Addiction

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

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

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.

The average jail stay for inmates in Philadelphia is about 100 days — and Dr. Bruce Herdman, the system's chief medical officer, sees that as an opportunity.

The New Jersey Supreme Court says a controversial theory about child sex abuse can no longer be used as evidence. An iconic Philadelphia ...

Former heroin users who go on an opioid replacement drug and who also participate in the clinic's counseling sessions are less likely to relapse.

Sometimes known on the street as 'K2,' synthetic cannabinoids are a growing problem in Philadelphia.

Delaware is one of two states selected to partner with the Pew Charitable Trusts to focus on improving Delaware’s behavioral health system.

The grant comes from a program trying to enlist more community-based primary care physicians in the fight against the opioid addiction.

More than half of suspected overdose deaths are occurring in the southernmost part of the county, and health officials warn it might be due to fentanyl-laced heroin.

Residents of Vineland, New Jersey are demanding answers from authorities after police shot and killed an unarmed black man over the weeke ...

Initiatives to prevent addiction and help those who need treatment show signs of working, Wolf Administration officials said at a press briefing.

At an unassuming storefront on a busy Brooklyn street, people sign up to use a bathroom outfitted to try to curb an overdose crisis.

Since 2013, district attorneys have filed the charge at least 412 times, according to March 2018 data from the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.