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How opioid painkillers became big business in a Philadelphia neighborhood already ravaged by drugs

Data on pill sales around the country show how prescription pills added to the pressure on Philadelphia neighborhoods already primed for a drug crisis.

The corner of D Street and Indiana Avenue in Kensington.
The corner of D Street and Indiana Avenue in Kensington.Read moreDAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer