Addiction

About 1,400 opioid overdose deaths were reported in Pennsylvania last year, a 60% drop from pandemic-era averages.

Since 2017, the number of accidental overdoses in Chester County has steadily declined.

The Trump administration declared the ultra-potent opioid a “weapon of mass destruction” in December. Delaware is prosecuting plenty of cases.

Advocates point to a Philadelphia program as a model for statewide grief support services that could be funded with opioid settlement funds.

The county’s Reentry Release Center in Camden has peer specialists who connect people to housing, health care and other social services.

Pennsylvania nonprofit Be a Part of the Conversation is launching recovery programs and parent partnership services in southern Delaware for families affected by addiction.

La muerte por sobredosis de su hijo hace 13 años llevó a los Keisters a crear atTAcK Addiction.

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The overdose death of their son 13 years ago led to the Keisters’ creation of atTAcK 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?