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IBX Foundation dispatches 'Someone You Know' campaign to Capitol Hill

Marissa Wadsworth IBX Foundation Someone You Know campaign

Investigations

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

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Courts

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

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Opioids

Drexel survey shows support in Kensington for overdose prevention site

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Addiction

Harvard researchers posed as drug addicts to illustrate the struggle for treatment

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Courts

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

Dauphin County Police Bureau

Opioids

Treating heroin use disorder is added to CBD's laundry list, small study finds

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Addiction

Pennsylvania AG sues Purdue Pharma, alleges illegal marketing of OxyContin

Public Health

Philadelphia reports 8% drop in drug overdose deaths in 2018

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Addiction

City takes a breather on safe-injection sites to address public safety concerns

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Addiction

IBX Foundation expands campaign to reduce stigma of opioid addiction

Independence Blue Cross Opioid Addiction Someone You Know Campaign

Opioids

These are the people most frequently overdosing on fentanyl

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Addiction

Philly launches media campaign touting medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction

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Opioids

Delaware mother raises awareness of opioid epidemic by releasing photo of her dead son

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Investigations

11 arrested in major Kensington drug bust

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Opioids

What ‘dope sick’ really feels like

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Fundraisers

Wawa checkout fundraiser benefits Kensington homeless residence for people battling addiction

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Addiction

Federal prosecutors sue to halt opening of Philly's first safe injection site

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Documentaries

'Kensington Blues' photographer releases 'Embedded in the Badlands' documentary series

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Children's Health

Teen vaping surged within the last year, survey says

Investigations

$8 million-per-week heroin operation busted in Bucks County

Heroin Warminster

Addiction

Fighting the opioid epidemic with opioids: prescription heroin to treat addiction

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Public Health

City announces plan to clear Frankford Avenue, Emerald Street drug encampments

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Addiction

Surgeon General: Alternative opioid addiction strategies more viable than safe injection sites

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Courts

Police arrest 6, confiscate more than 1,000 bags of heroin after hotel room complaints

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Investigations

Krasner announces 57 arrests in Kensington drug trafficking investigation

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner

Addiction

Teenagers' brains make them more prone to addiction

Teen_smoking

Addiction

Rod Rosenstein pledges swift federal response if safe injection site opens in Philly

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Public Health

New Jersey drug overdose deaths jump 21 percent, nation reaches new high

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Celebrities

Demi Lovato reportedly hospitalized for overdose ahead of Atlantic City show

First-Aid

Recovering addict pays bill for first aid squad at New Jersey IHOP

Toms River IHOP bill

Opinion

Naloxone remains controversial to some, but here's why it shouldn't be

Health News

IBX Foundation highlights recovery stories of opioid addicts

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Arrests

Former Giants, Redskins lineman busted for alleged heroin possession, assault on police

Barry Cofield

Drug Bust

Feds: $1.7 million of Chinese fentanyl seized at Philly port

Fentanyl CBP Philly

Opioids

Opioid-related deaths in Pennsylvania are way higher than the numbers show

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Investigations

Authorities dismantle major fentanyl operation in eastern Pennsylvania

Fentanyl Montgomery County Bust

Opioids

Crozer-Keystone opioid center one of 'busiest' in Pennsylvania

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Public Health

Turkey Hill testing bathroom blue lights to deter heroin use at Pennsylvania stores

Turkey Hill Minit Markets

Public Health

City reveals outcome of pilot program at Kensington heroin encampments

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Investigations

'Road Rules' alum Brian Lancaster died of accidental drug overdose in Phoenixville, coroner says

Brian Lancaster

Public Health

Philadelphia hit by 34 percent annual increase in opioid overdose deaths

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