Cocaine

Delco cops drug bribery

Delco police officers told drug dealer about investigations and took cocaine as payment, prosecutors say

Recreational drug use significantly increases risk of stroke, study finds

Recreational Drugs Stroke

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic have been gamechangers for weight loss. Can they have a similar effect on addiction?

GLP-1 Ozempic Addiction

Two men sentenced to prison for 2022 carjacking of a FedEx truck in Grays Ferry

FedEx carjacking sentence

Fatal overdoses involving stimulants have spiked. Local health officials are responding.

Stimulant deaths

Police charge 21 people in North Philly cocaine trafficking bust

Cocaine Drug Bust

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

Stimulants Cocaine Fentanyl

Six men charged in Bucks County with smuggling cocaine, meth from California in karaoke speakers

Bucks County Drugs

Cops seize 19,000 packets of fentanyl, dozens of firearms during drug ring bust in Kensington

Kensington drug ring

17 people arrested in Philly cocaine bust that nets guns, cash and other drugs

Cocaine Bust Philly

'Fourth wave' of opioid epidemic crashes ashore, propelled by fentanyl and meth

More fatal overdoses now caused by smoking drugs than injecting them, CDC says

Drug Overdoses Smoking

As fentanyl increasingly taints cocaine and other stimulants, drug testing strips are needed to save lives, officials say

drug test strips

Bob Marley bag hidden on Philly-bound flight contained $400,000 worth of cocaine, authorities say

Cocaine Philly Airport

$1.3 million worth of cocaine seized from plane at Philadelphia International

Cocaine Philly Airport Seized

PA state police confiscate $25 million in illegal drugs in the third quarter of 2021

PA State Police Drug Confiscation

Nearly 8 pounds of suspected fentanyl seized in massive Camden drug bust

Camden drug bust

Two men arrested in Atlantic County's biggest drug bust ever

Atlantic County drug bust

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

Opioid deaths 2020

Engineer gets prison time in historic $1 billion cocaine bust at Philly port

MSC Gayane Bust

Bucks County traffic stop intercepts $4 million in heroin, fentanyl and cocaine, prosecutors say

Bucks Drug Bust Narco

Fentanyl-laced drugs from Philly tied to body dumped at Pottstown Hospital

Pottstown Hospital Morales

Non-fatal overdoses increasing among children, CDC study finds

Child overdoses CDC

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

opioid overdose multiple drugs

People with substance use disorder need action plans to mitigate COVID-19 risk, addiction experts say

COVID-19 Addiction

Temple researchers to study promising cocaine addiction treatment

Temple Cocaine Study

'Operation Zombie' uncovers gun and drug trafficking scheme in Philly, Camden

Gun trafficking Philadelphia Zombie

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

Cocaine Making a Comeback

New Jersey man arrested, after backyard chase, with $100K in cocaine he received through mail, police say

Ewing New Jersey police chase

N.J. police bust five-county 'drugs on wheels' business, seizes $1.1 million in narcotics, guns

Essex County sheriff's department

Customs officials seize vessel used in record-breaking Philly cocaine bust

MSC Gayane

Port of Philadelphia cocaine bust sets U.S. Customs record for volume of narcotics seized

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Massive cocaine bust nets historic haul from ship at Port of Philadelphia

Port of Philadelphia

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

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

Stock_Carroll - Cocaine packed for street sale

U.S. Customs agents reveal details of massive cocaine bust at Port of Philadelphia

cocaine bust 2019

Massive cocaine haul reportedly found in bust at Port of Philadelphia

Port of Philadelphia

12 men charged in Camden County 'ghost gun,' cocaine bust

Stock_Carroll - AR-15 semi-automatic rifles

Lancaster man found guilty of trying to smuggle cocaine in box of chili peppers

Chili peppers

11 arrested in major Kensington drug bust

Carroll - The elevated Market-Frankford Line in Kensington

Jersey Shore man busted with large quantities of LSD, cocaine, marijuana, pills

Michael Klimowicz

Allegations of racial comments and cocaine use complicate Rittenhouse Square stabbing case

Sean Schellenger

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

Police lights arrests crime

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