Addiction

Kensington-based Prevention Point Philadelphia served more than 630 people, including those isolated from family while suffering from addiction, homelessness or both.

The mission of the campaign is to spread educational messaging and conversation points about heart health and what additional factors lead to risk conditions.

The new agreement replaces one the U.S. Supreme Court rejected last year, finding it would have improperly protected members of the family against future lawsuits.

Fentanyl has far surpassed heroin as the most common opioid found in the commonwealth, said state Attorney General Dave Sunday.

Hospital workers and public health officials say new combinations of street drugs, traumatic brain injuries and other health issues could be driving the uptick in seizures.

Providers say Narcan availability is saving lives. But has the city’s huge investment to address the Kensington drug market made an impact?

Dwayne Fountain personally mixed the ultra-deadly opioid to make concoctions with cocaine and other drugs, then reformed them into bricks.

The program is part of a national effort to get the life-saving overdose reversal drug into the hands of people who truly need it.

Overdose deaths nationally last year dropped for the first time, but advocates say too many people still die of drug use.

Much of the public health agency's $9 billion budget had been in limbo but funds are finally flowing, according to CDC staffers.

A new therapy support group at Jefferson Moss-Magee Rehabilitation helps patients regain independence and identity with makeup and skin care classes.

Threats to funds for public health departments battling fentanyl overdoses come as some experts see the addiction safety net unraveling.

More than 50% of Philly residents have family or friends struggling with substance abuse. One in three know someone who died from overdose.

The organization has provided mental health and addiction treatment since 1994. Most services will stop by the end of May.

Medetomidine, a nonopioid veterinary sedative, could be overtaking xylazine in the street drug supply. The drug was found in 72% of street samples from Philly last year.