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Addiction

 OxyContin pills are arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. As in previous recent years, opioid drugs — which include OxyContin and Vicodin — were the biggest problem, contributing to 3 out of 4 medication overdose deaths. (Toby Talbot/AP Photo)
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Courts & Law

Bystanders to fatal overdoses increasingly becoming criminal defendants

More and more, trouble is following fellow drug users, friends and relatives of those dying from overdoses.

7 years ago

Kenan Nameli (left) and other workshop participants at the Kensington Storefront. Nameli lives in a nearby abandoned building, struggles with addiction, and said he has tried to enter into recovery a number of times. (Steve Weinik/Mural Arts)
Health

At Kensington Storefront, those struggling with addiction get to tell their stories

Sharing personal narratives can help the storytellers see some of the good in their lives amid the trauma.

7 years ago

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A reporter holds up an example of the amount of fentanyl that can be deadly after a news conference about deaths from fentanyl exposure, at DEA Headquarters in Arlington Va., Tuesday, June 6, 2017. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Health

Health officials warn of fentanyl contamination after ODs kill 2 crack-cocaine users

Fentanyl, many times stronger than heroin, was responsible for a surge of drug overdose deaths in Philadelphia last year.

7 years ago

In 2016, Donald Trump captured 68 percent of the vote in West Virginia, a state hit hard by opioid overdoses. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
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Community

Analysis finds geographic overlap in opioid use and Trump support In 2016

The study has limitations and can't establish that opioid use was a definitive factor in how people voted.

7 years ago

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

Death rate from opioid epidemic could be higher than estimated, Rutgers study finds

Those who overdosed were at a much higher risk of death the following year from drug use-associated diseases, HIV, chronic respiratory diseases, viral hepatitis, and suicide.

7 years ago

In this Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 file photo, a college student plays a computer game at an Internet cafe in Seoul, South Korea. On Monday, June 18, 2018, the World Health Organization said that compulsively playing video games now qualifies as a mental health condition. (Ahn Young-Joon/AP Photo)
Health

What makes something truly addictive?

A new "gaming disorder" classification from the WHO revives a debate about whether behaviors can cause the same kind of addictive illness as drugs.

7 years ago

N.J. State Capitol dome in Trenton (AP, file)
Politics & Policy

New Jersey accuses scrap dealers of complicity with drug users stealing recyclable metals

A state watchdog agency in New Jersey said corrupt pawn shops, secondhand goods stores, and scrap yards are taking advantage of the opioid epidemic to maximize their profits.

7 years ago

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Health

Beyond opioids: How a family came together to stay together

A free program at the Children's Health Center in Reading, Pa. provides resources and social support to new parents in recovery from addiction.

7 years ago

Fentanyl testing strips (JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health/Bloomberg American Health Initiative)
Health

To curb overdose risks, Philadelphia tries fentanyl-testing strips

The hope is that when people become aware that their drug has fentanyl in it, they'll be more cautious.

7 years ago

Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner
Courts & Law

Atlantic County ramps up drug-induced homicide prosecutions

By many metrics, Atlantic County is at the epicenter of the opioid epidemic in New Jersey. It saw its rate of overdose deaths double in 2016.

7 years ago

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

Pa. doctor charged with drug delivery resulting in death

Police are increasingly using the charge of drug delivery resulting in death to target street heroin dealers.

7 years ago

At Holy Smokes, a Philadelphia vape shop, kratom is sold in multiple forms, including as a powder. (Courtesy of Holy Smokes)
The Pulse
Health

Fears and evidence clash in the battle over kratom

The government is reviewing the status of an herbal supplement touted to ease opioid addiction.

7 years ago

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Philadelphia police speak to residents of a homeless encampment at Kensington and Lehigh avenues before a scheduled clean out in May 2018. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

Philadelphia clears encampments of homeless drug users in Kensington

More than 100 displaced people accepted help in the form or treatment or shelter while demonstrators protested the eviction.

7 years ago

Listen 2:40
NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, May 30, 2018

The deadline approaches to clear the addicted from the encampments in Kensington.  Local author Peter Moskowitz (How to Kill a City) ta ...

Air Date: May 30, 2018

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Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (far right) attended a hearing on opioid prescriptions in Bensalem Tuesday.(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Toomey calls for Medicare, Medicaid to expand monitoring of opioid prescriptions

One out of three people enrolled in Medicare’s prescription drug benefit plan received an opioid in 2016, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

7 years ago

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