Opioids

Larry Arata Delco

Nonprofit leader in Delco charged with misusing opioid settlement funds for sex trafficking

Back pain during pregnancy is often dismissed as a passing discomfort, but it should be taken seriously

Back Pain Pregnancy

Philly sues CVS Health, other pharmacy benefit managers for their roles in opioid crisis

Opioid Lawsuit CVS

Opioid used by millions for pain management only has 'slight effect,' study warns

Tramadol Pain Management

Philly's recovery housing complex now offers residents on-site addiction treatment medications

Riverview opioid medication

For some, Overdose Awareness Day is more than a remembrance. It's a way to protest the city's approach to the crisis

Overdose Awareness Day

New website tracks how Pennsylvania counties spend opioid settlement funds

opioid settlement website

Enforcement of law that restricts mobile services in Kensington will be delayed, city officials say

Mobile Services Kensington

New restrictions on mobile outreach in Kensington take effect Sunday, but it's unclear how they will be implemented

Mobile Services Law Truck

Pennsylvania gets $28 million in settlement with 8 opioid manufacturers

Opioid settlement Pennsylvania

Fatal overdoses are falling, but 4 in 10 Philly residents believe the addiction crisis is worsening

Philadelphia Addiction Crisis

Purdue Pharma's $7.4 billion opioid settlement will pay $200 million to Pa. and $125 million to N.J.

Purdue Pharma settlement

Street drugs are being cut with a potent sedative, but criminalizing it may worsen Philly's addiction crisis

Medetomidine Controlled Substance

What role should mobile medical providers play in Kensington? City Council nears vote on new restrictions

Mobile Services Kensington

Misinformation about fentanyl exposure threatens to undermine overdose response

Fentanyl Powder Misinformation

Medetomidine is replacing xylazine in Philly's street fentanyl supply

Fentanyl Test Strip

Mayor Parker's 2026 budget proposal calls for tax cuts, higher parking rates and more housing spending

Cherelle Parker budget 2025

One year into Mayor Parker's Kensington intervention, city officials tout lower crime, better community services

Kensington Crime Parker

In Kensington, integrated medical care can have a 'huge' impact on HIV transmission

Kensington HIV Clinic

FDA approves non-opioid painkiller, first new class in decades

non-opioid medication fda

Pennsylvania to get $212 million from opioids settlement with Purdue Pharma, Sackler family

Pennsylvania Opioids Lawsuit

Ozempic and Wegovy are helping many Americans lose weight, but they also may have other beneficial uses

Weight Loss Drugs

New court in Kensington will serve as a pipeline to drug treatment, Mayor Parker says

Parker Wellness Court

In Kensington, outreach workers give out food, clothing and toiletries from trucks, but potential restrictions loom

Mobile outreach Philly

Philly to offer year-long housing to 336 people in addiction recovery at Holmesburg facility

Riverview Wellness Village

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

Stimulants Cocaine Fentanyl

The drop in overdose deaths may be the result of more veterinary tranquilizers – and less fentanyl – in street drugs

Drug Overdose Deaths

Nearly 1 in 4 Americans report suffering from chronic pain, which can interfere with daily life

chronic pain CDC

Philly hospitals test new strategy for 'tranq dope' withdrawal – and it keeps patients from walking out before their treatment is done

Tranq Dope Withdrawal

When primary care includes behavioral health services, people in addiction are more likely to seek treatment

Primary Care Opioids

Companies keep selling harmful products – but history shows consumers can win in the end

Drug overdose deaths decline in Philly for first time in 5 years

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

MOUD

New research suggests estrogen and progesterone could play role in opioid addiction and relapse

Opioid Addiction Hormones

Philly distributes $3.1 million from opioid settlement to 43 community programs

Opioid Settlement Funds North Philly

Philly police to enter enforcement phase of city's plan targeting drugs, violence in Kensington

Bethel Kensington Police

Fentanyl drug packaging operation busted in Kensington

Kensington drug bust

Delco official says John Oliver's punchline about county's opioid settlement spending misses mark

John Oliver Delco

Fatal overdoses fell slightly in the U.S. last year, but fentanyl still poses a big threat

Prescription drug Take Back Day is Saturday. Find out where to dispose of unused medications in Philly and region

Philadelphia will get $110 million from Walgreens in opioid lawsuit settlement

Federal investigation into Philly pharmacy that illegally dispensed opioids ends with two more guilty pleas

Shortage of alcohol dependency drug threatens many in recovery – at a time when booze sales are up

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