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Addiction

File - Supplies are shown on a desk at Safer Inside, a realistic model of a safe injection site in San Francisco,  Aug. 29, 2018. The Justice Department is signaling it might be open to allowing so-called safe injection sites, or safe havens for people to use heroin and other narcotics with protections against fatal overdoses. The department's stance comes a year after federal prosecutors won a major court ruling that found the sites would violate federal law. The Justice Department tells The Associated Press it is talking to regulators about “appropriate guardrails” for the sites. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
Courts & Law

Justice Dept. signals it may allow safe injection sites

The position is a drastic change from its stance in the Trump administration, when prosecutors fought vigorously against a plan to open a safe consumption site in Philadelphia

3 years ago

Health Commissioner Cheryl Bettigole with the Narcan vending machine. (Nina Feldman / WHYY)
Health

Philly unveils first-of-its-kind Narcan vending machine at West Philly Free Library

The pilot program for distributing the overdose-reversing drug is funded by a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

3 years ago

An aerial view of Kensington
Health
Billy Penn

As ‘tranq’ infiltrates Philly drug supply, new health specialists will help

Use of xylazine, a horse tranquilizer, leads to wounds that are very difficult to treat.

3 years ago

This June 17, 2019, file photo shows 5-mg pills of Oxycodone. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
Health

Native American tribes reach $590M settlement over opioids

A federal court filing made Tuesday in Cleveland lays out the details of the settlements with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and distribution companies.

4 years ago

Needles are bundled in tens for Philadelphia's Prevention Point's exchange program. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Bill expanding needle exchanges in N.J. moves to full Legislature

The proposal removes a requirement that harm reduction centers get permission from municipal governments to operate.

4 years ago

An illustration of people wandering around, searching for treatment
NPR
Health

Limits on virtual addiction treatment may soon return, making care harder to access

A ban on using telemedicine to prescribe controlled medications was suspended in the pandemic. That's allowed many to seek opioid addiction treatment.

4 years ago

A collage of 1960s and 1970s menthol cigarette advertisements that targeted Black Americans.
Radio Times

‘Pushing Cool: Big Tobacco, Racial Marketing and the Untold Story of the Menthol Cigarette’

In his book, "Pushing Cool," Princeton professor Keith Wailoo exposes how the tobacco industry targeted Black Americans with menthol cigarette marketing.

Air Date: December 22, 2021 10:00 am

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A rendering of a brain breaking apart into small pieces
The Pulse
Science

Amnesia, Opioids and Why We Forget

In 2018, Owen Rivers woke up in a hospital bed after a fentanyl overdose — and could no longer form new memories. It was a terrifying e ...

Air Date: December 10, 2021

Listen 49:32
File Photo: Safe injection site supporters in Philadelphia rallied outside a federal hearing to determine if the proposed Safehouse would violate the federal Controlled Substances Act.
Health

Time for Safehouse to ask forgiveness, not permission, on Philly supervised injection site, experts say

Once the national leader in the charge to open a supervised injection site, the nonprofit group is mired in legal battles, with no clear path out.

4 years ago

A person holds a box of Narcan spray
Health
Billy Penn

‘Narcan Near Me’: Philadelphia to pilot Narcan vending machines to help stop fatal overdoses

The first machines will be installed in South and West Philly, where opioid-related deaths are on the rise.

4 years ago

This photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. (Patrick Sison/AP Photo)
Health

U.S. overdose deaths topped 100,000 in one year, officials say

An estimated 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in one year, a never-before-seen milestone.

4 years ago

Harm reduction advocates arguedvthat banning smoking in treatment would act as yet another obstacle to recovery. (stasokulov / BigStock)
Health

Philly rolls back smoking ban at inpatient drug treatment centers

Harm reduction advocates criticized the policy, arguing that banning smoking in treatment would act as yet another obstacle to recovery.

4 years ago

A package of unused syringes and needles is found next to a vacant building in northeast Albuquerque, New Mexico, where crews attempted to clear the lot of used needles and other heroin paraphernalia on Friday, Aug. 9, 2019. Bernalillo County officials have launched a digital mapping tool to track the places where heroin needles and syringes are found in New Mexico's largest city
Health

How Philadelphia’s rising HIV rate reflects opioid trends

In 2019, 83 Philadelphians were newly diagnosed with HIV through injection drug use — compared to just 33 in 2016. The figures for 2020 are due soon.

4 years ago

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Jen Smith is seen wearing a mask in a crowd
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. is on the brink of regulating recovery homes for the first time

The Wolf administration could implement new oversight of recovery homes by mid-2022, though challenges could cause delays.

4 years ago

Supervised injection site supporters in Philadelphia rallied outside a federal hearing to determine if the proposed Safehouse would violate the federal Controlled Substances Act
Courts & Law

What happens now that the Supreme Court won’t hear Safehouse’s supervised injection site case?

The high court rejected a request to overturn an appeals court ruling. So Safehouse has a new plan: force the Biden administration to take a stand.

4 years ago

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