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Philly City Council members are pushing for a Kensington ‘triage center’ for people who use drugs

Police and outreach workers could bring people who use drugs to the proposed city facility to seek treatment or, potentially, face arrest.

Philadelphia police along Kensington and E. Orleans Street moving people off the sidewalk on Jan. 3. Philadelphia Council members are seeking a triage center where police can take people to divert them into treatment.
Philadelphia police along Kensington and E. Orleans Street moving people off the sidewalk on Jan. 3. Philadelphia Council members are seeking a triage center where police can take people to divert them into treatment.Read moreAlejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer