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At about 1:45 p.m. on Thursday, the door at the Solevo Wellness medical marijuana dispensary in Squirrel Hill opened, allowing in a line of patients that…
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Emergency medical workers in Westmoreland County will soon begin leaving naloxone and addiction treatment information with overdose survivors who refuse…
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A new combined 27-bed addiction rehabilitation-detox facility will soon open at UPMC McKeesport.UPMC said the unit, with 18 beds for detox and 9 for…
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*UPDATED: Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018 at 4:35 p.m. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has declared Pennsylvania's opioid addiction epidemic a public health emergency…
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As part of the effort to fight opioid addiction, Pennsylvania state Sen. Jay Costa (D - Forest Hills) has proposed a bill that would allow courts to send…
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A series of community discussions and an interactive website featuring the stories of the opioid crisis will launch in Pennsylvania next year as part of a…
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A Pittsburgh hospital is opening a unit for that will allow new mothers to stay with their opioid-addicted infants.The University of Pittsburgh Medical…
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President Trump recently declared the opioid crisis a national public health emergency. It’s still unclear how much funding, if any, is tied to that…
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*UPDATED Nov. 3, 2017 at 12:32 p.m.Pittsburgh's only contested city council race this year pits Democrat Anthony Coghill against Republican Cletus…
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Beaver County announced Monday it is suing for millions of dollars in damages from opioid manufacturers, drug distributors and physicians.The civil suit…