“The Special Committee on Kensington, made up of council members Quetcy Lozada, Mark Squilla, Mike Driscoll, Nina Ahmad, Curtis Jones and Jim Harrity, held three hearings in May to examine the strategies various city departments, SEPTA, and outside organizations are using to address the opioid crisis in Kensington.
Council heard from Philadelphia’s Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual and DisAbility Services (DBHIDS), the Center for Addiction Medicine and Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, SEPTA, and Mural Arts. ”