Cities across the country are making it harder to help homeless people, and what’s happening in Kensington, Philadelphia, shows exactly why this matters.

In this episode, we talk with Sarah Laurel, Founder and Executive Director of Savage Sisters Recovery, about addiction, recovery, and why harm reduction services are under attack. Since our last visit to Kensington, the city has shut down services, increased police presence, and forced life-saving outreach into the night. These policies don’t reduce homelessness or addiction. They make everything worse.

We also just released a new documentary where we followed Sarah and her team on night outreach in Kensington, documenting how police enforcement and new restrictions are changing what it means to provide help on the streets. The film is linked in the description and show notes.

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Kensington: Making It Impossible to Help Homeless People https://youtu.be/2xwFXkoXaB8?si=DQ6HItIsl1rTzc7k

The Shocking Truth About America’s Illegal Drug Trade https://youtu.be/vlb5XhTDXAY?si=WQ32jz1lxwY32kvl