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Opioid Addiction

Joe Henery, 77, who lives in Washington, D.C., used heroin for 30 years before getting clean.

The Opioid Crisis

How drug overdose deaths have plagued one generation of Black men across the U.S. for decades

In dozens of cities, the recent rise of fentanyl has put older Black men in particular jeopardy.

Josh Katz, Margot Sanger-Katz, and Nick Thieme, New York Times

Philadelphia City Councilmember Mark Squilla speaks during a January 2023 news conference regarding how the city will spend money from national opioid settlements.

The Opioid Crisis

How are states spending opioid settlement cash? This database has answers.

Aneri Pattani, KFF Health News

Ricky Austin, 52, lives at a South Philadelphia recovery home after battling opioid addiction for decades.

More older Black men in Philadelphia are dying of overdoses than many other places in the U.S.: ‘It’s like a secret disease’

Aubrey Whelan and Joe Yerardi

Endo’s end around: How a huge Philadelphia-based opioid maker escaped a $7 billion federal penalty

Bob Fernandez, Craig R. McCoy

Prevention Point Philadelphia's offices on Kensington Avenue. The addiction services nonprofit will no longer be allowed to host more than one medical provider on site.

The Opioid Crisis

Philly’s zoning board voted to bar a Kensington addiction nonprofit from hosting multiple medical providers

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