Heroin

Stimulants Cocaine Fentanyl

Stimulant users are caught in fatal 'fourth wave' of opioid epidemic

More than half of U.S. jails don't provide medication to treat opioid addiction

MOUD

Over-the-counter Narcan to be sold at major retailers starting next week

Over-the-counter Narcan

Pa. senators consider bill to involuntarily commit people, who overdose and are revived, to addiction treatment centers

involuntary drug rehab

Over-the-counter Narcan to be available by late summer, manufacturer says

Narcan nasal spray

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

Montgomery County CBD Fentanyl

With 'tranq dope' afflicting more drug users, Philly steps up overdose response training and wound care

Xylazine Tranq Philadelphia Overdoses

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

Kensington Drug Trafficking

Twin brothers charged in Atlantic City drug bust that netted 39,000 doses of heroin, fentanyl

Atlantic City Drug Bust

Bill to legalize fentanyl test strips passes Pennsylvania House committee

City Council urges city, state leaders to declare state of emergency in Kensington

Kensington

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

John Oliver Harm Reduction

'Massive' spike in overdoses in Berks County prompts warning about dangerous batch of heroin in area

Berks County Overdoses

Can a vaccine help fight the opioid epidemic? A clinical trial aims to find out

Opioid Addiction vaccine

Two men arrested in Atlantic County's biggest drug bust ever

Atlantic County drug bust

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

Opioid deaths 2020

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

Safehouse Philly Opioids Court

Nine charged in Chester County-Philly drug bust, prosecutors say

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

FBI Philly Division

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

Safehouse OPS Site

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

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

040916_JoshShapiro

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

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