Drugs

methamphetamine-pexels

Methamphetamine has been severely overlooked in the U.S. drug crisis, study suggests

Pennsylvania school teacher allegedly busted selling coke and Adderall from home

New Cumberland Middle School

City announces plan to clear Frankford Avenue, Emerald Street drug encampments

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Former Phillies star Lenny Dykstra indicted on drug, threat charges

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

Police lights arrests crime

Krasner announces 57 arrests in Kensington drug trafficking investigation

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner

Flyers' Jori Lehtera's cottage reportedly raided in Finnish cocaine ring investigation

New Jersey’s latest legal marijuana bill reportedly proposes the lowest weed tax in the country

Carroll - NJ Marijuana Dispensary

Camden City Council resolution paves way for clean needle exchange program to resume

Opioids pills needles

Doctors prescribed opioids with no pain diagnosis nearly 30 percent of the time

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Teenagers' brains make them more prone to addiction

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Amid Pa. prison lockdown, Delco corrections officer arrested for allegedly smuggling synthetic marijuana

Cannon Delco

Pennsylvania man cut brake lines on car to make crack pipe, leading to GF's fatal crash

Police lights arrests crime

Palisades Interstate Parkway Police chief resigns after suspension, drug arrest

Palisades Interstate Parkway Police chief resigns after suspension, drug arrest

New Jersey drug overdose deaths jump 21 percent, nation reaches new high

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Main Line man reportedly sold drugs to young teens using Snapchat

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Philly mother convicted of smuggling contraband to son in Delco prison

Janette Ortiz

ATMs dispense more than money: The dirt and dope that's on your cash

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Former Giants, Redskins lineman busted for alleged heroin possession, assault on police

Barry Cofield

Pennsylvania couple thought fireflies were green lasers from aliens, then the shooting started

Police lights arrests crime

Feds: $1.7 million of Chinese fentanyl seized at Philly port

Fentanyl CBP Philly

New drug designed to control excessive underarm sweating

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Authorities dismantle major fentanyl operation in eastern Pennsylvania

Fentanyl Montgomery County Bust

Turkey Hill testing bathroom blue lights to deter heroin use at Pennsylvania stores

Turkey Hill Minit Markets

Police uncover secret meth lab in Montco apartment building

Opioids pills needles

Digital mental health drug raises troubling questions

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LSD, MDMA potentially could treat depression and PTSD, according to new health study

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Yes, it's illegal to sell your pee to someone to pass a drug test in New Jersey

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City reveals outcome of pilot program at Kensington heroin encampments

Carroll - Private Investigator Searches for Missing Teen in Kensington

New migraine drug: A neurologist explains how it works

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Well, that's a unique way to try and pass a drug test

Angelique Sanchez

Philadelphia hit by 34 percent annual increase in opioid overdose deaths

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Philly officer gets prison sentence in drugs-for-sex case

Police lights arrests crime

Police: Lansdale man fatally stabbed father while high on fentanyl

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New Philly program aims to help people with addiction instead of arresting them

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New Jersey bill calls for strict warning label on opioid prescriptions

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Criminal Justice

They performed community service with the judge who sentenced them

Judge Scott DiClaudio

Lawyer with Philly ties charged with sexually assaulting his puppy named Snoopy

Ivan DeVoren

Philly man sent to prison in record-setting New Jersey fentanyl seizure

Carrillo Pineda

Overdosing man got angry at SEPTA police for 'ruining his high'

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Police: Woman left $100K of heroin outside Bucks County middle school

Natasha Willis

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