Current and former Kensington residents shared the neighborhood became a face of the nation's escalating drug epidemic and ground zero to tranq.
. Drug overdose mortality hit a record-high of 5,449 deaths across the state, up nearly 25% since 2019.
Dozens of drug users shoot up on Kensington Avenue or in McPherson Park, otherwise known as needle park. Blood trickles down one woman's arm after she injected herself. One lifelong Kensington resident, Rob, similarly said the neighborhood has gotten more dangerous. He told Fox News he was bringing pizza home for his kids to avoid exposing them to criminals and drug addicts.
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