Fentanyl

Addiction Specialist Pennsylvania College Loan Repayment program

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

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

Cocaine Making a Comeback

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

Pennsylvania sues Purdue Pharma's Sackler family

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Jim Kenney, IBX kick off National Recovery Month in Philly

Jim Kenney National Recovery Month

28 arrested on gun, drug charges in major New Jersey busts

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More Narcan needed in fight against opioid epidemic, CDC says

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Former 'American Idol' star from New Jersey pleads guilty drug distribution charge

Antonella Barba American Idol drug possession

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

Ashley Eaton-Riley overdose survivor

14 arrested in largest Kensington Initiative drug bust to date

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Philadelphia reports 8% drop in drug overdose deaths in 2018

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These are the people most frequently overdosing on fentanyl

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Philly launches media campaign touting medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction

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Delaware mother raises awareness of opioid epidemic by releasing photo of her dead son

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Former 'American Idol' star from New Jersey indicted on federal drug charges

Antonella Barba

Federal prosecutors sue to halt opening of Philly's first safe injection site

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$8 million-per-week heroin operation busted in Bucks County

Heroin Warminster

Dispatches from the morgue: Toxicology tests don't tell the whole story of the opioid epidemic

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Krasner announces 57 arrests in Kensington drug trafficking investigation

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner

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

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Naloxone remains controversial to some, but here's why it shouldn't be

IBX Foundation highlights recovery stories of opioid addicts

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

Fentanyl CBP Philly

Opioid-related deaths in Pennsylvania are way higher than the numbers show

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Authorities dismantle major fentanyl operation in eastern Pennsylvania

Fentanyl Montgomery County Bust

Crozer-Keystone opioid center one of 'busiest' in Pennsylvania

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City reveals outcome of pilot program at Kensington heroin encampments

Carroll - Private Investigator Searches for Missing Teen in Kensington

'Road Rules' alum Brian Lancaster died of accidental drug overdose in Phoenixville, coroner says

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Philadelphia hit by 34 percent annual increase in opioid overdose deaths

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Police: Lansdale man fatally stabbed father while high on fentanyl

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Authorities seize massive amount of Chinese fentanyl on Main Line

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A.G.: Major Philly drug raid nets $2.6 million in heroin, fentanyl

Fentanyl Bust

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

Carrillo Pineda

Report: Arrest made in Camden after 14 overdose on fentanyl

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D.A.: Enough Fentanyl seized to threaten half of Montgomery County

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DA: Major Northeast Philly drug bust nets $370,000 in heroin, fentanyl

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Police: Mom charged with dropping fentanyl at Drexel Hill school

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10 arrested, thousands of bags of heroin found in 'major' Northeast Philly bust

Camden man arrested with record-setting supply of fentanyl

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DEA: Pennsylvania drug overdose deaths jumped 37 percent in 2016

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D.A.: Super-potent carfentanil killed Chester County overdose victim

Feds: Philly man sold lethal fentanyl on dark web marketplace AlphaBay

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Montgomery County reports its first deaths from dangerous opioid carfentanil

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