Addiction

Child Screen Time

How children use screens matters more than how much time they spend on them

Fatal overdoses are falling, but 4 in 10 Philly residents believe the addiction crisis is worsening

Philadelphia Addiction Crisis

Street drugs are being cut with a potent sedative, but criminalizing it may worsen Philly's addiction crisis

Medetomidine Controlled Substance

Teens who drink alcohol with their parents' permission consume more as young adults, new research shows

Teens Alcohol Family

More teens are using nicotine pouches – a tobacco product touted as a smoking alternative

Nicotine Pouches Teens

The Wedge, a Philly mental health and addiction services provider, to close due to financial constraints

Wedge Recovery Centers

New restrictions placed on mobile medical services in Kensington

What role should mobile medical providers play in Kensington? City Council nears vote on new restrictions

Mobile Services Kensington

Philly health department is beefing up response to powerful vet tranquilizer

Misinformation about fentanyl exposure threatens to undermine overdose response

Fentanyl Powder Misinformation

Medetomidine is replacing xylazine in Philly's street fentanyl supply

Fentanyl Test Strip

Targeted ads make compulsive buying easy. Here's how to spend mindfully

Shopping Addiction

Delco's new overdose response team seeks to connect drug users to treatment

Delco Overdose Response

For consulting on Peacock's 'Long Bright River,' Savage Sisters is getting a new recovery home

sarah laurel savage sisters

Mayor Parker's 2026 budget proposal calls for tax cuts, higher parking rates and more housing spending

Cherelle Parker budget 2025

Ahead of her Philly show, Kathy Griffin opens up about her battles with cancer, addiction and PTSD

Kathy Griffin PTSD

One year into Mayor Parker's Kensington intervention, city officials tout lower crime, better community services

Kensington Crime Parker

In Kensington, integrated medical care can have a 'huge' impact on HIV transmission

Kensington HIV Clinic

Weight-loss drugs Ozempic, Wegovy help people drink less and smoke fewer cigarettes, new research finds

Ozempic Alcohol Cravings

Heavy marijuana use has a 'significant' impact on memory and attention, study finds

Cannabis Use Memory

Ozempic and Wegovy are helping many Americans lose weight, but they also may have other beneficial uses

Weight Loss Drugs

New court in Kensington will serve as a pipeline to drug treatment, Mayor Parker says

Parker Wellness Court

In Kensington, outreach workers give out food, clothing and toiletries from trucks, but potential restrictions loom

Mobile outreach Philly

The FDA wants to limit nicotine in cigarettes — a move that could save millions of lives

FDA nicotine limit

Philly to offer year-long housing to 336 people in addiction recovery at Holmesburg facility

Riverview Wellness Village

Stimulant users are caught in fatal 'fourth wave' of opioid epidemic

Stimulants Cocaine Fentanyl

Women are more likely to binge drink when their estrogen levels are high, study finds

Binge Drinking Estrogen

Abington teen starts 'little library' to help children of people experiencing homelessness and addiction

Amelia Fletcher Little Library 2

Fewer teens are using alcohol, cigarettes and marijuana than before the pandemic

Teen Drug Use

The drop in overdose deaths may be the result of more veterinary tranquilizers – and less fentanyl – in street drugs

Drug Overdose Deaths

Vaping, even without nicotine, can have harmful cardiovascular effects

Vaping Cardiovascular Effects

Heavy drinking surged during the COVID-19 pandemic and hasn't let up since

Heavy Drinking COVID

Menthol cigarette ban would push people toward therapies to quit smoking, study suggests

Menthol Cigarette Study

Philly hospitals test new strategy for 'tranq dope' withdrawal – and it keeps patients from walking out before their treatment is done

Tranq Dope Withdrawal

When primary care includes behavioral health services, people in addiction are more likely to seek treatment

Primary Care Opioids

NJ attorney general sues TikTok, accusing app of exploiting teens for profit

tiktok lawsuit nj

Companies keep selling harmful products – but history shows consumers can win in the end

Drug overdose deaths decline in Philly for first time in 5 years

More than half of U.S. jails don't provide medication to treat opioid addiction

MOUD

To help curtail smoking on subways, SEPTA is handing out flyers with information on how to quit

SEPTA City Hall

Vaping may have an adverse effect on the brains of college students

Teenagers who are depressed are twice as likely to vape, study shows

Teen Vaping Depression

New mental health walk-in clinics in Philly and Montgomery County aim to reduce demands on hospitals

Mental Health Walk-in Clinic

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Free period products to be available to Philly school district students

mamava lactation

App helps nursing parents find lactation rooms in City Center municipal buildings

Purdue Pharma settlement

Purdue Pharma's $7.4 billion opioid settlement will pay $200 million to Pa. and $125 million to N.J.

Travis Barker Running

Celebrity-led running clubs are trendy — and hold the power to spark a new health movement

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