Opioids

New Jersey opioids Penn Medicine

Penn Medicine's New Jersey docs prescribed 22% fewer opioid pills with new law, alert system

Proposed Philly supervised injection site doesn't violate federal laws, judge rules

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DEA authorized greater opioid production as deaths mounted, report finds

D.E.A. opioid Inspector General

FDA, DEA target websites illegally selling opioids

FDA,DEA target illegal opioid sellers online

Eye surgeons prescribed more opioids as procedures became less invasive, study finds

Pennsylvania sues Purdue Pharma's Sackler family

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‘Crackhouse’ or ‘safehouse’? U.S. officials try to block Philly’s supervised injection site

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Jim Kenney, IBX kick off National Recovery Month in Philly

Jim Kenney National Recovery Month

Penn, Yale researchers looking at opioid use disorder under a different light

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Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $518 million in Oklahoma opioid case

Johnson & Johnson opioids

Among hurdles for those with opioid addictions: getting the drug to treat it

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Doctors can change opioid prescribing habits, but progress comes in small doses

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More Narcan needed in fight against opioid epidemic, CDC says

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Opioid treatment programs coming to all Delaware prisons

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This 6-minute video is the perfect explanation of what happens when you overdose

what happens when you overdose

Hepatitis A outbreak spreads in Philly among drug users, homeless

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

Ashley Eaton-Riley overdose survivor

Here's what you should know about kratom — the controversial opioid-like plant

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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

Marissa Wadsworth IBX Foundation Someone You Know campaign

Drug dealers shipped stuffed animals with opioids inside to Montgomery County, police say

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Philadelphia pill mill ringleader gets nine years in prison

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Bill that would limit opioid prescriptions passes in Pennsylvania Senate

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Turns out, medical marijuana has no impact on opioid deaths

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Naloxone nasal spray is more available in Philly neighborhoods with more white residents, study finds

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Drexel survey shows support in Kensington for overdose prevention site

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

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Penn Medicine drastically cuts opioid prescriptions for some cancer patients

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

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Pennsylvania AG sues Purdue Pharma, alleges illegal marketing of OxyContin

Meth vs. opioids: America has two drug epidemics, but focuses on one

Pennsylvania drug overdose deaths reportedly dropped in 2018 or first time in five years

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Alternative Medicine

Does CBD work? Science isn't sure, but Philly-area residents say it's helping them

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

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Alternative Medicine

Amid shifting attitudes on medical marijuana, baby boomers are big buyers

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Alternative Medicine

Medical marijuana and CBD are taking off: Can it help you?

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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

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Montgomery County doctor pleads guilty to illegally distributing oxycodone

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

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Google adds drug disposal searches to Google Maps, focuses on Pennsylvania

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

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