Addiction

Drug Needle Opioids

How the pandemic helped spread fentanyl across the U.S. and drive opioid overdose deaths to a grim new high

Alcoholism drug has potential as a COVID-19 treatment, but studies are just getting underway

Disulfiram alcoholism COVID-19

Foods high in added fats and refined carbs are like cigarettes – addictive and unhealthy

Ultra Processed Foods

Jon Bon Jovi touts new Project HOME residence as 'much needed' effort to address homelessness

Kensington Project HOME

Americans are drinking more during the pandemic – and liver transplants for alcoholic hepatitis are rising

Excessing drinking during pandemic

Smokers who quit before age 45 nearly eliminate risk of dying from lung cancer

Quit Smoking Cancer Risk

Alternative Medicine

Does acupuncture have a place in the operating room?

Acupuncture Opioids Pain Relief

SEPTA to deploy more social outreach workers at hotspots for vulnerable populations

SEPTA Social Work

Can a vaccine help fight the opioid epidemic? A clinical trial aims to find out

Opioid Addiction vaccine

How the Purdue opioid settlement could help the public understand the roots of the drug crisis

Purdue opioid settlement

Atlantic City votes to end needle exchange program, citing public safety risk

Atlantic City Needle Exchange

Women now drink as much as men — and are prone to sickness sooner

Alcoholism Gender Gap

John Mulaney announces first comedy shows since Pennsylvania rehab stint

John Mulaney Return

FDA looks to ban menthol cigarettes in order to curb smoking

menthol cigarettes ban

Philly's opioid crisis has been worse than ever amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Opioid deaths 2020

Alcoholic liver disease cases have spiked during the pandemic, especially among young women

alcoholic liver disease pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has made it tougher to quit smoking

Smoking during pandemic

Vaping marijuana may be worse for teens than using e-cigarettes or smoking

Vaping marijuana

Financial incentives improve hospital care for patients with opioid addictions, Penn study finds

Hospitals Opioid Treatment

Comedian John Mulaney checks out of Pennsylvania rehab center

John Mulaney Rehab

Pandemic-fueled alcohol abuse creates wave of hospitalizations for liver disease

Liver Disease Alcoholism

Opioid overdoses are killing more Black Philadelphians, but fewer white residents

Philly Black Opioid Deaths

Philly health officials warn 'fentanyl is in everything' as meth, PCP overdoses rise

Fentanyl Philly Overdoses

Former St. Joe's star Delonte West hired by Florida rehab facility

Delonte West Recovery

Philly plan for opioid overdose prevention site shot down in federal court reversal

Safehouse Philly Opioids Court

Youth vaping threatens to wipe out gains in cigarette use, health experts warn

Vaping Gateway Cigarettes

Seat belts and smoking rates show people eventually adopt healthy behaviors

Seat Belt Rates

Comedian John Mulaney checks into Pennsylvania rehab for alcohol, cocaine addiction

John Mulaney Rehab

Non-fatal overdoses increasing among children, CDC study finds

Child overdoses CDC

Caron Treatment Centers receives grant funding to help Black families pay for substance use disorder treatment

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Fatal opioid overdoses in young people often involve abuse of multiple drugs

opioid overdose multiple drugs

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