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Fentanyl, heroin found in CBD edibles sold at Montgomery County stores, D.A. says

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Kensington drug boss, known for selling narcotics labeled 'funeral' to show potency, sentenced to prison

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John Oliver cites Philly's former plan for supervised injection site; advocates for harm-reduction approach to opioid addiction

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Atlantic County drug bust

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

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

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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

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Philly plan for opioid overdose prevention site shot down in federal court reversal

Safehouse Philly Opioids Court

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Meth Heroin Chester County

Non-fatal overdoses increasing among children, CDC study finds

Child overdoses CDC

Opioid use, especially in large doses, can cause deafness, Rutgers study finds

Opioid use deafness

Pa. directs $2 million in grants to help people with opioid addictions find jobs

Wolf Opioids Jobs

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

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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

South Philly building owner pulls plug on Safehouse opioid overdose prevention site

Safehouse canceled

Safehouse's plan to open overdose prevention site in South Philly sparks contentious reaction

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Philly takes 'major step forward' in opioid crisis by expanding buprenorphine access

Philly Opioid Crisis Buprenorphine

Philly outlines safety plan for Safehouse overdose prevention site

OPS Philly Safehouse

Bucks, Montgomery counties receive funding for inmate Suboxone treatment

Bucks Montgomery Suboxone

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

Gun trafficking Philadelphia Zombie

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

Addiction Specialist Pennsylvania College Loan Repayment program

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 health officials report three-day spike in Dauphin County overdoses

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

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DEA authorized greater opioid production as deaths mounted, report finds

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Chester County parents arrested after 11-month-old ingests, overdoses on heroin while they slept

infant heroin overdose

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

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More Narcan needed in fight against opioid epidemic, CDC says

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Feds arrest women allegedly attempting to sell $800,000 in heroin at South Jersey hotel

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

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14 arrested in largest Kensington Initiative drug bust to date

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Docu-series 'Intervention' features opioid addiction in Philadelphia in coming season

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IBX Foundation dispatches 'Someone You Know' campaign to Capitol Hill

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