Topic: Opioids

The founder of Operation Save Our City also works in Temple's ER as a trauma victims' advocate, and has administered Narcan to 900 people in Kensington ...

A young Kensington resident implores: It’s time for McPherson Square Library to get more city funding

What we know and don’t know about the city’s controversial idea

2021 was another year of tragedy and hardship—and also hope and resilience. In other words: It was Philly.

Hallee Adelman’s latest film is a raw and empathetic portrait of one local family’s struggle with—and determination to break free of—opioid addiction.

At the epicenter of the region’s opioid and homelessness crisis, the River Wards have been all but abandoned by city leaders. But does the City already have a solution to the problem?

A team at Penn Medicine has built a system of care that might revolutionize the treatment of patients with Opioid Use Disorder. Could it be the answer we need?

A new campaign for teens—and by teens—aims to stop prescription opioid misuse

After her brother died of an overdose in front of her at a North Philly drug encampment, the nurse put action to his last words: Maybe you can help these other guys.

On the front lines of the work you never see—keeping heroin addicts alive