Opioids

AmerisourceBergen Cencora

Drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen to change name amid expansion plans

Methadone vans, overdose prevention services to be covered by Philly's opioid settlement funds

Philadelphia Opioid Settlement

U.S. Justice Department sues Conshohocken-based pharmaceutical distributor for role in opioid crisis

Florida man arrested in South Jersey with 10,000 rainbow fentanyl pills, police say

New Jersey Rainbow Fentanyl

Pennsylvania will receive more than $450 million in opioid settlement with CVS, Walgreens

cvs opioid settlement

With 'tranq dope' afflicting more drug users, Philly steps up overdose response training and wound care

Xylazine Tranq Philadelphia Overdoses

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

$10 billion opioid settlement from CVS and Walgreen's could mean drug treatment money for Pennsylvania

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

Opioid crisis in Philly has worsened since the pandemic, Kensington nonprofit says

Prevention Point Syringes

Owner of Northeast Philly pharmacy, once largest purchaser of oxycodone in Pennsylvania, sentenced to prison

Trenton woman busted with 15,000 'rainbow fentanyl' pills concealed in LEGO box, DEA says

Rainbow Fentanyl NJ Woman

Delaware County to bolster addiction services with $62.5 million from opioid settlement

Delaware County Opioid Settlement

Drug cartels are using 'rainbow fentanyl' to target young Americans, DEA warns

DEA rainbow fentanyl

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

Tranq drug

Penn's virtual 'warmline' aims to improve access to opioid use disorder treatment among marginalized communities

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

Pa. House passes bill decriminalizing fentanyl test strips in effort to reduce overdose deaths

Bill to legalize fentanyl test strips passes Pennsylvania House committee

Fentanyl seizures surge in Pennsylvania as the synthetic opioid displaces heroin, A.G. report says

Burlington County receives $1.2 million from Department of Justice for opioid response, crime technology

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

Counterfeit prescription pills

City Council urges city, state leaders to declare state of emergency in Kensington

Kensington

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

New Jersey to distribute $641 million from national opioid settlement to bolster treatment efforts

J&J Opioid Settlement

Philly rolls out first free Narcan dispensers at Blackwell Regional Library

Narcan dispenser Philly Library

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

Philadelphia Pennsylvania opioid settlement

Pennsylvania provides funding to support health care workers, children impacted by substance abuse

Health Care Funding

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

Encouraging use of buprenorphine in emergency departments improves opioid use disorder care, study finds

Penn study on opioid use disorder treatment

Fentanyl increasingly being found in recreational drugs, Camden County warns

Fentanyl Camden County

With overdose deaths surging, advocates on the ground push for over-the-counter naloxone

How the pandemic helped spread fentanyl across the U.S. and drive opioid overdose deaths to a grim new high

Drug Needle Opioids

Jon Bon Jovi touts new Project HOME residence as 'much needed' effort to address homelessness

Kensington Project HOME

81-year-old Delco pharmacist accused of trading painkillers for sexual favors

Delco Pharmacist Charged

Alternative Medicine

Does acupuncture have a place in the operating room?

Acupuncture Opioids Pain Relief

Nearly 8 pounds of suspected fentanyl seized in massive Camden drug bust

Camden drug bust

Center City doctor agrees to pay $2 million for illegally prescribing opioids

Stephen Padnes opioids

Can a vaccine help fight the opioid epidemic? A clinical trial aims to find out

Opioid Addiction vaccine

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