Addiction

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.

It wasn't until 2016 that the CDC issued guidelines for prescribing opioids, telling doctors to start with low dosages and increase slowly.

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.

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.

In heart of Philadelphia’s opioid epidemic, new home rising for those in recovery

Americans now have a 1 in 96 chance of dying from an opioid overdose, according to the council's analysis of 2017 data on accidental death.

Science calls addiction a "brain disease," but critics say that label fails to show that addiction is a learning problem with roots in both biology and behavior.

Safehouse, the Philadelphia nonprofit planning to open what may be the country’s first supervised injection site, has hired an executive director.

The prescription drug monitoring program has led to a 20 percent drop in opioid prescriptions in Pennsylvania, according to the state health department.

The new year is also bringing a new push to pass legislation that would allow Department of Health to declare a "public health emergency."

The opioid crisis in Puerto Rico has not reached the epidemic levels of the U.S. mainland, but officials worry it will catch up soon.

Social workers are warning that a new ban on smoking at Philadelphia drug treatment centers could be deal breaker for those seeking help.

Through Christmas, 286 deaths from suspected overdoses were reported. When final toxicology reports are completed in a few months however, that number could soar to over 400.

Thousands of state and local governments are demanding that companies like Purdue Pharma, Walmart and Rite-Aid compensate them for the costs of the opioid crisis.

The court's main opinion issued Friday says the law's definition of a child doesn't include fetuses or unborn children, and it says victims of perpetrators must be children.