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Addiction

Oxycodone pain pills prescribed for a patient with chronic pain are photographed in 2016. Attorneys unveiled a plan Friday morning which they say would move the nation closer to a global settlement of lawsuits stemming from the deadly opioid crisis. (John Moore/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Architecture for landmark nationwide opioid settlement unveiled

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.

7 years ago

Suboxone, an oral film prescribed for the medication-assisted treatment of opioid addiction and dependency, is pictured in this Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 photo. (Charles Krupa/AP Photo)
Health

Pennsylvania could make it harder for doctors to prescribe buprenorphine

Pennsylvania Senate may tighten rules on doctors using buprenorphine.

7 years ago

Efforts to limit opioid prescriptions are leading some patients to use more dangerous drugs. (Bigstock)
The Why
Health

The consequences of cutting back on opioid prescriptions

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

Air Date: June 11, 2019

Listen 13:21
Naloxone, commonly known by its brand name, Narcan (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
Community

N.J. will offer overdose-reversing drug naloxone for free at pharmacies on June 18

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.

7 years ago

(Max Marin/Billy Penn)
Health
Billy Penn

Philly’s new EMS overdose team is unlike any in the nation

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

7 years ago

Social worker Shane Randall (Nina Feldman/WHYY)
Health

New Philadelphia emergency unit responds to overdoses in Kensington

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.

7 years ago

Inside Insite, North America’s first public supervised injection facility, located in Vancouver. Photo by Elana Gordon/WHYY
Science

Drexel survey shows wider neighborhood support for overdose prevention site

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

7 years ago

This July 23, 2018 file photo shows packets of buprenorphine, a drug which controls heroin and opioid cravings, in Greenfield, Mass. (Elise Amendola/AP Photo)
Health

Researchers pose as heroin users to find treatment gaps

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

7 years ago

Neighbors say there’s been a spike in drug use and public sleeping at Old City’s hidden Commerce Street path. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Redesigning an Old City green space for park use, not drug use

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.

7 years ago

This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo, shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy. (Toby Talbot/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

New Jersey sues Sackler family over ‘deceptive’ opioid marketing

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

7 years ago

In this Friday, April 12, 2019, file photo, Cheryl Juaire of Marlborough, Mass., (center), leads protesters near the Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Juaire, whose son was addicted to opioids and died of a heroin overdose in 2011, led the demonstration by parents who’ve lost children in the addiction epidemic. They want the Sackler family name removed from the building at Harvard. In New York, there’s a Sackler Wing at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and a Sackler Center for Arts Education at The Guggenheim. There’s a Sackler Room at the National Gallery in London, a Sackler Wing of Oriental Antiquities at the Louvre. (Josh Reynolds/AP Photo)
Health

OxyContin maker Purdue caught up in European opioid probe

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

7 years ago

MRI scan or magnetic resonance image of head and brain scan. Close up view
Science

How genetic is addiction? Camden researchers are collecting brains to find out

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.

7 years ago

(photo credit, Big Stocks)
Radio Times
Health

Kids and screens

Children spend a lot of time on screens, which worries many parents. We discuss the effects of screens on kids' mental, physical, emotional, and social health

Air Date: May 28, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:28
The drug buprenorphine blocks the cravings associated with addiction. It comes in tablets and dissolvable film. The only injectable form available is a drug called Sublocade; a rival drug is ready for market but may be blocked for several years by the FDA. (Tetra Images/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

In midst of opioid crisis, FDA may block new addiction drug from market

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

7 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf listens to trainer Elvis Rosado, (right), of Philadelphia-based Prevention Point on how to administer a nasal spray that reverses an opioid overdose during a demonstration in Wolf's Capitol offices, Wednesday, May 22, 2019, in Harrisburg, Pa. Looking on is Paul Tufano, CEO of AmeriHealth Caritas, a Medicaid insurer that sponsors training. (Marc Levy/AP Photo)
Money

Here’s how Pa. is spending a $56M grant to address opioid addiction

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

7 years ago

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