The Opioid Crisis

A naloxone kit and fliers about the dangers of xylazine, an animal tranquilizer increasingly mixed with street drugs, given out to drug users.

In a first-of-its-kind meeting, Philly doctors discussed how to treat tranq wounds

Doctors who spoke at the symposium stressed the importance of collaboration between different medical disciplines: The patients they see require care that goes beyond simply treating a serious wound.

A staffer dispenses methadone from a mobile clinic in Lisbon, Portugal. Philadelphia health officials say they are on track to spend $1.2 million on a similar program before the end of this year.

The Opioid Crisis

Philly’s first mobile methadone van is on track with $1.2 million spending plan, city says

In this June file photo, one of the buildings at 7979 State Rd. was undergoing renovations. Officials say the facility to treat people who use drugs could open as early as this fall.

Philadelphia Politics

Mayor Parker’s signature drug treatment facility could open this fall, documents say

Sanitation workers clear trash as people are relocated from an encampment on Kensington Avenue in Philadelphia in May. The state trust overseeing spending of opioid settlement funds recently approved some spending to revitalize the neighborhood after rejecting it earlier this summer.

The Opioid Crisis

Parts of Philly’s Kensington revitalization plan were appropriate uses of opioid settlement money, state committee rules

Catalyst Twomey sets up a memorial with a rose that signifies each of the 1,116 deaths to overdose in Philadelphia in 2018 at the Federal Courthouse in Philadelphia in 2019 during a protest advocating for the city to open a supervised injection site. Philadelphia officials say overdose deaths among all residents decreased in 2023, but deaths among Black and Hispanic residents are rising.

Health

In a first-of-its-kind meeting, Philly doctors discussed how to treat tranq wounds

Philly’s first mobile methadone van is on track with $1.2 million spending plan, city says

Mayor Parker’s signature drug treatment facility could open this fall, documents say

Parts of Philly’s Kensington revitalization plan were appropriate uses of opioid settlement money, state committee rules

Overdose deaths dropped in Philly for the first time in five years. But deaths are soaring among Black men.