Drug Treatment

Riverview Wellness Village

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

Mayor Cherelle Parker shakes up administration, naming new leaders for two major initiatives

Mayor Parker appointments

Kenney decriminalizes fentanyl test strips in Philly through executive order

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

Ashley Eaton-Riley overdose survivor

Health Insurance

New Jersey law will help ease financial burden of mental health treatment

Tobacco treatment is not intended to be harm reduction. It is treatment

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Philadelphia doubling down on medication-assisted treatment for opioid addicts

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Philly bans tobacco use at addiction treatment programs

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Cooper, ARS to partner on $27 million, 90-bed addiction treatment center

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First responders getting a special kind of addiction treatment

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Opioid overdoses are rising faster among Latinos than whites or blacks. Why?

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What’s next for ‘safe injection’ sites in Philadelphia?

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An opioid remedy that works: treat pain and addiction at the same time

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A long and winding road: Kicking heroin in an opioid ‘treatment desert’

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Solving a different sort of morning rush: Relocating a methadone clinic

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Psilocybin Cancer Depression

For cancer patients with depression, psilocybin may provide lasting relief

Philadelphia Addiction Crisis

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

Tampons Philly Schools

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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