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In Kensington, Philadelphia's open-air drug market, users can be seen passed out on the pavement or injecting themselves with needles on a main street.
Philadelphia clears out homeless encampments in Kensington, but some say more needs to be done 04:48. PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - As Philadelphia outreach workers and police removed tents, needles and ...
PHILADELPHIA — Kensington has for years been a haven where addicts could freely shoot heroin. ... needles, guns, drug addicts, fights, disrespect, no hospitality, no nothing." ...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Philadelphia's chief public safety director said the Parker administration's clearing of the homeless encampments along Kensington Avenue Wednesday morning was a "successful ...
The Defender Association of Philadelphia is condemning the city's police sweeps in Kensington, calling them ineffective and ...
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy visited Kensington, a northeast Philadelphia neighborhood, last month and saw firsthand the country’s depraved reality.
Mehmet Oz Picks Up Used Needle in Kensington on Campaign Stop in Philly The Republican candidate faced some backlash in the heavily Democratic city, but he promised to help drug users and even ...
Used needles are scattered along the main street in Kensington, Philadelphia. Stephen Yang Kensington's streets are lined with homeless people and many drug users in various states of disarray.
Harris Steinberg, 57, standing at the counter of his auto parts shop, said that everything along Kensington Avenue — the tents, dealers and stray needles — was already moving to the ...
I grew up in Kensington, Philadelphia. Let's not glamorize addiction — again : Shots - Health News A young poet and writer who lost his father to opioid addiction says there's nothing cool about ...
But sometimes, Palmer said this work can get overshadowed by other issues in the community. She said even word choice and the language used to describe Kensington can make a difference, including the ...