Addiction

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.

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A loophole in federal law might block at least one new opioid-addiction drug from coming to market for years.

Housing for people with opioid use disorder tops the list of spending from a large federal grant to address opioid addiction in Pennsylvania.

National nonprofit awards groups fighting opioid epidemic with innovative programs and initiatives that can be established all over the country.

A plan to create a supervised injection site in Philadelphia is faces fierce opposition from neighbors in Kensington, ground zero of the city's opioid epidemic.

A group of Lansdowne residents is fighting a methadone treatment center for opioid users that is set to open just a few feet away in Upper Darby.

DA Larry Krasner and other U.S. prosecutors hope to learn more about the decriminalization of illicit substances in favor of a public health approach.

Pennsylvania's state attorney general filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing the company that makes OxyContin of fueling the opioid epidemic.

The experience of a brother or sister of someone with a drug addiction is distinct from a parent’s. Siblings may feel guilty they didn’t see signs of a substance problem.

The basic issue is trust, one expert says: A trust that’s been broken by a brother or sister, and sometimes in deeply painful ways.

Kensington residents vocally oppose Safehouse’s planned site in the neighborhood. Some supporters aim to help with messaging, to get more people on board.

In the face of hundreds of fatal overdoses, Delaware’s public health chief urges Congress to continue funding efforts to stop the flow of fentanyl.