How Philly’s mild-mannered top health official is working to reduce opioid overdoses

Data collection and widespread naloxone distribution are two key parts of Philadelphia’s approach to the opioid crisis

Access Point will be open around the clock at 5th and Spring Garden for immediate addiction treatment

Fentanyl, the synthetic opioid responsible for many OD deaths, is now showing up in Philly crack cocaine

Turkey Hill follows Sheetz’s lead, installs blue lights in bathrooms to deter drug use

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Philly developer opens addiction recovery center in memory of his son

Advocates say the Ford Road operation will be the first of its kind in the city.

Kensington protesters implore Philly to ‘stop the evictions’ as encampments deadline looms

"There’s not enough resources to get them all in a bed."

UPDATED: HHS disputes report that nation’s top doc came out in support of safe injection sites

Will the endorsement by Surgeon General Jerome Adams affect the debate in Philly?

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Inside Philly’s first marijuana dispensary, Restore in Fishtown

Staff at the Frankford Avenue center are eager to start dispensing help.

Project HOME is opening up 88 apartments in North Philly for people who are homeless and in recovery

Good opportunity to clean out those medicine cabinets this weekend.

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At the First Stop recovery house in Kensington, it’s cold turkey or nothing

For some people, the tough love approach works. Others aren't so lucky.

Op-ed: Philly’s paper of record just removed the word ‘addict’ from its stylebook, and so should you

It’s time for news outlets to adopt language that doesn’t stigmatize.

Do safe-injection sites offer proven benefits to those facing addiction?

Pennsylvania's attorney general is not a fan of Phily's proposed CUES.

One year in, Mural Arts sees progress combating opioids with art in Kensington

With creative outlets and treatment resources, the "Storefront" has become a community hub.

Kensington forum on opioids packs the house, but avoids fiery debate

Response to the proposed CUES was less incendiary than at other recent meetings.

‘Gun-shy’ doctors and the second opioid crisis: patients in chronic pain

The addiction epidemic has led to a clampdown on legit prescriptions.

Kensington’s famous Last Stop addiction recovery center prepares for move

After 17 years, the community hub is relocating because of neighborhood change.

Why aren’t needle exchanges legal in PA? Advocates, scholars and politicians are asking

Syringe programs have been shown to reduce HIV infection and combat harm.

DIY livestream gives Kensington users a voice at opioid community forum

Advocates brought a Northeast Philly meeting to a bridge underpass at Emerald and Lehigh.