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Over the last few years, Melody Ray has fielded many calls seeking advice on how to talk to kids about addiction and overdose. With the rise of drug…
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Eighty locations across Pennsylvania are getting ready to hand out free naloxone this Thursday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.The effort is intended to make the…
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The state of Pennsylvania is asking coders and designers to look at its data on the opioid crisis as part of a month-long hackathon to find new strategies…
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Allegheny, Beaver and Washington counties will receive additional money to combat illegal activity related to the opioid epidemic as part of their recent…
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A clean needle exchange that provides free syringes to drug users could soon open in the Carrick neighborhood, making it the first needle exchange in the…
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A federal grand jury has indicted a former Pittsburgh-area physician on 121 counts for illegally distributing opioids, health care fraud and money…
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The virtual reality simulation “Opioid Rescue” opens with an unconscious man lying on a basement floor next to an empty syringe.“The first thing I’m going…
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In January, 39-year-old Damian Chadwick died at a Bethel Park barbershop a little before 2 p.m. According to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner, the…
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A new study from the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health finds that opioid-related overdose deaths are being underreported, and this means…
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A recent report from Allegheny County’s medical examiner on the number of overdose fatalities in 2017 contains both good and bad news.For the fourth year…