Photo gallery: Philadelphia's Wasteland

After using heroin, a young couple struggles to make it down the street in the Kensington neighborhood.

Young drug addicts struggle to hold themselves up as they stand on a sidewalk.

Anthony, 28, is originally from South Philadelphia and has struggled with heroin addiction for the past 5 years, frequenting Kensington to fuel his addiction.

Davey, 31, came from Arizona and now finds himself homeless, living on the streets of Kensington, and addicted to heroin.

Davey points to where he injects heroin in the vein on the side of his neck.

A former Intensive Care Unit nurse, Sarah, 34, repeatedly returns to Kensington due to her heroin addiction following attempts to stay clean.

An area known as “The Tracks”, where hundreds of heroin addicts would gather to use drugs, is in the process of a cleanup.

Needles used to inject heroin litter the ground of the Kensington neighborhood, known for its open air heroin market.

The shelter is what remains of the encampment as the cleanup of “The Tracks”, where heroin addicts gathered, continues.

Intravenous drug users who are homeless camp under a railroad bridge where they sleep, eat and use heroin, due to the cleanup of “The Tracks.”

High on heroin, the man wonders around the streets of Kensington.

After injecting herself with heroin, a woman in a comatose state sits on the stairs of Prevention Point.

Men are passed out on the stairs of the organization, Prevention Point, a drug treatment facility in Kensington.

Councilwoman Maria Quinones-Sanchez speaks with Sam Kuttab, who is determined to keep his convenient store and donut delivery business open despite the current trouble with the opioid crisis.