Addiction

Doing harm reduction work can feel like walking a tight line between helping and enabling.

County leaders said the sharps collection initiative is a first step in harm reduction and substance abuse prevention.

For more than a year, the Department of Health has fought to block Spotlight PA’s request for information about the state’s medical marijuana program.

As part of their ongoing addiction awareness campaign, the Trenton Thunder will give away naloxone during Saturday’s game.

“It became extremely apparent that the survivors were really suffering,” said one of the fundraiser’s organizers.

Festivals are allowing lifesaving meds as fentanyl deaths rise, but volunteers are often left to distribute it, and more controversial forms of harm reduction aren't allowed.

A fight between the U.S. Department of Justice and leaders of Pennsylvania’s court system is playing out in federal court.

The workshops are being offered to first responders across Pennsylvania.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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