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Addiction
Housing grants go to people in recovery from opioid abuse
A $15 million grant program aims to help people living with opioid use disorder pay rent, utilities and other housing costs.
5 years ago
Kensington neighbors angered by potential location of supervised injection site
Residents have been working with the city of Philadelphia for months, so they were surprised to learn about a potential site for an overdose-prevention facility.
5 years ago
Why is it so hard to stop eating chocolate? Drexel scientist’s bittersweet research
Your brain responds to the sweet treat using the same pleasure pathway addictive drugs use, new research shows.
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30 years ago, George H.W. Bush held up a bag of crack on live TV. Where’d he get it?
Overall drug use, and the use of crack in particular, was in decline by 1989, but Bush turbocharged the war on drugs that night.
5 years ago
Prosecutors: Bucks company ‘exploited’ drug treatment patients to defraud insurers
A grand jury found that Liberation Way orchestrated a series of schemes to profit from those in the throes of drug and alcohol addiction.
5 years ago
Wolf opposes supervised injection site for Philly, but won’t try to stop it
Though he won't stand in the way of a supervised injection site in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf opposes the facility.
5 years ago
Getting on board the buprenorphine bus
Doctors and Philly health officials are pushing for the drug, whose brand name is Suboxone, to treat addiction, but are pharmacies ready?
5 years ago
N.J. authorities break up heroin operation possibly linked to 84 recent overdose deaths
N.J. authorities urged opioid users to ditch their drugs if they see certain packages after a major bust at a North Jersey facility producing heroin laced with fentanyl.
5 years ago
Rendell says Philly group near deal on home for supervised injection site
A real estate developer who wants to remain anonymous has offered a building in the Kensington area to Safehouse, the ex-governor, a member of the board, told a D.C. crowd.
5 years ago
Weighing options to fight opioid crisis, few U.S. lawmakers tout supervised injection site
With the DOJ trying to shut down Philly's supervised injection site before it opens, it seems unlikely even lawmakers who support the idea will provide help to make it happen.
5 years ago
Getting on board with bupe: Why a crucial addiction treatment drug can be hard to get
Buprenorphine and other medication-assisted treatments could be crucial to treating those suffering from opioid addiction in Philadelphia. So why can it be so hard to get?
Air Date: March 21, 2019
Listen 14:23Gov. Wolf signs sixth opioid crisis disaster declaration
Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf says the opioid crisis remains a disaster emergency, though there are signs that drug overdose deaths may be declining.
5 years ago
Pa. lawmakers seek to use vacant state-owned buildings for addiction recovery
The plan raises a question lawmakers and state agencies aren't yet able to answer: How many buildings does the state have sitting around vacant?
5 years ago
N.J. considering supervised injection sites to blunt impact of opioid epidemic
Opposition is expected, but proponents see an effective antidote to the ‘staggering’ toll taken by illegal use of narcotics.
5 years ago
How to stop overdoses? One lawmaker wants to perfect the ‘warm hand-off’
First responders in Pennsylvania have been reporting a recurring problem when reviving overdose victims. Often, they're helping the same people, over and over.
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