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Needle-exchange program’s grim debris angers neighbors

Walk along East Tusculum in Kensington and there, amid the litter in this hardscrabble neighborhood, you'll notice the used syringes - some capped, others not - on the sidewalks, in a narrow patch of grass skirting a freight rail line, and under a bridge crossing the tracks.

Ellen Maenner said she collected about 100 used syringes in less than an hour at two spots in Kensington.
Ellen Maenner said she collected about 100 used syringes in less than an hour at two spots in Kensington.Read moreCHARLES FOX / Inquirer Staff Photographer