New ‘wellness court’ in Kensington for drug users launches Wednesday, as police prepare to ramp up drug enforcement
The city on Wednesday will officially launch what it is calling a “neighborhood wellness court” in Kensington, an initiative ...
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Woman wanted on drug charges found with drugs in New Kensington hotel room, police say
More than 100 stamp bags of suspected fentanyl were among drugs and paraphernalia police from New Kensington and Lower Burrell said they found in a New Kensington hotel room Saturday when looking ...
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Philadelphia’s zombie drug ‘tranq’ already in New York | Rush Hour
Driving in Philadelphia’s embattled Kensington neighborhood on Tuesday to get a firsthand look at the effects of xylazine, an animal tranquilizer that was turning fentanyl addicts into “zombies,” ...
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New court in Kensington will serve as a pipeline to drug treatment, Mayor Parker says
People cited for substance use in the Philly neighborhood will be offered the opportunity to enter a diversionary program ...
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In Kensington, the drug trade tells a tale of two neighborhoods
Gunshots are bad for business. Up until last Spring, the drug corner at D and Cambria Streets was the new Kensington and Somerset Streets. It was an all-hours open-air drug bazaar, and so long as ...
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New plan for opioid crisis in Philadelphia's Kensington section offers treatment instead of jail
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The City of Philadelphia is launching a new program in the Kensington neighborhood on Wednesday, with the goal of sending those with drug addictions to treatment rather than ...