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Addiction

In this Feb. 23, 2010 photo, Dr. Jacob Khushigian checks on a patient who had overdosed with his portable computer data base shown in a Kaweah Delta Emergency Room in Visalia, Calif. (Gary Kazanjian/AP Photo)
Health

Opioid prescription database helps Pa. doctors find at-risk patients

The prescription drug monitoring program has led to a 20 percent drop in opioid prescriptions in Pennsylvania, according to the state health department.

5 years ago

Dr. Rachel Levine, Pennsylvania's secretary of health, speaks to reporters. (Brett Sholtis/Transforming Health)
Health

Pa. updates plan to fight opioid addiction

The new year is also bringing a new push to pass legislation that would allow Department of Health to declare a "public health emergency."

5 years ago

In this Dec. 14, 2018 photo, a mirror tied to a tree reflects a heroin user preparing his dose, in an area popular for people with a drug addiction behind an abandoned home in Humacao, Puerto Rico. Heroin users will often use the mirror to get a better view of themselves when injecting, especially when into their necks. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
Health

Growing opioid crisis adds to Puerto Rico’s problems

The opioid crisis in Puerto Rico has not reached the epidemic levels of the U.S. mainland, but officials worry it will catch up soon.

5 years ago

(Mark Lennihan/AP Photo, File)
Health

Smoking ban at Philly drug treatment centers riles social workers

Social workers are warning that a new ban on smoking at Philadelphia drug treatment centers could be deal breaker for those seeking help.

5 years ago

Delaware's Department of Health and Social Services Secretary Kara Odom Walker outlines the state's new effort to connect victims of substance abuse with social services provided by the state. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

Delaware overdose deaths could top 400 in 2018

Through Christmas, 286 deaths from suspected overdoses were reported. When final toxicology reports are completed in a few months however, that number could soar to over 400.

5 years ago

Oxycodone pain pills prescribed for a patient with chronic pain. (John Moore/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Opioid-makers face wave of lawsuits in 2019

Thousands of state and local governments are demanding that companies like Purdue Pharma, Walmart and Rite-Aid compensate them for the costs of the opioid crisis.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Supreme Court. (Image via Google Maps)
Courts & Law

Pa. Supreme Court rules mothers’ drug use in pregnancy isn’t child abuse

The court's main opinion issued Friday says the law's definition of a child doesn't include fetuses or unborn children, and it says victims of perpetrators must be children.

5 years ago

Heidi Wyandt, 27, holds a handful of her medication bottles at the Altoona Center for Clinical Research in Altoona, Pa., on Wednesday, March 29, 2017, where she is helping test an experimental non-opioid pain medication for chronic back pain related to a work related injury she received in 2014. (Chris Post/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia asks doctors to prescribe non-opioids first

In the midst of an opioid crisis in Philadelphia, the city asks doctors to change how they prescribe pain-killers for after surgery.

5 years ago

(Jean Pieri/Pioneer Press via AP)
Radio Times
Health

What is C.B.D.?

Guests: Payton Guion, Marcel Bonn-Miller, Max Tuttleman Perhaps you’ve noticed a mysterious substance called C. ...

Air Date: December 19, 2018 10:00 am

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Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney speaks to Kensington residents about his opioid emergency response executive order at the McPherson Square Library Tuesday evening. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Community

Kenney extends Philly’s emergency response to opioid crisis in Kensington

Despite progress on some fronts, city officials admit other goals to deal with the opioid crisis in Kensington are taking longer to reach than planned.

5 years ago

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Health

Pa. mulls more naloxone handouts after strong demand

Pennsylvania is considering holding more naloxone giveaways after finding even more demand than officials had planned for at a recent event.

5 years ago

South Central Emergency Services Chief and CEO Jason Campbell stands next to an EMS vehicle. (Brett Sholtis/Transforming Health)
Health
PA Post

Pa. offering paramedics wrong naloxone dose, health dept says

The Department of Health's policy directs the use of intravenous doses, not the nasal spray.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman talks about steps taken to ensure access to opioid addiction treatment during a visit to a Walgreens pharmacy in Kensington.
Health

Pennsylvania leading the way in making addiction treatment more available

Opioid prescriptions have fallen by 28 percent in Pennsylvania from 2013 to 2018, but overdoses and deaths continue to rise.

5 years ago

Charles Greif, 27, accepts a naloxone pack from Philadelphia health department worker Fatimah Maiga at Holmsburg Library, one of 80 sites across Pennsylvania where the overdose reversal drug was distributed for free.
Health

Naloxone, just in case: Pennsylvania hands out thousands of overdose-reversal kits

More than 5,100 kits were made available at 80 health clinics, libraries and public spaces across Pennsylvania.

5 years ago

A grinch Governor Wolf appears on a flyer inviting Philadelphians to create holiday cards to send to Governor Wolf asking him to end a DOC policy that doesn’t allow families to send cards of photos to incarcerated family members. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Holiday card campaign to Gov. Wolf calls for repeal of Pa.'s new prison mail policy

The new policy was put in place in August when staff and inmates fell ill after drug exposure. Mail now goes to a facility in Florida, and inmates receive a scanned copy.

5 years ago

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