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Addiction

A kit includes clean needles, sterile water, and more
Politics & Policy

Atlantic City Council votes to close the state’s first needle exchange

After nearly two-and-a-half hours of public comment, the Atlantic City Council voted to no longer allow the needle exchange at the Oasis Drop-in Center to operate.

10 months ago

The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office. (Angela Gervasi / Billy Penn)
Courts & Law

Philly DA not happy with proposed opioid settlement

A settlement involving many states, including Pennsylvania, might not be good enough for city officials.

10 months ago

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Photographs and words of recovery hang near Trinity Cathedral in downtown Pittsburgh as part of a remembrance of victims during Overdose Awareness Day
Health

Pennsylvania’s overdose deaths rose in 2020, CDC says

The CDC reported 5,172 overdose deaths in Pennsylvania last year, a jump of 16% from 4,444 in 2019.

10 months ago

Volunteers with New Kensington CDC clean up in Kensington on June 1, 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Philly awards 20 grants to Kensington groups battling opioid crisis

City officials sent a total of $200,000 to 20 community groups dedicated to improving the quality of life in the epicenter of Philadelphia's opioid crisis.

10 months ago

Sharon Rivera adjusts flowers and other items left at the grave of her daughter, Victoria
Community

U.S. overdose deaths hit record 93,000 in pandemic last year — a 29 percent jump

Overdose deaths in 2020 are just one facet of what was overall the deadliest year in U.S. history, with about 378,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19.

10 months ago

Purdue Pharma headquarters
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania would get $225M in revamped opioid agreement

Pennsylvania would receive $225 million to fight the opioid-addiction epidemic from a new agreement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma.

11 months ago

The first block of South Tennessee Avenue in Atlantic City
Community

N.J.’s first needle exchange could close as Atlantic City looks to develop beyond casinos

Advocates are lobbying Gov. Murphy to save the program, which they say has helped reduce HIV infections in the area by 50% since it opened 14 years ago.

11 months ago

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Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood has been called “ground zero” in the battle against opioid addiction. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Lawmakers renew call for stronger addiction treatment oversight as two Pa. providers charged

Two Philadelphia addiction treatment providers face criminal charges for allegedly bribing recovery homes for referrals and forcing patients into substandard care.

11 months ago

This Feb. 24, 2021 photo shows a Johnson & Johnson logo on the exterior of a first aid kit in Walpole, Mass.  The New York attorney general says Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $230 million to settle claims that the pharmaceutical giant helped fuel the opioid crisis. The deal requires Johnson & Johnson to make a series of payments over nine years to cover total.   (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Courts & Law

J&J agrees to pay $230M to settle New York opioid claim

Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $230 million to New York state to settle claims that the pharmaceutical giant helped fuel the opioid crisis.

11 months ago

Prescription drug bottles are pictured overhead
Health

Prescribing buprenorphine for opioid use disorders is easier now, with political uncertainty cleared up

An on-again/off-again/on-again exemption means no special training is required for medical professionals to prescribe buprenorphine to up to 30 patients each.

11 months ago

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A pedestrian walks past a mural in Huntington, W.Va., Thursday, March 18, 2021. Huntington was once ground-zero for this opioid epidemic. Several years ago, they formed a team that within days visits everyone who overdoses to try to pull them back from the brink. It was a hard-fought battle, but it worked. The county's overdose rate plummeted. They wrestled down an HIV cluster. They finally felt hope. Then the pandemic arrived and it undid much of their effort: overdoses shot up again, so did HIV diagnoses. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
NPR
Health

Overdose deaths rose during the war on drugs, but efforts to reduce them face backlash

In recent months, elected officials in parts of the U.S. devastated by addiction have scaled back or eliminated harm reduction efforts.

11 months ago

A person rides a bike across a New York street
NPR
Politics & Policy

After 50 years of the War On Drugs, ‘what good is it doing for us?’

Nixon called for an "all-out offensive" against drugs. The U.S. is now rethinking policies that led to mass incarceration and shattered families while drug deaths kept rising.

11 months ago

Tents set up by people experiencing homelessness along Kensington Avenue
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Kensington encampments persist after a lawsuit, a canceled sweep, and protest

Protestors, police, and encampment residents mingled on Kensington Ave., one day after a Villanova prof sued the city over its treatment of homeless people.

11 months ago

A closeup of a gavel inside a court room
Courts & Law

Federal court vacates Montco woman’s conviction in her friend’s overdose death

The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled “drug delivery resulting in death” statutes were applied too broadly in this case.

12 months ago

Outreach worker Kenneth Harris engages with a client outside Somerset Station. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

SEPTA is testing a new way to help people struggling with addiction on the system

SEPTA is trying a new approach to keeping its stations clean and safe, while helping people suffering from addiction who take shelter in the transit system.

12 months ago

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