Philly’s opioid epidemic is so bad Starbucks has blue lights in the bathrooms

The coffee giant also has needle disposals at the ready.

A developer has essentially offered Safehouse a free building in Kensington to establish the city’s first supervised injection site

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After $2 million scare, Kensington’s Last Stop recovery center is going legit

The 18-year-old operation is forming its first board of directors.

The North Philadelphia Health System finally secured longterm funding for its mental health and addiction treatment centers, after declaring bankruptcy in 2016

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Recovery advocates are running a social media campaign to ask the DOJ to drop its civil suit against Safehouse

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A Drexel-made smartphone app to reduce overdose deaths in Philly

Unity Philly alerts Narcan carriers when there's an active OD nearby.

Advocates bribed City Council with handmade Valentines to support safe injection sites

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City levels $2 million lawsuit against well-known Kensington recovery center

The Last Stop has been helping people with addiction for nearly two decades.

What the feds’ safe injection site lawsuit could mean for the rest of the country

If the Philly nonprofit wins, the facilities would effectively be legalized.

A new owner has taken over a historic brownstone mansion on Frankford Ave. Neighbors are making him promise not to turn it into an addiction recovery house

For people in recovery from addiction, the holiday season can pull them away from their usual support systems — risking relapse and overdose

A teacher at the Mural Arts Kensington Storefront ventures to Germantown once a week to connect the two neighborhoods — and collect donations

Philly just announced it will clear encampments of homeless people with addiction on Frankford Ave and Emerald St

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City shuts down pivotal Kensington recovery house over code violations

The Last Stop has been closed since Oct. 1, and the owner may end up in court.

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Councilwoman Cindy Bass wants the city to start regulating addiction recovery houses

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This state rep threatens to freeze Philly’s funding if an overdose prevention site opens

Pa. Rep. Jerry Knowles thinks the safe injection idea is "insane."

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August 31 is officially Overdose Awareness Day in Pennsylvania

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Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers: Remembering the 1,200 Philadelphians who died via overdose last year

The opioid crisis is often depicted in depersonalizing numbers. This vigil was about people.

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How a Germantown reverend overcame Philly’s recovery house NIMBYism

The house hosts neighborhood giveaways and meetings, and also turns into a polling place.

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For an entire month, Philly tech professionals will work with state and federal datasets to study the opioid epidemic