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Video: PublicSource Live interview with Rosa Davis
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Brittany Hailer |
PublicSource Live interview with Rosa Davis.
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The Fix: Jolted out of a drug haze with life-changing news: ‘I went to sleep at 15 and woke up at 23, pregnant.’
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Bree Swarmer’s eight-year struggle with addiction began with the painkillers a dentist prescribed for her after removing her wisdom teeth. She was 15.
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The Fix: Pennsylvania lags in developing a plan of protection for infants affected by drugs
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For more than a year, Pennsylvania leaders have been meeting to strategize about how the state can better protect infants affected by drug use
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The Fix: Dr. Neil Capretto compares his battle with cancer to his patients’ battles with addiction
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“At least I have a fighting chance. I believe that people with addiction deserve to have the same fighting chance that I do.”
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The Fix: The men who didn’t disappear
By Brittany Hailer |
“We’re going to have to come out of this drug addiction together, bro. You gotta come out.”
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The Fix: A daughter’s pain. A mother’s addiction.
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The effects of heroin addiction on a mother-daughter relationship.
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The Fix: In the hypocrisy of the opioid epidemic, white means victim, black means addict.
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You don’t have to dig very deep into the so-called “opioid epidemic” to find the hypocrisy and the insult to people of color.
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The Fix: A timeline of drug use, policy and headlines in the United States & Pittsburgh.
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What can the past teach us about the opioid epidemic that is currently ravaging the nation? Is the response by government and media to this drug crisis different than previous ones?
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The Fix: A new PublicSource series about the opioid epidemic in the Pittsburgh region.
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Many stories go untold because of the stigma surrounding drugs. Communities are left in the dark about the realities of drug use. Through this series, titled “The Fix,” we will share with you a glimpse into the lives of Pittsburghers who have been affected by drugs.
