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Addiction
Penn researchers find transplant potential in hepatitis C-positive hearts
Organs that once would have been rejected were successfully used in uninfected patients by Penn surgeons in a clinical trial.
5 years ago
Delaware health officials to hand out overdose-reversal drug in New Castle Saturday
Delaware health officials will hand out doses of the opioid overdose-reversing medication naloxone at the annual atTAcK Addiction 5K fundraiser in New Castle.
5 years ago
Caring for others in recovery helps Kensington man stay sober
When Rob stumbled into The Last Stop recovery center in Kensington three years ago, he had no intention of getting clean or turning his life around.
5 years ago
Philadelphia lawsuit threatens to shut down Kensington clubhouse for addiction recovery
The city says The Last Stop violates its zoning by allowing some people to live there, and that it lacks a permit for meetings.
5 years ago
Delaware National Guard steps in to help fight drug trafficking, addiction
The guard provides resources — such as training and transportation — to law enforcement agencies across the state in their efforts to tackle drug trafficking.
5 years ago
Listen 1:55Philadelphia police recruits get up-close tour of Kensington neighborhood
The Philadelphia Police Academy’s new class visited the epicenter of the city’s opioid crisis. Officers told them to be open to unconventional solutions.
5 years ago
Listen 2:02N.J. to launch local needle exchanges, enhance services at current sites
The state Department of Health says the plans are part of a broad multiagency strategy to foster syringe-access programs and other offerings across New Jersey.
5 years ago
In Kensington, police offer drug users help instead of criminal charges
A Philadelphia police-assisted diversion program has expanded to the epicenter of the opioid crisis. The goal is to provide services to some drug users — not to make arrests.
5 years ago
With Kensington’s encampments gone, work to end opioid-related homelessness is just beginning
Philadelphia has cleared the Emerald Street encampment, but many in the grip of addiction remain on the street.
5 years ago
Legal sports betting now a sliver of $6 billion in Super Bowl wagers
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware now have legal sports betting. But the overwhelming majority of $6 billion in wagers are placed illegally on Super Bowl Sunday.
5 years ago
Amid bitter cold, Philly closes last Kensington encampment
Philadelphia officials say they will provide housing to all homeless drug users cleared from a camp in Kensington Thursday. But most shelters are already full.
5 years ago
California doctors alarmed as state links their opioid prescriptions to deaths
It wasn't until 2016 that the CDC issued guidelines for prescribing opioids, telling doctors to start with low dosages and increase slowly.
6 years ago
N.J. patients with opioid addiction now qualify for medical marijuana
The news came as a welcome change to officials and advocates trying to expand the state’s medical cannabis program and find innovative ways to battle the opioid crisis.
6 years ago
Philadelphia jail scrambles to find doctors who can prescribe addiction treatment
Due to federal prescribing limits, the men's prison has found itself in a tough position: It has more people who need the drug Suboxone than doctors who can prescribe it.
6 years ago
Listen 2:07New homes for those struggling with addiction set for heart of Philly opioid crisis
In heart of Philadelphia’s opioid epidemic, new home rising for those in recovery
6 years ago