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Addiction

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Courts & Law

Three N.J. police departments to learn how to identify families dealing with addiction

State officials are launching a program that trains law enforcement and social service providers on how to identify families dealing with addiction.

4 days ago

An arrangement of fentanyl test strips
Politics & Policy

Pa. House approves bill to decriminalize fentanyl test strips

Test strips to help drug users identify fentanyl and other potentially deadly chemicals would no longer be classified as illegal paraphernalia under a bill passed unanimously.

5 days ago

The Philadelphia skyline is pictured in a file photo.
Politics & Policy

Philly Health Department appoints new director of Division of Substance Use Prevention and Harm Reduction

Dr. Andrew R. Best Jr. worked in various capacities for the city’s Department of Behavior Health and Intellectual Disability Services.

1 week ago

Prevention Point on the left, and a homeless shelter on the right, at the intersection of Kensington Ave. and Monmouth Street.
Health

Study: Philadelphians with opioid use disorder remained on treatment longer during pandemic

Drexel University researchers call for reduced prescribing restrictions to persist after study finds people with opioid use disorder more likely to stay on their treatment.

2 weeks ago

File photo: This photo shows an arrangement of Oxycodone pills in New York on Aug. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Health

After record-setting year, Delaware’s overdose deaths reach a new monthly high in May

Delaware set a new record for OD deaths in May. It’s the latest evidence that Delaware’s rate of overdose deaths shows no sign of slowing down.

2 weeks ago

Deb Walker visits the grave of her daughter, Brooke Goodwin
Health

U.S. overdose deaths hit record 107,000 last year, CDC says

The provisional 2021 total translates to roughly one U.S. overdose death every 5 minutes.

2 months ago

A+ Pain Management. (6abc)
Courts & Law

‘Goody Bag’ pill mill doctor from Montco sentenced to 20 years

Andrew Berkowitz, who operated in Philadelphia under the name ‘A+ Pain Management,’ netted $4 million in fraudulent proceeds over three years.

2 months ago

Kim Porter (front row, second from right), and the Board of Be Part of the Conversation. (Provided by Be Part of the Conversation)
Health

‘It saved me’: Pa. nonprofit tackles stigma around substance use, recovery

The Pennsylvania nonprofit aims to equip people with the tools they need to understand and cope with substance use, addiction, and trauma.

2 months ago

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Customers wearing face masks at Reading Terminal Market.
Radio Times

The Regional Roundup: April 18, 2022

The controversial mask mandate begins Monday; a powerful tranquilizer making drugs more dangerous for those with substance use disorder; save Atlantic Sturgeon in the Delaware

Air Date: April 18, 2022 10:00 am

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Penny Martin (left) and the Rev. Michelle Simmons, founder and executive director of Why Not Prosper, hug outside of a recovery home in Philadelphia.
Health
Spotlight PA

Oversight of Pa. addiction recovery homes will begin soon, but operators slow to opt-in

Only a few dozen addiction recovery homes in Pennsylvania have applied for a license despite the licensing program being designed to bring more oversight to the industry.

2 months ago

Teens started dying in greater numbers from fatal drug overdoses in 2020, raising alarm that the trend could continue or worsen. (tillsonburg/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Teen drug overdose deaths rose sharply in 2020, driven by fentanyl-laced pills

For the first time in a decade, overdose deaths among teens in the United States rose dramatically in 2020 and kept rising through 2021 as well.

2 months ago

Signs advertise free Naloxone at a health event.
Politics & Policy

States look for solutions as U.S. fentanyl deaths keep rising

With fentanyl driving fatal overdoses to record levels in the U.S., state governments are scrambling for solutions.

3 months ago

Camden, New Jersey (Alan Tu / WHYY)
Courts & Law

Camden County hails opioid settlement with J&J as ‘game changer’

Camden County will receive $32 million of the state’s settlement that will be used toward education and treatment for residents.

3 months ago

Volunteers from Savage Sisters Recovery, one of the founding organizations of HER.
Community
Billy Penn

New group HER is working to improve Philly’s dangerous recovery house scene, as the first state regulations take effect

“This is a life and death situation,” said the owner of Savage Sisters Recovery, one of the committee’s founding members.

3 months ago

Delaware State Police seized more than 330,000 bags of heroin including 2,500 'logs' of the opioid with a street value of more than $1.6 million. (DSP photo)
Courts & Law

Delaware police seize largest supply of pre-packaged heroin in state history

The record-setting bust in southern Delaware resulted in 44 arrests and the seizure of more than 330,000 bags of heroin.

4 months ago

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