Overdoses

Fentanyl Test Strips

Fentanyl test strips made legal in Pennsylvania in hopes of reducing overdose deaths

Camden County schools will receive naloxone kits in effort to prevent opioid overdoses

Naloxone Camden Schools

Naloxone access varies widely in Pennsylvania – and so does the likelihood of surviving an overdose

Naloxone Access Pennsylvania

Life expectancy in New Jersey fell by 2.6 years during the first year of COVID

Life expectancy New Jersey

They call it 'tranq' — and it's making street drugs even more dangerous

Tranq drug

As overdose deaths surged early in the COVID-19 pandemic, racial disparities also grew

Overdose Racial Disparities

Philadelphia expands grief counseling program for children of overdose victims

Philly Bereavement Counseling

Bill to legalize fentanyl test strips passes Pennsylvania House committee

Fentanyl test legalization

Teen overdose deaths are increasing but drug use is at an all-time low

Counterfeit prescription pills

John Oliver cites Philly's former plan for supervised injection site; advocates for harm-reduction approach to opioid addiction

John Oliver Harm Reduction

Uncle charged in fatal fentanyl overdose of 12-year-old nephew in Camden County

Fentanyl uncle nephew

Philly rolls out first free Narcan dispensers at Blackwell Regional Library

Narcan dispenser Philly Library

Suicides by drug overdose increasing among young people, seniors

Suicide by drug overdose

Philly joins Pennsylvania's $1 billion opioid settlement after initial criticism from city officials

Philadelphia Pennsylvania opioid settlement

Nearly one million overdose deaths have been reported since the beginning of the opioid crisis, research finds

Opioid overdose Narcan

Fentanyl increasingly being found in recreational drugs, Camden County warns

Fentanyl Camden County

'Massive' spike in overdoses in Berks County prompts warning about dangerous batch of heroin in area

Berks County Overdoses

Philly D.A. Krasner sues Pennsylvania A.G Shapiro's office over 'unacceptable,' opioid settlement

Larry Krasner opioid lawsuit

Pennsylvania part of $26 billion national opioid settlement with distributors, manufacturer

Opioid Settlement Pennsylvania

Philly's opioid crisis has been worse than ever amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Opioid deaths 2020

Opioid overdoses are killing more Black Philadelphians, but fewer white residents

Philly Black Opioid Deaths

Philly health officials warn 'fentanyl is in everything' as meth, PCP overdoses rise

Fentanyl Philly Overdoses

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

Safehouse Philly Opioids Court

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

infant heroin overdose

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

Stock_Carroll - Somerset Street in Kensington

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

Pennsylvania AG sues Purdue Pharma, alleges illegal marketing of OxyContin

Philadelphia reports 8% drop in drug overdose deaths in 2018

fentanyl overdose deaths

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

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