
Addiction
Distribution and use of naloxone rise in N.J. and across nation
Various data sources make it clear that easy access to the overdose antidote is critical in preventing opioid deaths.
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Delaware app helps people locate nearby substance use help
Friends and family looking to help loved ones battling addiction can now access an app to find treatment and other support.
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Listen 0:49Wolf administration eyes stimulant use, adds resources for families affected by opioid deaths
The Wolf administration is adding resources to fight opioid addiction and prevent overdoses, while pointing to the rising problem of non-opioid drugs such as stimulants.
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Are blue lights a solution to Philly’s opioid epidemic?
Blue lights have been popping up around Philadelphia, even in some Starbucks bathrooms. Are the lights a solution to the opioid crisis or are they making it more dangerous?
Air Date: August 1, 2019
Listen 12:16Fentanyl cleanups can cost up to $50,000 each, thanks to urban legend
The likelihood of accidental OD is severely overhyped.
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On Saturday, Millati Islami World Services — the national organization that supports chapters across the country — will host its 30th-anniversary celebration in Camden.
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Clean streets program allows those struggling with addiction to literally work towards recovery
A work program designed to help keep Delaware’s streets clean is also helping those struggling with addiction work to recovery.
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Philly’s opioid epidemic is so bad Starbucks has blue lights in the bathrooms
The coffee giant also has needle disposals at the ready.
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Federal judge orders release of dataset showing drug industry’s role in opioid crisis
For the first time, a federal court in Ohio is releasing a trove of data that offers far more detail about the size and scope of the nation's opioid epidemic
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Signing three bills, Murphy adds weapons to war against addiction
The new measures boost awareness of opioid misuse, add warning labels on medicine bottles containing opiates, and write MAT into law in New Jersey.
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More kids are getting placed in foster care because of parents’ drug use
The number of cases of children entering the foster care system due to parental drug use has more than doubled since 2000, according to research published this week
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Oklahoma AG calls N.J. company ‘kingpin’ in state’s opioid crisis
Consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson was a "kingpin" company that helped fuel the most devastating public health crisis in Oklahoma history, the AG argued Monday.
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Dozens of prosecutors across the country are now backing Safehouse.
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Bloomberg Philanthropies gives Pennsylvania $10 million to reduce overdose deaths
The state, where 5,400 people fatally overdosed in 2017, was chosen in hopes it could offer models for both hard-hit rural and urban regions.
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Half of OD deaths in Delaware study happened three months after an ER visit
A new study of Delaware overdose deaths in 2018 found 52% of people who died had visited the emergency room within three months of their death.
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