Addiction

Councilman Mark Squilla has introduced a bill that could prevent the nation’s first supervised injection site from opening at the proposed Kensington location.

A $15 million grant program aims to help people living with opioid use disorder pay rent, utilities and other housing costs.

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.

Your brain responds to the sweet treat using the same pleasure pathway addictive drugs use, new research shows.

Overall drug use, and the use of crack in particular, was in decline by 1989, but Bush turbocharged the war on drugs that night.

A grand jury found that Liberation Way orchestrated a series of schemes to profit from those in the throes of drug and alcohol addiction.

Though he won't stand in the way of a supervised injection site in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf opposes the facility.

Doctors and Philly health officials are pushing for the drug, whose brand name is Suboxone, to treat addiction, but are pharmacies ready?

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.

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.

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.

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?

Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf says the opioid crisis remains a disaster emergency, though there are signs that drug overdose deaths may be declining.

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?

Opposition is expected, but proponents see an effective antidote to the ‘staggering’ toll taken by illegal use of narcotics.