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Philadelphia has filed a lawsuit against drug companies that make prescription opioids, saying they've created "an unprecedented public health crisis."It…
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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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A drug ring that sold nearly $10 million worth of heroin and cocaine in Altoona and Johnstown is no longer operating following a bust on Monday.Police…
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A Pennsylvania judge has dismissed drug and weapons charges stemming from a 2013 case against two men who were later charged in an ambush at a Wilkinsburg…
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Even doctors can be addicted to opioids, in a way: It's hard to stop prescribing them.Melissa Jones is on a mission to break doctors of their habit, and…
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When police are called to the scene of a drug overdose they can treat it as a crime scene or an accident scene. Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen…
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Pittsburgh-area law enforcement agencies are equipping K-9 handlers with naloxone as reports of dangerous opioid overdoses continue to sweep the…
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Recently, paramedics in the midstate have been carefully approaching the scene of a heroin overdose.They fear they'll come in contact with heroin mixed…
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Police say a Pennsylvania drug suspect who dropped his cellphone while running away from police took to Facebook to warn his friends not to call that…
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The U.S. seedmaker Monsanto agreed to a $57 billion buyout offer from Germany's Bayer in a deal that would create a global agricultural and chemical…