To stop fentanyl deaths in Philly, knocking on doors and handing out overdose kits

Marsella Elie, a canvasser for Philly Counts, gives out Narcan, the opioid overdose reversal drug, to a North Philadelphia resident as part of the city's door-knocking campaign in neighborhoods heavily hit by the opioid crisis. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

On a narrow North Philadelphia street lined with row houses and a busy auto body shop, Marsella Elie climbs the front steps of a private residence and knocks hard on the front door.

A middle-aged man appears with a wary look on his face.