Addiction

Carroll - The elevated Market-Frankford Line in Kensington

Among hurdles for those with opioid addictions: getting the drug to treat it

Hepatitis A races across the country

Homeless Man 08162019

New Manayunk yoga studio offers safe space for those battling mental health, substance abuse issues

unity yoga manayunk

More Narcan needed in fight against opioid epidemic, CDC says

Carroll - Naloxone, Narcan

Teen warns peers about dangers of vaping after collapsed lung

juul collapsed lung

One in five adults regret posting to social media while on drugs, new study says

Regret posting to social media

This 6-minute video is the perfect explanation of what happens when you overdose

what happens when you overdose

Older Americans increasingly having a binge drinking problem new study reports

binge drinking senior citizens

Opioid treatment programs coming to all Delaware prisons

opioid treatment delaware prison

Juul e-cig flavors create chemical reactions that irritate airways, study finds

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

Millennials more likely to struggle to meet people than older generations, study finds

Millennials Loneliness Social Isolation

Children's Health

Juul allegedly marketed e-cigarettes to children during school programs

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

Teens and adults are more likely to try drugs during the summer, study says

Teens adults drugs summer

Amid teen vaping ‘epidemic,’ Juul taps addiction expert as medical director

Mark Rubinstein Juul Labs 07222019

Addiction recovery specialists to be available 24-7 at Bucks County hospitals

Ashley Eaton-Riley overdose survivor

Some Americans are getting high on meth-like wasp spray

wasp spray meth

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

Roy Halladay aviation drug addiction

Delaware's law bumping the state smoking age to 21 is now in effect

delaware smoking age law

Tons of Americans — smokers included — are in favor of reducing nicotine levels in cigarettes

Cigarette 07112019

Physician burnout: Why legal and regulatory systems may need to step in

Woman Doctor 07092019

Children's Health

Netflix will limit scenes depicting smoking. Will it affect youth tobacco use?

Netflix smoking

Docu-series 'Intervention' features opioid addiction in Philadelphia in coming season

intervention opioid addiction philadelphia

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

Marissa Wadsworth IBX Foundation Someone You Know campaign

UPenn's double-edged smoking cessation treatment plan proves preliminarily successful

Carroll - Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer Center.

San Francisco enacts ban on e-cigarette sales to curb youth addiction

Juul San Francisco

Plan for these common withdrawal symptoms when you quit smoking

Chantix Quit Smoking 06202019

Scientists identify gene that increases risk of cannabis addiction

Marijuana addiction

To combat teen vaping, Nebraska school district testing students for nicotine

Nebraska School District Drug Testing

Naloxone nasal spray is more available in Philly neighborhoods with more white residents, study finds

Carroll - Naloxone, Narcan

Did Louisiana woman die of marijuana overdose? Coroner thinks so

marijuana overdose louisiana

Drexel survey shows support in Kensington for overdose prevention site

Carroll - Kensington

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

addiction treatment struggles

Flavored e-cigarettes may lead to heart disease, study finds

e-cigarette sipa

Penn Medicine drastically cuts opioid prescriptions for some cancer patients

Carroll - The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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

Carroll - CBD oil products at Weaver's Way co-op.

Study is the first to find processed foods can lead to overeating, weight gain

processed food weight gain

Philadelphia reports 8% drop in drug overdose deaths in 2018

fentanyl overdose deaths

Pennsylvania AG sues Purdue Pharma, alleges illegal marketing of OxyContin

Purdue Pharma OxyContin

Meth vs. opioids: America has two drug epidemics, but focuses on one

Meth Rocks FBI Chicago 05092019

Walmart will no longer sell tobacco to people under age 21

walmart

Do genetics make some people more prone to drunken blackouts?

Genetics of binge drinking and blacking out

Sizable increase in cocaine and stimulant-related overdose deaths, CDC report finds

Stock_Carroll - Cocaine packed for street sale

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