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Politics & Policy

N.J. Senate passes bill upping penalties for fentanyl-related crimes

New Jersey lawmakers are going after fentanyl manufacturers and distributors to solve the state’s opioid crisis.

2 years ago

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Three people sitting at a table on a stage addressing a crowd.
Health

Delaware County was the first in Pa. to sue drug companies for opioid crisis. Now it’s time to spend settlement money

Over the course of the next 18 years, Delco will receive $63 million in settlement payments. Now comes the tough part. What should Delco spend the money on?

2 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney posing with a large group of community leaders
Community

Philadelphia names 27 community organizations to receive opioid settlement funds for addiction treatment and prevention efforts

Philly takes first steps in distributing national opioid settlement funds with $1.9 million in grants for community and grassroots organizations.

2 years ago

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A number of fake fentanyl pills seized by DEA are displayed in a pile.
Courts & Law

‘Told you it was some fire’: Delaware fentanyl seller gets more than seven years in prison after deadly deal

The user wanted fentanyl, and paid with his life. Advocates and law enforcement agents agree the case illustrates the escalating dangers of fake pills.

2 years ago

Julius BaDour at 19 years old in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Alan Jinich/WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

A Hitchhiker's Guide to Quitting

Julius BaDour lost his job, quit his relationship, and left his hometown to live a life on the road. He learned some lessons about quitting along the way.

2 years ago

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Monique Taylor speaks to an audience while standing at a podium.
PlanPhilly
Community

Project HOME to launch ‘groundbreaking’ collaborative to address Philly’s opioid epidemic

The nonprofit is teaming up with three hospital systems to provide people a direct path from the emergency room to supportive housing.

2 years ago

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Jayde Newton helps to set up cardboard gravestones with the names of victims of opioid abuse outside the courthouse where the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy is taking place in White Plains, N.Y., on Aug. 9, 2021. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York on Tuesday, May 30 overturned a lower court’s 2021 ruling that found bankruptcy courts did not have the authority to protect members of the Sackler family who own the company and who have not filed for bankruptcy protection from lawsuits
Courts & Law

Ruling clears way for Purdue Pharma to settle opioid claims, protect Sacklers from lawsuits

Under the plan, members of the wealthy Sackler family would give up ownership of Stamford, Connecticut-based Purdue, with its profits being used to fight the opioid crisis.

2 years ago

Boxes of Narcan sitting on a table.
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Pa. opioid settlement money: What you need to know

There’s currently no single resource for people to see how counties and local governments plan to spend the money. But understanding the process can help you influence it.

2 years ago

A cannibis plant that is close to harvest grows June 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Studio 2

Cannabis and Teens, Grassroots Violence Prevention, Studio 2 Trivia

THC levels in cannabis on today's market are more potent than decades ago, leaving many parents worried about their teen's developing brains. Rutgers' Danielle Dick joins us.

Air Date: May 18, 2023 12:00 pm

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Councilmember Lozada reviews papers while seated at her desk in council chambers.
Health

Philly City Council members look to ban supervised injection sites in several neighborhoods

Several City Council members want to preemptively ban such sites in residential neighborhoods in certain parts of the city.

2 years ago

A close-up of the green dome of the Pa. State Capitol.
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania Senate votes to ban supervised injection sites

Sen. Nikil Saval, D-Philadelphia, said efforts to ban the centers are based on misconceptions that they provide drugs or contribute to crime.

2 years ago

The Philadelphia skyline. (Mark Henninger / Imagic Digital)
Health

After 30 years, a Philly ‘safe haven’ for addiction treatment has quietly closed

CHANCES was an outpatient substance use treatment program in Philly. It initially opened in the early '90s to serve women and mothers.

2 years ago

Jon Combes holds his bottle of buprenorphine
Health

DEA mum on proposed rule changes that could impact millions of telehealth users seeking prescription drugs

Telehealth providers say the Biden administration should reconsider proposed regulations that would make obtaining prescription controlled drugs harder.

2 years ago

Protesters of Safehouse, the proposed supervised injection clinic in Philadelphia gathered outside Constitution Health Plaza on Saturday. (Nina Feldman/WHYY)
Health

Pennsylvania legislature takes first step toward banning supervised injection sites statewide

Supervised injection or safe consumption sites are places people could go to use illegal drugs while being monitored by medical experts.

2 years ago

Cars drive on the street underneath the elevated train tracks.
Politics & Policy

Philly’s next mayor could try to end Kensington’s open-air drug market. How that could unfold is uncertain

Residents and community health care workers are expressing concern about proposals around law enforcement arresting individuals using illicit drugs out in the open.

2 years ago

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