Addiction

Eighty locations across Pennsylvania are getting ready to hand out free naloxone this Thursday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The guidelines say all emergency departments in the state should be ready to treat patients who are already addicted with medications that prevent painful withdrawal symptoms.

Many rural communities lack basic resources for substance abuse.

Julia Chapman knows her mental illness played a role in heroin use.

Prescription heroin as a form of maintenance therapy dates back to the early 1920s in the UK.

Congress authorized millions to fund mental health services to help schools treat students who have experienced trauma due to the opioid epidemic.

Former New York City mayor picked Pennsylvania to get the initial grant because of the severity of the crisis in the state and Gov. Tom Wolf’s work toward solutions.

More than 70,000 people died of drug overdoses last year alone, according to the CDC. That number marks a nearly 10 percent increase from 2016.

DEA says community outreach efforts — including sponsoring after-school and summer programs — are as vital as its law enforcement mission in addressing the opioid epidemic.

I went to Kensington on Black Friday and saw the devastation of the heroin crisis.

Based in Bucks County, the site is designed to function like Zip Recruiter or Monster.com – employers pay to post jobs and those seeking work apply for them.

It's been about six months since Philadelphia first tried to break up encampments of homeless drug users. So what happens to the people who are forced to leave?

Tensions flared Friday over Philadelphia's plans to build another shelter for people addicted to opioids in Kensington.

It's not exactly clear what happened with the money, though Bobbitt's attorney has said it's all gone.