Addiction

Needle Exchange HIV

Needle exchanges can now get federal funding

Cellphone footage captures Narcan at work in South Jersey

As addiction enters presidential-debate conversation, local Instagram account draws heat

Faces of Kensington

Utah legislators want to declare that porn is a public health crisis

Study: N.J. heroin epidemic may be leading to rise in hepatitis C

Montco woman who injected teen daughter with heroin sentenced

Northeast Philly man's patently offensive comedy videos go viral

Steak is for taxpayers video

Pa. to launch statewide program to help pregnant opioid addicts

Narcan gives N.J. woman a second chance at a life worth living

Defying heroin's fatal grip, first-responders rack up 'saves' with Narcan

Narcan snatches heroin addicts from death's doorstep

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Delaware Valley University to host community discussion on heroin epidemic

Fearless Leader

Fearless Leader: Joe Jingoli Jr.

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In Pa., drug overdoses kill more people than car crashes

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Does gambling addiction mural send mixed messages?

FablesofFortune

Family uses son's obituary to speak frankly about heroin addiction

Heroin Overdose Obit

Recent spate of heroin overdoses continuing in Camden

Why so many go missing in Camden

Missing people

In suburbs, families of heroin addicts live in fear – every day

Heroin family

Man tears tendon after playing too much Candy Crush

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Pa. state police will carry heroin antidote Naloxone

Bucks mom who lost son to heroin helping others

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On Camden streets, trying to sell prostitutes on a new life

Carroll - Camden Prostitution Sweep

A South Jersey man's journey from pills to heroin

Street Car of Desire

Local scholars publish study on behavioral addictions

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Study: Highly processed foods are most addictive

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Bucks County releases PSA about heroin

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