Drugs, defecation and despair: A walk down one of America's most lawless streets. In Kensington, Philadelphia's open-air drug market, users can be seen passed out on the pavement or injecting ...

CRISIS IN KENSINGTON: It's 'chemical warfare' on the streets, former user says . Frank Rodriguez, a recovering drug addict who lived in Kensington, said the tranq epidemic in the Philadelphia ...

Animal tranquillizer xylazine sweeping Kensington streets 06:05. PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Kensington has been plagued by an opioid crisis for years. Now, another drug on Philadelphia's streets is ...

Kensington residents said people in the encampments on Kensington Avenue had spread out to the neighborhood’s side streets after officials swept the area on May 8, 2024. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) But a ...

The shocking world of Kensington’s drug “hitters” has been laid bare, shining a light on the gruesome extremes users go to for their hits of heroin, fentanyl, crack and “tra… ...

The new Kensington Neighborhood Wellness Court and Wellness Support Center aims to help the 800 people with substance use disorders living on the streets of Kensington — a vast open air drug ...

The drug trade moved into Kensington in the 1970s, setting up in empty warehouses and eventually creating what Mr. Shapiro, then the state’s attorney general, described as a nearly “billion ...

Bethel said that within the department’s focus boundary, arrests for drug possession were up 136%, and arrests for drug dealing were up about 55% in 2024 compared to 2023.

175 arrested in $1.4 million Kensington drug bust ... "We are hoping our overdoses, which trend down a little bit, keep going down because we are taking drugs off the street," Vanore said. on now.

Mayor Cherelle L. Parker speaks during an announcement about the new Kensington Neighborhood Wellness Court, which launches Wednesday for people arrested for open drug use and related crimes.

12 charged in bust of Kensington drug, gun trafficking ring, officials say Federal agents, local police and other officials announced charges following the takedown of a drug and gun trafficking ...

Jillian and Mike use opioids on a street corner off of Kensington Avenue in Nov. 2023. ... mostly occupied by drug users, sits on Kensington Avenue in Philadelphia on Nov. 23, 2023.