Addiction

The city’s push to open in Kensington still faces resistance. Meanwhile, the nonprofit has just $200,000 in the bank.

WHYY's Nina Feldman gives us an update on the legal battles over supervised injection sites in Philadelphia.

Half of Pennsylvania hospitals are all-in for a financial incentive program to connect emergency room patients with continuing opioid treatment.

Liz Moore discusses her new crime novel, "Long Bright River" about two sisters, one a police officer and the other a drug-addict, caught up in Philadelphia's opioid crisis.

A state program is doling out $5 million to encourage professionals to help curb the overdose crisis.

An October ruling that what would become the 1st U.S. supervised injection site did not violate the “crackhouse statute” was too narrow to close the case.

Enduring opioid epidemic, rising cost of prescription drugs and of health care overall are set to remain big issues for patients, providers and state officials.

New research finds opioid overdose deaths could increase by as much as 85% in counties where auto plants close.

For many Americans, hallucinogens still evoke the psychedelic '60s, bringing to mind the sex-and-drugs lifestyle of the hippie counterculture.

Elvis Rosado was a pivotal part of the Kensington harm reduction nonprofit.

Deb Beck is a formidable power player in Harrisburg, influencing the state’s response to a drug addiction epidemic. But critics say 'there is more to the story.’

Twelve people overdosed in Berks County over the weekend. Three of them died.

An action plan is being finalized to meet Gov. Phil Murphy’s goal of ending new infections by 2025.

People have been playing music together in the small Appalachian town of Hindman, Ky., since it was founded in the late 1800s.