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  2. The city where Democrats are holding their national ...

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    The convention will take place against the backdrop of a more sinister American phenomenon -- the heroin epidemic that has swept the U.S. The city where Democrats are holding their national ...

  3. Opioid epidemic in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The second wave of the opioid epidemic began around 2010 and is characterized by the surge in heroin use and overdose deaths. [8] Between 2005 and 2012, the number of people who used heroin nearly doubled, growing from 380,000 to 670,000 individuals.

  4. Kensington Renewal Initiative - Wikipedia

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    The Kensington Renewal Initiative (KRI) is a Philadelphia-based advocacy and community development organization founded by film director, Jamie Moffett.KRI was established to create a program model to rehabilitate blighted properties and dilapidated lots and transforming them into owner occupied homes for the purpose of significantly decreasing crime and drug activity in low income, urban ...

  5. Opioid overdoses are nearing record levels in the city that's ...

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  6. Opioid overdoses are nearing record levels in the city that's ...

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    During the first weekend of December, nine people died of apparent drug overdoses in and around Kensington, a neighborhood in northern Philadelphia. Opioid overdoses are nearing record levels in ...

  7. Maria Quiñones-Sánchez - Wikipedia

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    She has called for a holistic solution to the epidemic. [7] She opposes a supervised injection site being built in Kensington because it will only end open drug use and not drug use itself. [7] Quiñones-Sánchez has invested more resources in the Philadelphia Police Department to stop the flow of drugs into the city and close open-air drug ...

  8. Kensington, Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Kensington is a neighborhood in Philadelphia that belongs to Lower Northeast.As with all neighborhoods in the city, the lack of any official designation means the boundaries of the area vary between sources over time and are disputed among locals.

  9. The heroin epidemic: Family shares tragic story of their loss

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