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Category: Heroin: Riding the Rush

Heroin and opioid painkillers continue to devastate the state and region in an epidemic that has killed thousands of Pennsylvanians and cost the state billions in collateral expenses.

PublicSource is telling the personal stories of addiction and recovery and examining why more isn’t being done at the state and local levels to fund treatment, reduce the harm of addiction and equip police and residents with the life-saving overdose antidote.

Posted inDATA, Heroin: Riding the Rush, PUBLIC SAFETY, SALARIES DATA, TRUMP'S FIRST 100 DAYS

With a growing opioid crisis and Trump’s budget proposal, future of Pa. Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs is uncertain

by J. Dale Shoemaker and Jeffrey Benzing April 14, 2017February 27, 2018

One of the agencies responsible for tackling the growing opioid crisis in Pennsylvania found stable footing in recent years, but that progress could be in jeopardy.

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‘Unprecedented’ overdose spikes show value of opioid antidote

by Jeffrey Benzing August 30, 2016December 9, 2020
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How funding to curtail Pennsylvania’s heroin crisis became a casualty of budget politics

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DEA: Drug deaths in Pennsylvania spiked nearly 25 percent in 2015

by Jeffrey Benzing July 18, 2016February 19, 2018
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This diarrhea medication can cause overdoses — and some aren’t accidents

by PublicSource contributor June 8, 2016
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How Pennsylvania responded to rising drug deaths from heroin and opioid overdoses with stagnant funds

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Naloxone is stopping overdose deaths in PA, but do enough people have it?

by Jeffrey Benzing May 17, 2016February 20, 2018
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Should police stop deadly overdoses? Enthusiasm varies.

by Jeffrey Benzing May 11, 2016May 21, 2018
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If there’s one benefit from the opioid crisis, it’s this

by Halle Stockton May 10, 2016
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Heroin deaths highlight difference between immunity and murder

by Jeffrey Benzing May 9, 2016February 20, 2018

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