Heroin

Opioid use deafness

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

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

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

02102019_brian_rinker_UC_Berkeley

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

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