Opioids

Cherelle Parker budget 2025

Mayor Parker's 2026 budget proposal calls for tax cuts, higher parking rates and more housing spending

One year into Mayor Parker's Kensington intervention, city officials tout lower crime, better community services

Kensington Crime Parker

In Kensington, integrated medical care can have a 'huge' impact on HIV transmission

Kensington HIV Clinic

FDA approves non-opioid painkiller, first new class in decades

non-opioid medication fda

Pennsylvania to get $212 million from opioids settlement with Purdue Pharma, Sackler family

Pennsylvania Opioids Lawsuit

Ozempic and Wegovy are helping many Americans lose weight, but they also may have other beneficial uses

Weight Loss Drugs

New court in Kensington will serve as a pipeline to drug treatment, Mayor Parker says

Parker Wellness Court

In Kensington, outreach workers give out food, clothing and toiletries from trucks, but potential restrictions loom

Mobile outreach Philly

Philly to offer year-long housing to 336 people in addiction recovery at Holmesburg facility

Riverview Wellness Village

Stimulant users are caught in fatal 'fourth wave' of opioid epidemic

Stimulants Cocaine Fentanyl

The drop in overdose deaths may be the result of more veterinary tranquilizers – and less fentanyl – in street drugs

Drug Overdose Deaths

Nearly 1 in 4 Americans report suffering from chronic pain, which can interfere with daily life

chronic pain CDC

Philly hospitals test new strategy for 'tranq dope' withdrawal – and it keeps patients from walking out before their treatment is done

Tranq Dope Withdrawal

When primary care includes behavioral health services, people in addiction are more likely to seek treatment

Primary Care Opioids

Companies keep selling harmful products – but history shows consumers can win in the end

Drug overdose deaths decline in Philly for first time in 5 years

More than half of U.S. jails don't provide medication to treat opioid addiction

MOUD

New research suggests estrogen and progesterone could play role in opioid addiction and relapse

Opioid Addiction Hormones

Philly distributes $3.1 million from opioid settlement to 43 community programs

Opioid Settlement Funds North Philly

Philly police to enter enforcement phase of city's plan targeting drugs, violence in Kensington

Bethel Kensington Police

Fentanyl drug packaging operation busted in Kensington

Kensington drug bust

Delco official says John Oliver's punchline about county's opioid settlement spending misses mark

John Oliver Delco

Fatal overdoses fell slightly in the U.S. last year, but fentanyl still poses a big threat

Prescription drug Take Back Day is Saturday. Find out where to dispose of unused medications in Philly and region

Philadelphia will get $110 million from Walgreens in opioid lawsuit settlement

Federal investigation into Philly pharmacy that illegally dispensed opioids ends with two more guilty pleas

Shortage of alcohol dependency drug threatens many in recovery – at a time when booze sales are up

Fake prescription pills laced with fentanyl and meth are putting drug users at greater risk of overdose, DEA says

Fake Prescription Pills

The physical therapist shortage hurts underserved communities and may worsen the addiction crisis

Physical Therapist Shortage

Nearly 2 million Americans are using kratom yearly, but it is banned in multiple states

'Fourth wave' of opioid epidemic crashes ashore, propelled by fentanyl and meth

As fentanyl increasingly taints cocaine and other stimulants, drug testing strips are needed to save lives, officials say

drug test strips

A new test lets doctors screen patients for risk of opioid addiction, but some fear it will provide a false sense of security

Opioid Genetic Test

'Undignified practice' of tranq tourism puts Kensington’s opioid crisis in the social media spotlight

TikTok Tranq Tourism

Fentanyl withdrawal is driving more opioid users to leave hospitals early, Penn researchers say

Fentanyl Patients Hospitals

Pa. lawmakers propose involuntary hospitalization for people who overdose, but skeptics worry about potential harm

Involuntary Commitment Overdose Bill

Fatal overdoses reached another all-time high in Philadelphia last year

Philly Overdose Deaths

Supervised injection sites barred in most Philly neighborhoods after City Council overrides Jim Kenney's veto

Supervised Injection Site Law

Artificial intelligence may influence whether you can get pain medication

Pain Medication AI

Over-the-counter Narcan to be sold at major retailers starting next week

Over-the-counter Narcan

White House plan targets xylazine, the animal sedative now commonly found in Philly's drug supply

The DEA, after relaxing rules on telehealth prescriptions, now wants to tighten them

Pa. senators consider bill to involuntarily commit people, who overdose and are revived, to addiction treatment centers

involuntary drug rehab

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