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Cops Post Drug Flier as Facebook Joke, Public Responds With Actual Leads
Image via the Woolwich Township Police Department Earlier this week, the Woolwich Township Police Department in South Jersey posted this flier on its Facebook page, just having a bit of fun. But as it...
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“Heroin Antidote” Nasal Spray Gets FDA Approval
Narcan Nasal Spray can be administered in an emergency to reverse the effects of opioid overdose until help arrives. Heroin usage has reached epidemic proportions in the United States — and families in...
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Philly’s Drug Problems Are Probably Bigger Than You Think
Drug-related overdose deaths in Pennsylvania counties in 2014 as reported to DEA Philadelphia Field Division. The Washington, D.C.-based Drug Enforcement Administration has released its 2015 National...
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Eight Charged With Selling Heroin Near Kensington School, Playground
Children line up at the Lewis Elkin Elementary School in Kensington (Photo via Google Maps) Just weeks after the Drug Enforcement Administration released a report claiming that heroin availability is...
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Cop Uses Well-Known Beatles Rumor to Capture Montco LSD Suspect
“Pink Elephants on Parade Blotter LSD Dumbo” by Psychonaught – Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons. Not the actual LSD in the bust. It’s Christmastime, which means one thing:...
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Prosecutor: Baby Dies After High Mom Rolls on Top of Her
Lisa Scalia with her daughter (Facebook) / Lisa Scalia mugshot (Atlantic County) The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office has announced the death of seven-month-old Ventnor girl Olaia Marie Mejia after...
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Ted Cruz Shares Emotional Story of His Half-Sister’s Overdose Death in Delco
Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz. | Photo by Elise Amendola/AP U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is usually a rabble-rouser when he delivers a stump speech on the campaign trail. Thursday night at a...
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State Could Ban Cold Medicine Sales to Minors
Wikimedia Commons | MarkBuckawicki The war on cold medicine continues. State Sen. Stewart Greenleaf, a Republican who serves parts of Bucks and Montgomery counties, told colleagues this week he will...
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12 Things You Might Not Know About Philly and LSD
Photo | DEA.gov When news broke last weekend that a trio of kids at Villanova University went on bad LSD trips — two got arrested for dealing — you probably thought: Huh. Kids are still doing LSD?...
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WATCH: Man ODs on Bus, Revived by Upper Darby Police
A screenshot from the video depicting an overdose and revival aboard a bus in Upper Darby. Upper Darby police on Tuesday released this dramatic video of a man overdosing aboard a SEPTA bus — then being...
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Casey on Pa. Overdose Epidemic: “We’re Leading in a Category We Don’t Want to...
Drug overdose deaths have rapidly increased in recent years and experts say this is due in large part to abuse of prescription painkillers and heroin addiction. The number of Americans who die...
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Cops: Main Line Dad Left 3-Year-Old Home Alone So He Could Go Smoke Weed
Stanley Lee Hampton in a photo provided by the Tredyffrin Police Department. A Main Line dad is in trouble with police after he allegedly left his 3-year-old child home alone so that he could go out...
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Another Nice Spring Day, Another Villanova LSD Bust
“Ruby Slippers LSD Sheet“. Licensed under CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons. Was it just last month that a bunch of Villanova University kids went on bad LSD trips, resulting in two arrests and four...
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Medical Marijuana Could Be Law in Pennsylvania Very Soon
iStockphoto.com | OpenRangeStock After a long battle, medical marijuana is poised to be made into law in Pennsylvania. The House of Representatives passed the bill earlier this week; the Senate will be...
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Penn Study: Painkiller Prescriptions on the Rise
iStockphoto.com | DanielAzocar Are prescription painkillers playing a role in increasing rates of addiction and overdose from prescription opioid painkillers? A study published this month in the...
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ACME Now Selling Overdose-Reversal Drug NARCAN at Pennsylvania Pharmacies
The ACME Sav-On Pharmacy in the Lawrence Park Shopping Center in Broomall. (Photo courtesy ACME) The country is the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic. The CDC estimates 89 people die every day from...
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Drug-Resistant Superbug Found in Pennsylvania Woman
A terrifying strain of drug-resistant bacteria has made its first appearance in the United States — in a Pennsylvania woman. The report, posted online Thursday as an accepted paper in Antimicrobial...
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MLB Clears Ryan Howard in Drug Probe
Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard | Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports Major League Baseball announced today it had cleared Phillies slugger Ryan Howard in its investigation into the Al...
View ArticleN.A. Poe Is the Hardest Working Pothead in Philly
My name is … N.A. Poe. My friends call me Poe. My real name is … none of your business. I’m a private guy, and […] The post N.A. Poe Is the Hardest Working Pothead in Philly appeared first on...
View ArticleThere’s a Good Way to Fight Heroin Overdoses, but You’re Going to Hate It
The news from last weekend was grim. Nine people, ranging in age from 20 to 40, died of drug overdoses. They included Victor Colon, a […] The post There’s a Good Way to Fight Heroin Overdoses, but...
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