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Addiction

Police officers in Camden County are issued a manila envelope with the overdose antidote naloxone at the beginning of their shifts. Officers also receive nasal sprayers to administer the drug and rubber gloves. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

New Jersey applies data mining to predict opioid overdose hot spots

State AG says it can help law enforcement get there before the next fatal overdose and help get drug users into treatment.

7 years ago

Delaware health officials say a record number of overdose deaths appear to be linked to fentanyl. (File photo)
Health

Monthly overdose deaths break record in Delaware

Last month, 39 fatal overdoses were reported, eclipsing the previous record of 27 in April.

7 years ago

Gov. John Carney signed three bills aimed at addressing Delaware's opioid crisis. (Zoe Read/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

Gov. Carney signs legislation establishing nation’s first overdose care system

Carney signed three pieces of legislation Monday aimed at addressing overdose deaths.

7 years ago

Listen 1:41
In this Aug. 27, 2018 photo released by NBC, Mark D'Amico, (left), and Kate McClure speak with host Megyn Kelly on
Courts & Law

Police raid home of couple who raised $400K for homeless man

Authorities searched the home of Mark D'Amico and Katelyn McClure in Florence early Thursday morning.

7 years ago

Judge Paula T. Dow addresses the lawyers during a hearing on missing funds in the Johnny Bobbitt case in the Olde Historic Courthouse in Mt. Holly, NJ on September 5, 2018.  McClure and D’Amico are accused of mismanaging the money raised for Bobbitt. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool)
Courts & Law

Judge orders pair who fundraised for homeless man to testify

Wednesday's proceedings shed little light on what happened to the cash.

7 years ago

This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo, shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. (Toby Talbot/AP Photo)
Science

Major opioid maker to pay for overdose-antidote development

OxyContin maker announced that it's making a $3.4 million grant to help develop a low-cost naloxone nasal spray.

7 years ago

Kate McClure and her boyfriend Mark D'Amico started a GoFundMe campaign for homeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt (right). (GoFundMe)
Courts & Law

Couple ordered to turn over funds raised for homeless man

McClure and D'Amico have repeatedly denied any wrongdoing or misusing any of the money.

7 years ago

Doctors are working to prescribe fewer opioids in Delaware. (Patrick Sison/AP Photo, File)
Health

Delaware hospital curtails opioid prescriptions in effort to combat addiction

Christiana Care has cut opioid prescribing by as much as half in some departments by adopting guidelines and best practices for post-surgical recovery.

7 years ago

People lined up in a quiet queue in the courtyard of St. Francis Inn Ministries in Kensington, awaiting breakfast. (courtesy: Alfred Lubrano/philly.com)
Community
Broke in Phlly

What happens when you reinstate an anti-poverty program and no one knows about it?

Hungry people, experts will tell you, are always silent.

7 years ago

Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has delivered a clear message to Philadelphia officials: If you open a supervised injection site, the federal response will be swift and aggressive. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

DOJ’s Rosenstein: If Philly opens injection site, U.S. crackdown will be swift

Demonstrators press city officials to move on supervised injection site to decrease overdose death toll.

7 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment

New documentary series shows the struggles, triumphs of ‘Getting off the Streets’ in Camden

“Getting Off the Streets,” a new documentary that shines a spotlight on a “zero tolerance” rehabilitation program for homeless men in Camden, New Jersey.

7 years ago

A used syringe is seen in a disposal container. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Community

Another spike in Delaware overdose deaths

Eight people died from suspected overdoses in a four day span, prompting state health officials to issue a new warning.

7 years ago

Sanitation workers clear away mounds of garbage from a heroin encampment at Lehigh and Kensington avenues. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Don’t call people ‘addicts,’ Penn researchers say

'Terms that seem to label the person have the higher levels of bias,' researcher says.

7 years ago

Bea and Doug Duncan outside their home in Natick, Mass. The coaching they got from the Community Reinforcement and Family Training program, they say, gave them tools to help their son Jeff stick to his recovery from drug use. He's 28 now and has been sober for nine years. (Robin Lubbbock/WBUR)
NPR
Health

Families choose empathy over ‘tough love’ to rescue loved ones from opioids

7 years ago

About a decade ago, the FDA started requiring drugmakers to add black box warnings to labels and prescribing information for Soroquel and other antipsychotic drugs. The agency made the change after the medications were linked to an increased risk of death among elderly dementia patients.
(Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

‘Dear Doctor’ letters use peer pressure, government warning to stop overprescribing

Too frequently Seroquel is given to people who have Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia. The problem with that? Seroquel can be deadly for dementia patients.

7 years ago

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