Source: New York Post
As thousands of soccer fans pour into Philadelphia Stadium for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the City of Brotherly Love has a rare opportunity to showcase itself on the world’s biggest stage — but one neighborhood’s drug-ravaged streets are only a short drive away Beyond the exciting tourist attractions — the Liberty Bell, the Museum of the American Revolution and the famous Philadelphia cheesesteak — some visitors may also encounter one of the city’s most visible crises: the open-air drug market in the Kensington neighborhood, where addiction has ravaged the streets for years. The spot has become widely known for hordes of drug-addled individuals — many of them sprawled barefoot on the filthy ground, or slumped over. 4 Many of the drug abusers openly inject drugs into their hands, arms and necks.