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Pennsylvania strikes $48 billion opioid epidemic deal with 5 companies

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

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Addiction

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

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Opioids

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

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Addiction

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Opioids

Drexel survey shows support in Kensington for overdose prevention site

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Public Health

Philadelphia reports 8% drop in drug overdose deaths in 2018

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Pennsylvania AG sues Purdue Pharma, alleges illegal marketing of OxyContin

Men's Health

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

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South Jersey mom charged in death of infant son

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Public Health

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

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City reveals outcome of pilot program at Kensington heroin encampments

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

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Public Health

Philadelphia hit by 34 percent annual increase in opioid overdose deaths

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Addiction

Staying alive: How to fight an opioid addiction

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Omissions on death certificates lead to undercounting of opioid overdoses

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Safe Injection Sites

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

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Opinion

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

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Opioids

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

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Obituaries

Temple student dies of overdose at off-campus residence

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

Drugs

DEA: Pennsylvania drug overdose deaths jumped 37 percent in 2016

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Drugs

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

Drugs

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

Drugs

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

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Drugs

How fentanyl is complicating the opioid crisis

Addiction

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

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Drugs

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

Drugs

Stop immediately releasing overdose victims, Pennsylvania lawmaker says

Police

Atlantic City police warn of potentially bad batch of heroin

Addiction

Pennsylvania man hopes tragic photo of brother will help other addicts

Drugs

VIDEO: NBC News documentary explores heroin epidemic in Pennsylvania county

Drugs

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

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South Jersey county providing heroin antidote to high schools

Police

Report: Bad batch of heroin causes nearly 50 overdoses in Kensington, North Philly areas

Arrests

Police: Lancaster man gave teen daughter heroin that caused overdose

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DA: Drug overdoses, deaths up in Montgomery County

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