
Addiction
Could Future & Juice WRLD be trap’s Trojan-horse advocates for drug policy reform?
If it's hard to separate the celebration from the social critique, that's exactly the point.
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Rural Americans are OK with ‘outside’ help to beat opioid crisis and boost economy
Rural Americans willing to allow people from outside their communities to help with the opioid epidemic.
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Delaware launches overdose task force to prevent opioid deaths
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U.S. health chief says overdose deaths beginning to level off
More than 70,000 people died of drug overdoses last year.
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Addiction without an ending in ‘Beautiful Boy’
What if you were trapped in the middle of a traditional addiction narrative forever?
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Wolf administration adds funds for families hit by opioid crisis
The state plans to spend more to help families impacted by the opioid epidemic raise children.
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Delaware AG: More treatment beds needed to fight opioid crisis
In the past four years, about 1,000 Delawareans have died from drug overdoses, mostly as a result of opioids.
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Delaware trying to connect those struggling with substance use to social services
The effort launches as just 38 percent of Delawareans who are diagnosed with substance abuse make it into treatment.
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Philadelphia wary of Hepatitis A outbreak as Kensington homeless population grows
The disease is usually spread through contaminated feces.
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Former Philly sportscaster Don Tollefson tries his hand helping others seek addiction treatment
Disgraced former Philly sportscaster Don Tollefson is trying to pay it forward.
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Listen 5:16The roots of the overdose crisis
Air Date: September 26, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 48:56Philly says it’s simple: Narcan saves lives. Knowing when to use it can be more complicated
Philadelphia wants residents to carry Narcan to prevent overdose deaths. But in the face of a possible emergency, a reporter found the reality is harder than it seems.
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Listen 6:12In Philly, U.S. surgeon general calls for opioid crisis ‘interventions that are legal’
Nearly 30,000 people gathered Saturday morning at Penn’s Landing for Philadelphia's 17th annual Recovery Walk.
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