News about Frank Rodriguez

A shocking scene of drug violence depicts addicts injecting themselves in broad daylight in exclusive photographs of Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood. More than 80% of the heroin now found in Philadelphia contains xylazine, also known as an anesthetic for medical use. The drug results in a blackout stupor, as well as deep, festering wounds that often result in amputation. According to a survey, more than 80% of the heroin now found in Philadelphia contains xylazine.

A horrific new video from Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood shows a horrific scene. Some drug users were in a lifeless state while others died as the fire blazes near encampments. Although the city has devised a joint action plan to combat overdoses, the frightening street scenes have remained the same since video was released earlier this year.

Business owners in the Kensington neighborhood of the city are being forced to inventing ways to keep addicts off their feet, according to local activist Frank Rodriguez.

Frank Rodriguez, a local activist, has revealed that business owners in the Kensington neighborhood of the city are struggling to find strategies to keep addicts off their stoops. The neighborhood has been a victim of the city's heroin crisis, and it is common for strewn of garbage and heroin injecting in the open. Workers of Cantina La Martina, a James Beard Award-nominated Mexican restaurant in Kensington, had to come outside to clean up 'needles, spit, feces, and bodies,' Rodriguez said.