And another drug that plagues Kensington is xylazine, known on the streets as "tranq." Tranq is often referred to as the "zombie drug" because of the way it impairs the user's ability to stand up ...

When she took office in January 2024, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker made cleaning up the embattled Kensington neighborhood a priority. The community has long been plagued by violent crime and ...

The synthetic drug — also known as cannibal or zombie dust – makes users wildly hallucinate with terrifying visions of snakes on their bodies or being hunted down by demons. In the first part ...

Despite those gains, there are still people without homes living on nearby streets and open-air drug use still occurs. That activity has mostly moved to the area known as “The Avenue” or “K and A,” ...

Table of Contents Kensington, a neighborhood in Philadelphia renowned for its massive open-air drug market and severe ...