Overdoses

Safehouse Philly Opioids Court

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

FDA requires opioid labels to recommend overdose-reversing Narcan

FDA naloxone opioid

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 outlines safety plan for Safehouse overdose prevention site

OPS Philly Safehouse

U.S. life expectancy increases for first time in four years, CDC report shows

CDC life expectancy rises

Bensalem parents facing criminal charges after 9-month-old overdoses on fentanyl

Baby overdoes fentanyl Bensalem

Berks County D.A. issues alert after mass overdose, three deaths last weekend

Dauphin Overdoses

Pennsylvania health officials report three-day spike in Dauphin County overdoses

Dauphin opioids

Pennsylvania strikes $48 billion opioid epidemic deal with 5 companies

Opioids Shapiro

Chester County parents arrested after 11-month-old ingests, overdoses on heroin while they slept

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

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

Carroll - Naloxone, Narcan

Did Louisiana woman die of marijuana overdose? Coroner thinks so

marijuana overdose louisiana

Drexel survey shows support in Kensington for overdose prevention site

Carroll - Kensington

Philadelphia reports 8% drop in drug overdose deaths in 2018

fentanyl overdose deaths

Pennsylvania AG sues Purdue Pharma, alleges illegal marketing of OxyContin

Purdue Pharma OxyContin

Life expectancy among Philly's black men lower than any racial demographic

Carroll - Pennsylvania Hospital Ambulance Emergency Department

South Jersey mom charged in death of infant son

Lumberton Police

Turkey Hill testing bathroom blue lights to deter heroin use at Pennsylvania stores

Turkey Hill Minit Markets

City reveals outcome of pilot program at Kensington heroin encampments

Carroll - Private Investigator Searches for Missing Teen in Kensington

'Road Rules' alum Brian Lancaster died of accidental drug overdose in Phoenixville, coroner says

Brian Lancaster

Philadelphia hit by 34 percent annual increase in opioid overdose deaths

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Staying alive: How to fight an opioid addiction

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Safe Injection Sites

State rep: proposed safe injection sites in Philly are 'dangerous'

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Omissions on death certificates lead to undercounting of opioid overdoses

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Safe injection sites: the right thing to do now was right thing to do in '80s

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Philly-area emergency rooms adjust to increase of opioid overdose cases

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Temple student dies of overdose at off-campus residence

James Orlando Temple

New Jersey funeral director's emotional blog: 'F--- you, Opioids'

DEA: Pennsylvania drug overdose deaths jumped 37 percent in 2016

Fentanyl Heroin comparison

D.A.: Super-potent carfentanil killed Chester County overdose victim

In three days, Pennsylvania county saw more than 100 synthetic marijuana overdoses

Temple student's seminar on how to use Narcan getting more interest than expected

How fentanyl is complicating the opioid crisis

Pennsylvania woman's heartbreaking letter to parents shows heroin addict's bind before overdose

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CDC: Overdose deaths have more than doubled nationwide in 16 years

Stop immediately releasing overdose victims, Pennsylvania lawmaker says

Atlantic City police warn of potentially bad batch of heroin

Pennsylvania man hopes tragic photo of brother will help other addicts

VIDEO: NBC News documentary explores heroin epidemic in Pennsylvania county

6 people die from heroin overdoses in Philadelphia as police investigate cause

Philly police

South Jersey county providing heroin antidote to high schools

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