Addiction
FDA OKs powerful opioid pill as alternative to IV painkiller
In one study, the pill provided about the same pain relief to patients as IV morphine.
7 years ago
Dozens hit Philly’s Kensington Avenue for first ‘large-scale’ cleanup
Miguel Sanders stopped in his tracks. Towards the tail end of the morning rush on Thursday, dozens of volunteers swarmed the busy ...
7 years ago
Needle drop boxes land in Kensington parks and SEPTA stations
Sharps deposit boxes are Philadelphia’s newest tool in its four-week-old recovery campaign for opioid-plagued Kensington.
7 years ago
A rural community decided to treat its opioid problem like a natural disaster
While the bulk of fatal overdoses still happen in urban areas, the rural overdose rate has increased to slightly surpass that of cities.
7 years ago
Could Future & Juice WRLD be trap’s Trojan-horse advocates for drug policy reform?
If it's hard to separate the celebration from the social critique, that's exactly the point.
7 years ago
Rural Americans are OK with ‘outside’ help to beat opioid crisis and boost economy
Rural Americans willing to allow people from outside their communities to help with the opioid epidemic.
7 years ago
Delaware launches overdose task force to prevent opioid deaths
Joel Davis thought he was taking a dose of heroin inside his Newark home on Feb. 15, 2017. What he didn’t know was that the drug had be ...
7 years ago
U.S. health chief says overdose deaths beginning to level off
More than 70,000 people died of drug overdoses last year.
7 years ago
After a brief ...
7 years ago
Addiction without an ending in ‘Beautiful Boy’
What if you were trapped in the middle of a traditional addiction narrative forever?
7 years ago
Wolf administration adds funds for families hit by opioid crisis
The state plans to spend more to help families impacted by the opioid epidemic raise children.
7 years ago
Delaware AG: More treatment beds needed to fight opioid crisis
In the past four years, about 1,000 Delawareans have died from drug overdoses, mostly as a result of opioids.
7 years ago
Delaware trying to connect those struggling with substance use to social services
The effort launches as just 38 percent of Delawareans who are diagnosed with substance abuse make it into treatment.
7 years ago
Philadelphia wary of Hepatitis A outbreak as Kensington homeless population grows
The disease is usually spread through contaminated feces.
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