Topic: Opioids

The $5.5 million pilot program is a key part of Mayor Parker’s plan to address the addiction and homelessness issues in the ravaged neighborhood. Nine months in, no one seems to know when — or if — we’ll know it’s successful

Counties across the state will decide how to use the money from opioid producers. Researchers at Penn State, Temple and Pitt created a database so the rest of us can see how they’re doing

Yes, according to local experts. Here’s what it would take

Once a pilot, now a fully-fledged citywide program, PAD aims to divert Philadelphians from arrest and toward social services. One-and-a-half years in, how’s it doing?

After a year of intervention in Philadelphia’s most infamous neighborhood, homicides and shootings have dropped.

Enough already with being host to the East Coast’s largest open-air drug market. A Manhattan Institute Fellow lays out ideas for reclaiming the neighborhood

The 15-year-old Youth Citizen of the Year has donated more than 79,000 pairs of socks to the most vulnerable members of his community through his nonprofit Socks For The Streets

“Health hubs” in Washington state are dramatically reducing opioid addiction among patients. Could a similar model work in Philly and around the country?

A Temple researcher’s work is on track to radically change pain management and the opioid crisis forever

A Harrowgate resident has spent years advocating for the people who actually live in the neighborhood. Here’s what she wants to see from the City