New ‘wellness court’ in Kensington for drug users launches Wednesday, as police prepare to ramp up drug enforcement
The city on Wednesday will officially launch what it is calling a “neighborhood wellness court” in Kensington, an initiative in which police will arrest people who are openly using drugs, issue them ...
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Philadelphia launches Wellness Court for low-level drug offenses, offering treatment instead of jail
Mayor Cherelle Parker announced a new strategy for addressing the drug crisis in Kensington: Wellness Court, a diversion program designed to get low-level drug offenders off the street and into ...
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New court in Kensington will serve as a pipeline to drug treatment, Mayor Parker says
The new Kensington Neighborhood Wellness Court ... use disorders living on the streets of Kensington — a vast open air drug market — while improving the quality of life for neighborhood ...
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In Kensington, outreach workers give out food, clothing and toiletries from trucks, but potential restrictions loom
The city estimates that about 675 people – many of whom have substance use disorders – live on the streets in Kensington, a neighborhood that contains the largest open-air drug market on the ...
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Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker signs executive order revealing "wellness court" in Kensington
"The Kensington Wellness Support Center and ... deserves to be delivered from the trauma of living in an open-air drug market." Philadelphia opened the Riverview Wellness Center next to the ...