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Addiction

The Philadelphia Department of Public Health is launching a new installment of an awareness campaign called
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Philly ad campaign calls prescription painkillers ‘heroin in pill form’

The Philadelphia Dept. of Public Health is running TV and social media ads warning people to avoid prescription painkillers, even when they get them legally from their doctor.

5 years ago

Governor Tom Wolf speaks at the First Steps Treatment Center at Chester-Crozer Medical Center.
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

Pennsylvania cuts red tape for medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction

Pa.'s Medicaid program will no longer require doctors to get approval when prescribing medications that are proven to help people stay off heroin and prescription painkillers.

5 years ago

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The FDA is expected to issue new guidelines next month to encourage drugmakers to develop new medications for treating opioid addiction.(Bigstock)
Health

As FDA encourages new medications for opioid addiction, roadblocks to treatment remain

The FDA is expected to issue new guidelines next month to encourage drugmakers to develop new medications for treating opioid addiction.

5 years ago

In February 2017, Dr. Alan Summers confessed to his role in overseeing a now-defunct South Philadelphia clinic specializing in helping addicts. (https://goo.gl/maps/d5NdUNVS5RQ2)
Courts & Law

Ambler doctor gets prison for supplying prescription pills to addicts, dealers in South Philly

Judge tells Dr. Alan Summers, 79, that his clinic 'made an absolute mockery' of the medical profession by supplying addicts and dealers with drugs.

5 years ago

Ashley Copeland (right) talks to her mom Sue Iverson in the Swedish Medical Center emergency department, near Denver. Copeland got a nerve-blocking anesthetic instead of opioids to ease her severe headache. At discharge she was advised to use over-the-counter painkillers, if necessary.
(John Daley/CPR News)
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Health

These 10 ERs sharply reduced opioid use and still eased pain

The 10 hospitals that took part in the collaboration were scattered all over Colorado.

5 years ago

Susquehanna Township EMS Captain Dan Tempel collects information from a man who he just revived from a drug overdose. (Brett Sholtis/Transforming Health)
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Audio postcard: First responders save man who has overdosed on heroin

As a note to listeners, some of the sounds contained in this story may be disturbing.

5 years ago

Paul Cherashore of the Philadelphia Overdose Prevention Initiative holds a dose of naloxone, an antidote for opioid overdoses. (Courtenay Harris Bond)
Health

Independence Blue Cross joins health insurers ending co-pays for naloxone

When the policy change takes effect March 1, many covered under its health insurance plans will be able to obtain the drug at no cost.

5 years ago

Booths line the Cactus safe-injection site where drug addicts can shoot up using clean needles, get medical supervision, and freedom from arrest in Montreal.  (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press via AP)
Health

Mapping project to assess best, worst locations for Philly safe-injection site

As Philadelphia mulls opening what could be the nation’s first safe-injection site, questions swirl about its location. Researchers are trying to figure that out.

5 years ago

This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo, shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy. (Toby Talbot/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Camden County sues drug makers to recoup the millions its spent fighting opioid crisis

The county is the latest local government in the Philadelphia area to sue drug makers for flooding the market with legal, but highly addictive painkillers in recent years.

5 years ago

FILE - This July 31, 2017, file photo shows discarded syringes in an open-air heroin market that has thrived for decades, slated for cleanup along train tracks a few miles outside the heart of Philadelphia. Philadelphia wants to become the first U.S. city to allow supervised drug injection sites as a way to combat the opioid epidemic, city officials announced Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, saying they would seek outside operators to establish one or more safe injection sites. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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Politics & Policy

The push for safe injection sites in Philadelphia

Guests: Dionne Butts, Mary Beth Appel, Christopher Moraff Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and District Attorney Lar ...

Air Date: February 21, 2018

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Addiction Diagnosis. (Picture/Bigstock Photo)
Health

Delaware to implement model for addiction treatment

The state is asking recipients to treat more than 900 new individuals across three counties during the first 12 months of launching the model of care in the state.

5 years ago

Amanda Fury listens to a resident's comment during a presentation on neighborhood conditions at a recent meeting of Somerset Neighbors for Better Living.
Health

Kensington residents: Stronger commitment to neighborhood must accompany any safe-injection site

Residents have a long list of grievances about conditions including used syringes and human feces littering streets, as well as sidewalks blocked by makeshift tents.

5 years ago

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In this Dec. 23, 2010 file photo, a police officer arrests a man during a crackdown on illegal purchases of over-the-counter cold medications  (Jeff Roberson/AP Photo, File)
Community

As opioids steal the spotlight, meth seizures rising in Southeastern Pa.

In January, a joint investigation involving Bucks and Montgomery counties seized 350 pounds of crystal meth mailed to Pennsylvania by traffickers in California.

5 years ago

(From right) Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, Philadelphia Department of Health commissioner Dr. Tom Farley, AIM’s Carol Rostucher, and 7th District City Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sanchez. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia DA drops 50 marijuana-possession cases

Most people caught in the city with small amounts of marijuana receive citations, but some are still being charged with misdemeanors.

5 years ago

U.S. Attorney Lou Lappen says Philadelphia's idea of establishing a facility for those struggling with opioid addiction to use drugs under medical supervision sounds like a “self-suicide site.” (Bobby Allyn/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Philly plan for safe-injection site ‘oxymoronic,’ U.S. attorney says

Federal prosecutor opposes opening a facility for illegal drug use in Philadelphia. City officials say it's part of an effort to get users into treatment — and save lives.

5 years ago

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