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Homeless men crowd into the dining room of the Sunday Breakfast Association, where a prayer service was being held.
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Bitter cold sparks continuing Philly efforts to shelter homeless

Through Monday morning, the warming center at Cione Recreation will be open 24 hours a day —.and no ID is necessary to come inside.

8 years ago

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Thousands of used needles litter the ground at a heroin encampment in Kensington. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

‘Safe-injection site’ more likely for Philly, but big hurdles to clear

According to sources close to the talks, the controversial proposal aimed at addressing the city’s deadly opioid crisis must first overcome resistance from some key players.

8 years ago

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Students between classes on the Busch campus
Health

Recognizing signs of drug problems in college students home for vacation

Frank Greenagel specializes in addiction recovery at the Center for Alcohol Studies at Rutgers University. He sat down with "Morning Edition" host Jennifer Lynn.

8 years ago

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Robert Fifer, 62, has been addicted to heroin since he was 10. He said he's getting too old to sleep outside in the winter.
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

‘It will kill you’: Philly outreach workers keep making rounds as bitter cold snap continues

Even in bitterly cold weather, homeless people with addictions are often hesitant to take shelter if it means going to another part of the city and going through withdrawal.

8 years ago

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A mother holds her son in her apartment, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, in Indianapolis. The baby was born in 2016, and it took a month for doctors to wean him off the heroin his mother exposed him to. He is in foster care now and his mother is fighting to get him back. (Darron Cummings/AP Photo)
Community

Opioid epidemic helped fuel spike in kids living in foster care, study says

Nearly a quarter of the children living in foster care nationally were removed from their homes because of parental drug use. The rate is worse in Pennsylvania.

8 years ago

Heroin needles and trash litter the ground Conrail's railroad tracks in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia (Emma Lee/WHYY)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Trump on the opioid crisis: Big talk, little action (big surprise)

We wonder what it will take to shake the faith of Trump's fans. His failure to tackle the opioid epidemic might conceivably dampen their ardor.

8 years ago

The rising number of opioid-linked deaths led Arizona to declare a public health emergency in 2017. Needle exchange programs are not explicitly permitted in Arizona, but one such service operates underground, giving out clean needles and naloxone, a medicine widely used to counter effects of an opioid overdose. (Will Stone/KJZZ)
NPR
Health

Fight the opioid epidemic, all agree. But strategies vary widely

While many states have syringe exchanges, only some have laws that explicitly permit syringe exchanges.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, December 21, 2017

After nearly 20 years, Congressman Bob Brady might finally have competition for re-election. In New Jersey, why is it easy for teachers ...

Air Date: December 21, 2017

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Health

Report shows significant overdose increase in tri-state area

Nationally, more than 63,600 individuals died from overdoses in 2016—a 21 percent increase from the previous year, and more than three times the rate in 1999

8 years ago

Asteria Vives, head of Home Quarters and Friends, sings carols at the Emerald Street and Lehigh underpass, in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

Volunteers bring Christmas to Kensington corner struggling with homelessness, addiction

The volunteers started on a corner near the railroad tracks where the city and Conrail cleared out an encampment of homeless heroin users this summer. 

8 years ago

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Anti-drug toolkit  (Courtesy City of Philadelphia)
Community

Philly adds blue light bulbs in effort to contain opioid crisis

The blue light can make it difficult to see veins, a city official said, and discourage shooting up.

8 years ago

A recovery home on Gooseneck Road in Bristol Township. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Wolf signs law to regulate recovery homes in Pa.

Many of the homes, often run by people in long-term recovery themselves, operate in good faith, but others have unsafe living conditions and do little to further sober living.

8 years ago

Matt Meyer and New Castle County police announce a grant to combat opiate addiction.
(WHYY/Zoe Read)
Health

New Castle County to hire addiction coordinator

The New Castle County Police Department will use new grant money to hire a coordinator for its addiction treatment program

8 years ago

Community members and students from Kensington High School for the Creative and Performing Arts stood and walked on the B Street Bridge during a dedication ceremony for the recently-completed mural on the bridge. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Mural symbolizes new start, new life for former Kensington heroin camp

City Hall and neighbors hope the new mural on B Street Bridge will spur pride and revitalization in one of Philadelphia's most troubled places.

8 years ago

Listen 2:14
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

Philly’s first harm-reduction coordinator takes new aim at city’s opioid crisis

Allison Herens, Philadelphia’s first harm-reduction coordinator, says the creation of her role signifies a changing perspective on addressing a drug crisis.

8 years ago

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