After peaking at 1,376 deaths in 2022, Philadelphia overdose deaths dropped to 1,310 in 2023 and 1,045 in 2024, respectively.

Expanded use of Sublocade, an injection that suppresses opioid cravings for a month, has in particular made it easier for ...

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 ...

Thomas Frey turned his white box truck onto a side street in Kensington at about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. "What's up, what's up? Anyone need food?" he called out from his cracked window to people huddled ...

Some people arrested for low-level drug crimes in Kensington now may be eligible for expedited court hearings and immediate treatment referrals. The new Kensington Neighborhood Wellness Court and ...

A filmmaker is making it his mission to bring awareness to those struggling with addiction in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood. He took his cameras to the middle of the open-air drug market. "I ...

Homicides and shootings in Kensington each declined about 45% in 2024, compared to the year prior, and arrests for drug ...

Ten people pleaded guilty this week in Pittsburgh for their roles in a cross-border drug ring that smuggled fentanyl and meth from a Mexican cartel into the United States. The drugs were distributed ...