
Addiction
Gov. Wolf calls drug issue in Philly ‘sad and depressing’ after tour of Kensington
Governor Tom Wolf said more needs to be done after touring Kensington and seeing firsthand the impact opioid use can take on a neighborhood.
8 months ago
The Justice Department moves to block the Purdue Pharma Sackler bankruptcy deal
A division of the Justice Department that serves as a watchdog over the federal bankruptcy system filed an appeal late Wednesday.
8 months ago
Wolf administration ordered to reveal details of cannabis use as drug addiction treatment
The Office of Open Records ruled in favor of Spotlight PA and ordered the health department to disclose how many patients are certified for cannabis use.
8 months ago
Opioid overdoses rose during the pandemic by 30% -- in Philadelphia over 1200 people died in 2020. This hour we'll talk about what's fueling the growing opioid crisis.
Air Date: September 1, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Flags lowered to honor Delaware lives lost to the opioid crisis
Family members of those who died from overdoses lowered state, county and U.S. flags outside New Castle County government headquarters Friday.
9 months ago
Why Philly keeps a billion-dollar open-air drug market contained in Kensington
The containment of Kensington’s drug market demonstrates the systematic racism that plagues Philadelphia, Eduardo Esquivel writes.
9 months ago
Many ERs fail people who struggle with addiction. These new approaches might help
Many hospitals fail to screen for substance use, offer medications to treat opioid use disorder or connect patients to follow-up care.
9 months ago
‘Big Vape: The Incendiary Rise of Juul’
Time Magazine's Jamie Ducharme on the rise and fall of Juul and how the e-cigarette company went from helping people quit smoking to hooking teens on vaping.
Air Date: August 12, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:15Feds roll back ‘confusing’ addiction funding rules that had deadly consequence in Pa.
The change impacts people who need addiction treatment and use medical marijuana for a substance use or mental health disorder.
10 months ago
Kenney: No more arrests for possession of fentanyl test strips
The strips allow people to test other drugs for the presence of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that has played a major part in driving the country’s rising overdose death toll.
10 months ago
Allegheny County joins Philly in backlash to Shapiro’s opioid settlement deal
The DA’s of Pennsylvania’s two biggest counties say an opioid settlement deal brokered by Attorney General Josh Shapiro won’t provide enough relief.
10 months ago
Wolf wants to extend opioid emergency declaration; GOP skeptical
GOP lawmakers say they’re still weighing Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s request to extend a longstanding disaster declaration to combat the opioid crisis.
10 months ago
Wolf wants lawmakers to extend opioid emergency declaration
In a letter to the General Assembly, Tom Wolf said he plans an Aug. 5 renewal of the disaster emergency declaration first issued in January 2018.
10 months ago
Delaware issues fines to insurers for not treating people with mental health or substance abuse issues as fairly as they treat others.
10 months ago
Listen 1:35Krasner sues Pa. AG over settlement agreement with opioid distributors
The complaint effectively asks a state judge to allow an ongoing lawsuit against opioid manufacturers to continue, which the settlement jeopardizes.
10 months ago