![]() ![]() The dealers were all out in the open, calling out brand names, even handing out free samples. Missing-person posters hung from storefront windows. Kensington Avenue, the neighborhood’s main drag, was a congested mess of Chinese takeouts, pawn shops, check-cashing joints and Irish pubs. Most of the blocks were lined with two-story rowhouses, abandoned factories and vacant lots. The streetlights were broken or dim, and the alleyways were dark. Mark had never heard of it, but it was easy to find, not too far off I-95. Mark got out his phone and Googled “really bad drug areas.” A neighborhood in Philadelphia came up: Kensington. In New Jersey, they needed to buy more drugs, just enough to make it to Myrtle Beach. ![]() They had been on their way from Massachusetts to South Carolina, hoping to get clean there and find someplace cheap to live. The first time Mark shot up “Philly dope” was in the summer of 2017, with his girlfriend, Sarah. ![]()
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