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While maintaining the civility and fairness that are the hallmarks of public radio, On the Media tackles sticky issues with a frankness and transparency that has built trust with listeners and earned it awards for its body of work.

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Addiction

Future (right) and Juice WRLD blur the lines between celebration and social critique in three videos. (YouTube)
NPR
Lifestyle

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.

5 years ago

Among at least some rural Americans, pragmatism may now be superseding traditional disdain for government and the prizing of rugged individualism. (Angela Hsieh/NPR)
NPR
Health

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.

5 years ago

U.S. Attorney for Delaware David Weiss details a new task force led by the DEA to arrest and prosecute those who distribute heroin and fentanyl. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Delaware launches overdose task force to prevent opioid deaths

Joel Davis thought he was taking a dose of heroin inside his Newark home on Feb. 15, 2017. What he didn’t know was that the drug had be ...

5 years ago

In this June 26, 2018 file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.  Azar says the number of drug overdose deaths has begun to level off after years of relentless increases driven by the opioid epidemic. But Azar cautioned in a speech Tuesday it’s too early to declare victory.  (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Health

U.S. health chief says overdose deaths beginning to level off

More than 70,000 people died of drug overdoses last year.

5 years ago

First lady Melania Trump speaks during a visit to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Health

First lady Melania Trump visits Philly to support tracking system for babies born in opioid withdrawal

After a brief ...

5 years ago

Drug addiction is a big concern to rural Americans, according to a new poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
NPR
Health

NPR poll: Rural Americans are worried about addiction and jobs, but remain optimistic

5 years ago

Based on the memoirs of a young man suffering from addiction and his worried father, the film stars Timothée Chalamet (left) as Nic Sheff and Steve Carell as David Sheff. (Francois Duhamel/Amazon Studios)
NPR
Lifestyle

Addiction without an ending in ‘Beautiful Boy’

What if you were trapped in the middle of a traditional addiction narrative forever?

5 years ago

Teresa Miller speaks with members of the media during a news conference at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Money

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.

5 years ago

Delaware AG Matt Denn says more needs to be done to combat the state's opioid epidemic. (WHYY, file)
Community

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.

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)
Health

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.

5 years ago

Sanitation workers clear away mounds of garbage from a heroin encampment at Lehigh and Kensington avenues. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Philadelphia wary of Hepatitis A outbreak as Kensington homeless population grows

The disease is usually spread through contaminated feces.

5 years ago

Don Tollefson (Battling Opioids)
Health

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.

5 years ago

Listen 5:16
In this April 2, 2018 photo, pharmacist Steve Protzel poses for photos holding a bottle of OxyContin at Daniel's Pharmacy in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Radio Times
Health

The roots of the overdose crisis

Guests: Beth Macy, Aubrey Whelan A “bad batch” of drugs, most likely a mix of heroine, fentanyl and K2, kille ...

Air Date: September 26, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:56
Jasmine Johnson (right), offers Narcan to people using drugs in McPherson Square Park in Kensington. The man refused her offer because he maintained the woman was breathing, and did not want to risk sending her into withdrawal. (Erika Schroeder/WHYY)
Health

Philly 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.

5 years ago

Listen 6:12
Participants in the 2018 Recovery Walk return to Penn’s Landing Saturday morning. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Health

In 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.

5 years ago

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