Addiction

New Jersey officials distributed 20,000 free naloxone packs to pharmacies, and said Tuesday’s event was a pilot program that could be expanded in the future.

Jails face increasing pressures as they house large numbers of mentally ill and addicted inmates. But the policies that contributed to this problem are decades in the making.

Deaths connected to suicide, drugs, and alcohol are soaring among millennials nationwide, and hitting Pennsylvania especially hard.

Such a deal could funnel billions of dollars to American communities struggling with the addiction crisis while restoring stability to one of America's biggest industries.

Pennsylvania Senate may tighten rules on doctors using buprenorphine.

Efforts to limit opioid prescriptions are leading some patients to use more dangerous drugs.

It’s the latest salvo in the ongoing fight against the opioid crisis in New Jersey, which saw more than 3,100 drug-overdose deaths last year.

The new EMS unit, called AR-2, was announced Wednesday. It has a two-pronged goal: reverse overdoses and connect people to treatment services.

A new emergency unit pairs paramedics, social workers in answering overdose calls in Kensington. Local officials say it’s the first of its kind in the U.S.

New research out of Drexel University found 90% of neighborhood residents responding to a survey approved of opening a supervised injection facility there.

The study revealed other roadblocks: high fees and a government website riddled with wrong phone numbers.

Community members see discarded syringes in the Old City walkway known as Commerce Street. With a $1.25 million redo, they hope to make it less secluded.

New Jersey has filed a civil lawsuit against the Sackler family, which controls the opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma.

No other country is experiencing an addiction problem on a U.S. scale, Mundipharma noted. But, globally, the network continues to expand.

To better understand opioid-use disorder, Camden researchers are starting a biobank to study brain and blood samples of people who’ve died of overdoses.