Addiction

Philly Opioid Crisis Buprenorphine

Philly takes 'major step forward' in opioid crisis by expanding buprenorphine access

More stringent regulations are reducing tobacco retailers in Philly, study finds

Tobacco retailers Philly

Philly outlines safety plan for Safehouse overdose prevention site

OPS Philly Safehouse

Bucks, Montgomery counties receive funding for inmate Suboxone treatment

Bucks Montgomery Suboxone

Pennsylvania A.G. sues Juul for 'cynically' marketing vaping to teens

Vaping lawsuit Pennsylvania

Local man fighting addiction stigma invited to State of the Union Address

State of the Union Addiction IBX

Bucks County D.A. sues e-cigarette maker JUUL over teen vaping epidemic

Bucks County JUUL

Quit smoking at least 4 weeks before surgery, WHO advises

Quit smoking before surgery

Many vaping-related lung injury victims used THC products from 'informal sources,' CDC says

Vaping Injuries THC Informal Sources

New Jersey nears ban on flavored e-cigarettes – including menthol products

New Jersey bans e-cigarette flavors

Effort to control opioids in an ER leaves some sickle cell patients in pain

Opioids Sickle Cell Disease

As vaping-related deaths slow, Texas teen becomes youngest to die in outbreak

To combat opioid crisis, Gov. Wolf expands college debt repayment program for addiction specialists

Addiction Specialist Pennsylvania College Loan Repayment program

Trump administration unveils tamer ban on flavored e-cigarette pods only

Vaping ban

Automotive plant closures linked to spike in opioid deaths, Penn Study finds

Auto Plant Opioids

Don't toss that e-cig: Vaping waste is a whole new headache for schools and cities

Vaping Waste

CDC: Evidence growing that vitamin E acetate was behind vaping-related lung injury outbreak

Teen popcorn lung vaping

FDA greenlights sale of cigarettes with 95% less nicotine

FDA approves sale of reduced nicotine cigarettes

Nearly as many teens are vaping marijuana as nicotine, NIH reports

Vaping Marijuana

Congress considers restricting tobacco sales to anyone under age 21

New US smoking age limit

Berks County D.A. issues alert after mass overdose, three deaths last weekend

Dauphin Overdoses

As e-cigarette popularity surges, 6.2 million American youth are using tobacco products

Teen Smoking 2019

Ketamine and behavioral therapy may help alcoholics regain sobriety

Ketamine treatment alcohol abuse

Nearly 1 in 4 young adults have 'smartphone addiction,' study says

Smartphone addiction kids

New Pennsylvania law boosts minimum age to buy tobacco, e-cigarettes

Tobacco age 21 pennsylvania

More evidence links vitamin E acetate to vaping injuries

Vaping Vitamin E acetate

Not yesterday's cocaine: Death toll rising from tainted drug

Cocaine Making a Comeback

Some smokers credit e-cigarettes with saving their lives – does that matter?

South Dakota's bizarre anti-meth campaign draws ridicule

South Dakota Meth

Trump reportedly reverses course on vaping ban

More vapers are making their own juice, but not without risks

DIY Vaping Danielle Jones Kaiser Health News

Cigarette smoking at lowest level in 55 years, but more adults are vaping

Cigarette smoking declining among American adults

Detroit doctors perform first double-lung transplant on patient with vaping injury

Vaping Double Lung Transplant Detroit

Deep brain stimulation may offer a new tool to fight opioid addiction

WVU researchers use deep brain stimulation to treat patients with opioid use disorder

Popular dietary supplement kratom may cause liver damage

Vitamin E acetate may have caused some vaping illnesses, CDC says

Vaping crisis breakthrough Vitamin E acetate

Flavor bans multiply, but menthol continues to divide

Pennsylvania health officials report three-day spike in Dauphin County overdoses

Dauphin opioids

Most high school vapers prefer Juul e-cigarettes

High school students prefer Juul e-cigarettes, survey finds

Diabetes drug found to reduce symptoms of nicotine withdrawal

How much is too much when it comes to drinking alcohol?

alcohol unsplash

Philadelphia saved billions of dollars with syringe exchange programs, study says

Lehigh County residents sue Juul claiming company marketed e-cigarettes to teens

Lawsuits Lehigh County Juul

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