Heroin

WVU researchers use deep brain stimulation to treat patients with opioid use disorder

Deep brain stimulation may offer a new tool to fight opioid addiction

Pennsylvania health officials report three-day spike in Dauphin County overdoses

Dauphin opioids

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

Heroin Halloween candy Cape May

DEA authorized greater opioid production as deaths mounted, report finds

D.E.A. opioid Inspector General

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

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

Trenton bridge

More Narcan needed in fight against opioid epidemic, CDC says

Carroll - Naloxone, Narcan

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

South Jersey hotel drugs

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

Drug bust kensington

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

intervention opioid addiction philadelphia

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

Marissa Wadsworth IBX Foundation Someone You Know campaign

Feds charge 22 people in alleged Atlantic City heroin-trafficking ring

Atlantic City heroin ring

Drexel survey shows support in Kensington for overdose prevention site

Carroll - Kensington

New Jersey drug dealer sentenced to eight years in prison for 15-year-old's fatal heroin overdose

Madison McDonald fatal heroin

Harvard researchers posed as drug addicts to illustrate the struggle for treatment

addiction treatment struggles

Pa. driver, pulled over for wearing headphones and then arrested for transporting heroin, has appeal denied

Dauphin County Police Bureau

Treating heroin use disorder is added to CBD's laundry list, small study finds

Carroll - CBD oil products at Weaver's Way co-op.

Pennsylvania AG sues Purdue Pharma, alleges illegal marketing of OxyContin

Purdue Pharma OxyContin

Philadelphia reports 8% drop in drug overdose deaths in 2018

fentanyl overdose deaths

City takes a breather on safe-injection sites to address public safety concerns

Carroll - Kensington

IBX Foundation expands campaign to reduce stigma of opioid addiction

Independence Blue Cross Opioid Addiction Someone You Know Campaign

These are the people most frequently overdosing on fentanyl

fentanyl overdose deaths

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

Pete_Kinzie_AD_Campaign

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

Stock_Carroll - Heroin packed for street sale

11 arrested in major Kensington drug bust

Carroll - The elevated Market-Frankford Line in Kensington

What ‘dope sick’ really feels like

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Wawa checkout fundraiser benefits Kensington homeless residence for people battling addiction

Maguire Residence Kensington

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

Stock_Carroll - Heroin packed for street sale

'Kensington Blues' photographer releases 'Embedded in the Badlands' documentary series

Stockbridge Kensington

Children's Health

Teen vaping surged within the last year, survey says

e-cigarettes-juul-suorin-blu

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

Heroin Warminster

Fighting the opioid epidemic with opioids: prescription heroin to treat addiction

Carroll - Pills Medication Prescription Drugs Stock

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

Frankford avenue towards emerald

Surgeon General: Alternative opioid addiction strategies more viable than safe injection sites

Jerome_Adams_Surgeon_General

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

Teenagers' brains make them more prone to addiction

Teen_smoking

Rod Rosenstein pledges swift federal response if safe injection site opens in Philly

Opioids pills needles

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

02052018_Drug_pills_Unsplash

Demi Lovato reportedly hospitalized for overdose ahead of Atlantic City show

Demi Lovato

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