Opioids

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What ‘dope sick’ really feels like

Wawa checkout fundraiser benefits Kensington homeless residence for people battling addiction

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Final Kensington encampment to be cleared Thursday amid bitter cold temperatures

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How Penn Medicine is reducing opioid use in some surgical patients

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

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Philadelphia doubling down on medication-assisted treatment for opioid addicts

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Opioid addicts abusing diarrhea medicine to combat withdrawal symptoms

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The Monthly Migraine: I qualified for the buzzy migraine injection

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Children's Health

Teen vaping surged within the last year, survey says

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

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

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Pennsylvania is giving away anti-overdose drug naloxone on Dec. 13

Pennsylvania to receive $10 million from Bloomberg Philanthropies to fight opioid overdose deaths

Methamphetamine has been severely overlooked in the U.S. drug crisis, study suggests

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FDA approves opioid five to 10 times more powerful than fetanyl

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Philadelphia awarded $1 million toward juvenile justice center

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Cooper, ARS to partner on $27 million, 90-bed addiction treatment center

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Drop off your expired prescriptions at one of these 47 Montgomery County sites

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

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First lady Melania Trump is visiting Philadelphia today

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

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Dispatches from the morgue: Toxicology tests don't tell the whole story of the opioid epidemic

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Congress targets misuse of hospice drugs

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Krasner announces 57 arrests in Kensington drug trafficking investigation

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner

Camden City Council resolution paves way for clean needle exchange program to resume

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In opioid sweep, Norristown doctor accused of trading pills for nude photos of female patients

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Doctors prescribed opioids with no pain diagnosis nearly 30 percent of the time

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Teenagers' brains make them more prone to addiction

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Navy veteran describes 'slippery slope' into opioid addiction – and his journey out

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

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

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Maryland mom eats poppy seed bagel, tests positive for opioids

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Health Insurance

IBC Foundation awards $1.8 million to nursing schools, local organizations

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Sprained an ankle? In some states, opioid prescriptions are common treatment

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With $1 million grant, Temple expands clinic for medication-based opioid addiction treatment

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Recovering addict pays bill for first aid squad at New Jersey IHOP

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Philly mother convicted of smuggling contraband to son in Delco prison

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IBX Foundation highlights recovery stories of opioid addicts

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New Jersey bill would require seventh graders to learn how to administer Narcan

Feds: $1.7 million of Chinese fentanyl seized at Philly port

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Medical Marijuana

Philadelphia's second marijuana dispensary is coming to East Passyunk

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Opioid-related deaths in Pennsylvania are way higher than the numbers show

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Authorities dismantle major fentanyl operation in eastern Pennsylvania

Fentanyl Montgomery County Bust

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