Overdoses hits service industry workers in Philly: thought they were doing cocaine White Powder Warning – Nov. 20, 2020 - Since Nov. 12, the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s office has confirmed three overdose deaths among workers in the restaurant and bar industry. The city’s Department of Pu... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylNov 24 2020OverdosePhiladelphia
Philadelphia Horror Show Rocky Road – April 13, 2020 - One long-established source of mine, who uses heroin and crack cocaine,described watching a man he knows get pummeled by members of a drug dealing “set”—allegedly for just passing ... Read More...April 21 2020CoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionPhiladelphia
4 charged after pill mill scheme worth $2M busted in Philadelphia Brotherly Love of Money – March 12, 2020 - One of the tenants who spoke to investigators said she did not receive treatment from Okolo, but that he wrote prescriptions for medications in her name without her p... Read More...March 24 2020Philadelphia
District Attorney will no longer prosecute people for possession of buprenorphine Life Saving – January 29, 2020 - “Instead of expanding access to treatment and saving lives, government inaction has led to the creation of active street markets for these medications in Philadelphia and elsewhere,”... Read More...Addiction RecoverybuprenorphineFeb 4 2020Heroin AddictionPhiladelphia