Drugs

Diabetes drugs

Barriers to specialty care may be causing disparities in use of diabetes drug, Penn study finds

Upper Merion downgrades marijuana possession to a summary offense

Upper Merion Marijuana

North Philly 'pill mill' doctor gets prison in sex-for-drugs case

Rodos Pill Mill

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

Bucks Drug Bust Narco

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

Philly Black Opioid Deaths

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

Pottstown Hospital Morales

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

Fentanyl Philly Overdoses

Twitter reacts to New Jersey legalizing recreational marijuana for adults

College students are drinking less alcohol, but smoking more weed

Young adults drinking less

Treatment for rare esophagus disease deemed breakthrough therapy by FDA

Philly member of 'Skipworth' drug ring sentenced to 26 years in federal prison

Feds charge 11 people in alleged Northeast Philly, South Jersey heroin ring

FBI Philly Division

Temple researchers to study promising cocaine addiction treatment

Temple Cocaine Study

Remdesivir could be authorized as emergency COVID-19 treatment, report says

Remdesivir fails to meet expectations as COVID-19 treatment in first clinical trial

Penn Medicine launches hydroxychloroquine trial to evaluate COVID-19 treatment possibility

Penn Medicine launches trial to evaluate hydroxychloroquine as possible COVID-19 treatment

Amazon's Alexa can now answer common medication questions

Amazon's Alexa can now answer common medication questions

Most American adults should be screened for hepatitis C, health officials say

New U.S. guidelines call for most adults to be screened for hepatitis C

New Jersey man used his pickup truck as meth lab

Meth lab pickup truck

Former drug exec who killed wife in 2004 now in trouble for selling fake cancer cures for dogs

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

Gun trafficking Philadelphia Zombie

Does Tylenol cause cancer? California considers declaring acetaminophen a carcinogen

Tylenol Acetaminophen Cancer Carcinogen

New medication may be an alternative to surgery for some women with fibroids

Alleged New Jersey drug network busted for selling THC-infused Sour Patch kids, vape cartridges

THC Candy Defendants

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

Vaping Marijuana

Common heartburn drugs could increase risk of stomach bugs

PPI Heartburn

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

Potential game-changing migraine medication passes large-scale clinical trial

Migraine drug research

South Dakota's bizarre anti-meth campaign draws ridicule

South Dakota Meth

These habits can increase the risk of birth defects

Habits that increase the risk of birth defects

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

Vaping crisis breakthrough Vitamin E acetate

Most high school vapers prefer Juul e-cigarettes

High school students prefer Juul e-cigarettes, survey finds

FDA keeps brand-name drugs on a fast path to market – despite manufacturing concerns

Suspected heroin found in child's Halloween candy in Cape May County

Heroin Halloween candy Cape May

Alternative Medicine

Pennsylvania ACLU sues to allow people on probation to use medical marijuana

ACLU Medical Marijuana lebanon county

Alaska remains the only state without a vaping-related illness

Vaping Illnesses Alaska

Pennsylvania police department warns parents about THC candy after Nerds Rope drug bust

Nerds rope THC drug bust

Former corrections officer smuggled fentanyl, marijuana into New Jersey prison in exchange for bribes

Carroll - Police lights arrests crime

Stroudsburg man arrested in Utah for transporting 86 pounds of meth

Vaping-related illnesses now surpass 1,000

Surge of vaping illnesses expected to continue

Proposed Philly supervised injection site doesn't violate federal laws, judge rules

Opioids pills needles

Here's what you need to know about the youth vaping epidemic

Youth vaping epidemic

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