Drugs

THC Vaping-related Illnesses

THC products the 'most prominent link' among vaping-related illnesses

Vaping-related lung disease deaths hit double-digits

Vaping related deaths reach double digits

Chester County parents arrested after 11-month-old ingests, overdoses on heroin while they slept

infant heroin overdose

Pennsylvania has at least 17 vaping-related lung disease cases

vaping death lungs

Man on LSD broke into State College restaurant, cooked meal, gave himself $3,000 refund and stole car

Bailer Alger mugshot

Bucks County dump truck driver allegedly was high, sleep-deprived, when he crashed into N.J. house

dump truck driver crash

A sixth person has died of a vaping-related lung illness

Vaping Pen THC FLickr 09102019

FDA wants more men in clinical trials of breast cancer drugs

Breast cancer in men

Vaping may make your lungs more vulnerable to infections, study finds

Vaping may make your lungs more vulnerable to infections, study finds

Michigan becomes first state to ban flavored vapes

Vaping habit caused Delco teen's severe lung illness, family warns

Vaping Lung Failure Delco Teen

Children's Health

Federal health officials to pregnant women, teens: Don't use marijuana

Pregnancy adolescent marijuana use

Penn, Yale researchers looking at opioid use disorder under a different light

penn yale opioid use center

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy happy lawmakers trying 'one more run' at legalizing marijuana in 2019

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'Dangerous' fugitive couple from Mount Holly arrested with meth and cocaine, police say

Layton Wills

Feds arrest women allegedly attempting to sell $800,000 in heroin at South Jersey hotel

South Jersey hotel drugs

Former 'American Idol' star from New Jersey pleads guilty drug distribution charge

Antonella Barba American Idol drug possession

Children's Health

Juul allegedly marketed e-cigarettes to children during school programs

Juul accused by Congress members of marketing e-cigarettes in schools

Sports Illustrated story details Roy Halladay's struggle with drug addiction

Feds charge 22 people in alleged Atlantic City heroin-trafficking ring

Atlantic City heroin ring

Six crewmen charged and remain in federal custody for $1 billion cocaine bust

Port of Philadelphia cocaine bust

Port of Philadelphia cocaine bust sets U.S. Customs record for volume of narcotics seized

0621_Port of Philadelphia

New Jersey drug dealer sentenced to eight years in prison for 15-year-old's fatal heroin overdose

Madison McDonald fatal heroin

Drexel survey shows support in Kensington for overdose prevention site

Carroll - Kensington

Pa. driver, pulled over for wearing headphones and then arrested for transporting heroin, has appeal denied

Dauphin County Police Bureau

Former Eagle Chris Long, now retired, says he regularly used marijuana during NFL career

N.J. teen goes to hospital after shooting self in leg, is arrested for possessing 100 bags of drugs

Atlantic City hospital emergency room

New Jersey won’t legalize marijuana in 2019, will reportedly let voters decide in 2020

5-year-old brought 22 packets of crack cocaine to Philadelphia daycare

0515_St Cyprian cocaine

Philadelphia reports 8% drop in drug overdose deaths in 2018

fentanyl overdose deaths

Larry Krasner: Philly is ‘very close’ to ending criminalization of all drug possession

Krasner drug possession arrests

Pennsylvania drug overdose deaths reportedly dropped in 2018 or first time in five years

01082018_Opioids_CDC

Police in West Philly seize about $20,000 in heroin

Police lights arrests crime

U.S. Customs agents reveal details of massive cocaine bust at Port of Philadelphia

cocaine bust 2019

These are the people most frequently overdosing on fentanyl

fentanyl overdose deaths

12 men charged in Camden County 'ghost gun,' cocaine bust

Stock_Carroll - AR-15 semi-automatic rifles

Life expectancy among Philly's black men lower than any racial demographic

Carroll - Pennsylvania Hospital Ambulance Emergency Department

Montgomery County doctor pleads guilty to illegally distributing oxycodone

Ogontz Medical Practice

N.J. supplement shop owner charged with selling 'Catnip Cocktail' which gets people high

catnip cocktail new jersey vitamin shop fairfield police

FDA approves new medication for severe depression

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Google adds drug disposal searches to Google Maps, focuses on Pennsylvania

Chester County drug search finds an alligator in home's kitchen

Chester County Drug Alligator

Haverford teen charged in classmate's shooting over marijuana deal

James MaCauley

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