Addiction

About 86% of county jails now offer methadone or buprenorphine, medications that are effective in treating opioid use disorder.

The powerful animal tranquilizer has started appearing in the illicit heroin and fentanyl market in recent years.

Bob Casey and David McCormick have accused each other of contributing to the scourge that is on track to kill 5,000 people in Pennsylvania this year.

The van was funded with Camden County’s opioid settlement dollars.

Medical sociologist Liz Chiarello discusses the effects of prescription drug monitoring programs on both patients and physicians.

Drug overdose deaths among Philadelphians have risen every year since 2018, but preliminary numbers for 2023 show a drop.

Researchers looked at 230 cases of children 6 and younger who accidentally ingested opioids from common and uncommon sources.

Sublocade is a long-acting form of buprenorphine, a medication for opioid use disorder. It’s given once a month as an injection instead of a daily oral dose.

The $1.2 million in Health Resources and Services Administration federal grants is to bring more behavioral health options into primary care.

Critics bemoan lack of health services; city says revitalization will take years.

atTAcK addiction offered support and resources to incoming students at the University of Delaware in hopes of preventing overdose deaths.

The number of overdose deaths nationally fell in 2023 for the first time in five years, but more than 107,000 still lost their lives to overdoses.

The REAL Sports program offers year-round events with sports like golf, softball, cornhole, bocce ball and, soon, pickleball.

Opioid settlements support syringe programs, but they're considered illegal across most of Pennsylvania. A look at the numbers sheds light on the conflict.

Thomas Jefferson University was among the first programs in Philly to distribute Narcan to all incoming medical students.