Inside the tiny Savage Sisters storefront on Kensington Avenue ... Tackling the tranq crisis In January, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health released its first-ever report advising ...
said Philadelphia police do not typically arrest people who are issued summary citations, meaning individuals arrested in Kensington could face a higher level of enforcement than in other parts of ...
But in Kensington, officials said, tranq has circulated and swept the drug market for ... “We are right here in the eye of a storm over the past two years in Philadelphia, Xylazine has contributed to ...
Wounds are a particularly acute concern for people in addiction in Kensington due to the toxic nature of the street drug supply that increasingly includes the animal tranquilizer xylazine, which is ...
Down a winding road just past Philadelphia’s secluded jail complex ... the powerful animal tranquilizer also known as tranq that has in recent years infiltrated most of Kensington’s toxic drug supply.
Cherelle Parker is the 100th mayor of Philadelphia — and the first woman ... Throughout her first year, two issues dominated Parker’s mayoralty: Kensington, known as the crux of opioid and tranq ...
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 ...
Philadelphia schools have a policy for how to handle potential immigration arrests at schools, and Superintendent Tony ...
The City of Philadelphia launched its new pilot called the Kensington Neighborhood Wellness Court (NWC) on Wednesday. Take a ...
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker signed an executive order Tuesday unveiling a new wellness court and wellness support in ...
Two students at a school in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood got the chance to become "principal for the day." ...