MORE: Philly to offer year-long housing to 336 people in addiction recovery ... live on the streets in Kensington, a neighborhood that contains the largest open-air drug market on the East ...

Some people arrested for low-level drug crimes ... the streets of Kensington — a vast open air drug market — while improving the quality of life for neighborhood residents, Philadelphia ...

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 ...

City focus on drug use in Kensington The vote comes amid a year of intense debate among elected officials and Philadelphia residents about the role of addiction services in Kensington. Mayor ...

City Council came to Kensington looking for answers about Philadelphia’s drug treatment system, and one question loomed large: Does the city have enough treatment beds for people in addiction?

The program looks to get those with addiction issues in Kensington into courtrooms so ... The program will allow Philadelphia police to issue a ticket instead of a misdemeanor and look into ...

Parker's executive order will give the Philadelphia Police Department the option to give drug ... reduce addiction, and improve the quality of life for everyone in and around Kensington.

Opening the Riverview Wellness Village in Northeast Philly is a key step toward fulfilling the vow she made when she took office last year to shut down Kensington’s open-air drug market.