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The Philadelphia Badlands is a section of North Philadelphia and Lower Northeast Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that is known for an abundance of open-air recreational drug markets and drug-related violence. [1] It has amorphous and somewhat disputed boundaries, but is generally agreed to include the 25th police district. [2]
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Kensington's troubles with the drug trade have attracted national and even international news coverage. [9] [10] The drug trade has existed in Kensington since the 1970s, likely due to its many vacant factory buildings (convenient for drug storage, sale, and use), location several miles away from the concentration of institutions, residents ...
A year-long investigation has led to the dismantling of a drug trafficking organization that spanned two Pennsylvania counties. 'Bad Bunny' drug ring busted in Chester County as 5 Philadelphia men ...
Hundreds of dangerous drag racers terrorized the streets of Philadelphia over the weekend, setting off fireworks, vandalizing vehicles and even charging at cops trying to rein in the chaos.
Most of Philadelphia's crime pertains to the drug trade. In a 2007 Philadelphia Weekly article journalist Steve Volk states that anti-drug activists said that North Philadelphia has a lot of open air recreational drug dealing because the act is a tradition and because many areas have consistent poverty. [9]
Mar. 17—MIFFLINBURG — A Philadelphia woman who was a passenger of a driver charged last month with drug possession, is facing charges of her own, according to state police. Lisa L. Rodriguez ...
Today, the area most often referred to as Philadelphia's modern-day skid row is in the Kensington neighborhood, along Kensington Avenue near the intersections of Somerset Street and Allegheny Avenue. The area is known for its high rates of open-air recreational drug use, poverty, and homelessness. [46]