
Addiction
Pa. offering paramedics wrong naloxone dose, health dept says
The Department of Health's policy directs the use of intravenous doses, not the nasal spray.
7 years ago
Pennsylvania leading the way in making addiction treatment more available
Opioid prescriptions have fallen by 28 percent in Pennsylvania from 2013 to 2018, but overdoses and deaths continue to rise.
7 years ago
Naloxone, just in case: Pennsylvania hands out thousands of overdose-reversal kits
More than 5,100 kits were made available at 80 health clinics, libraries and public spaces across Pennsylvania.
7 years ago
Holiday card campaign to Gov. Wolf calls for repeal of Pa.'s new prison mail policy
The new policy was put in place in August when staff and inmates fell ill after drug exposure. Mail now goes to a facility in Florida, and inmates receive a scanned copy.
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Listen 1:37Pa. prepares to give out free overdose reversal drugs Thursday
Eighty locations across Pennsylvania are getting ready to hand out free naloxone this Thursday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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Updated Pa. guidelines say all ERs should treat addicted patients with medication
The guidelines say all emergency departments in the state should be ready to treat patients who are already addicted with medications that prevent painful withdrawal symptoms.
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Listen 1:15For one rural community, fighting addiction started with recruiting the right doctor
Many rural communities lack basic resources for substance abuse.
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Mental illness, substance-use disorder often occur together
Julia Chapman knows her mental illness played a role in heroin use.
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Philadelphia organizes second major Kensington street cleaning of 2018
City workers and volunteers in Philadelphia are teaming up for the second time in as many months to beautify dozens of trash and needle-s ...
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Is America ready for prescription heroin?
Prescription heroin as a form of maintenance therapy dates back to the early 1920s in the UK.
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School-based counselors help kids cope with fallout from drug addiction
Congress authorized millions to fund mental health services to help schools treat students who have experienced trauma due to the opioid epidemic.
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Pa. getting $10 million under first Bloomberg grant to combat opioid addiction
Former New York City mayor picked Pennsylvania to get the initial grant because of the severity of the crisis in the state and Gov. Tom Wolf’s work toward solutions.
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U.S. life expectancy drops amid ‘disturbing’ rise in overdoses and suicides
More than 70,000 people died of drug overdoses last year alone, according to the CDC. That number marks a nearly 10 percent increase from 2016.
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Aiming to raise awareness about drugs, DEA hosts summit for Philly kids
DEA says community outreach efforts — including sponsoring after-school and summer programs — are as vital as its law enforcement mission in addressing the opioid epidemic.
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Listen 1:31Rethinking the Kensington drug crisis
I went to Kensington on Black Friday and saw the devastation of the heroin crisis.
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