lives around