Tag: Opioid Crisis

City Hall: CVS and PA Attorney General Announce New Safes to Deter Opioid Thefts

August 30, 2019Dee Patel and Christopher Malo

National pharmacy chain CVS Health has installed time-delay safes at all 512 of its Pennsylvania retail pharmacies as an attempt to deter robberies, a problem the company describes as a “side effect” of the nation’s

Kensington: One Neighborhood, Two Worlds

January 21, 2019Zuri Hoffman

The dynamic neighborhood of Kensington is evolving in several ways. On one hand, the community is facing one of the worst drug crisis in the country. Meanwhile, housing developers are beginning to change the neighborhood,

Hunting Park and Fairhill: Community Leaders Combat Opioid Epidemic With Their Own Hands

November 30, 2018Greta Anderson

Community members in Hunting Park and Fairhill are no longer waiting for the city to resolve the dire opioid epidemic and its residual effects that impact the health and safety of their neighborhoods. Leaders are

Fairhill: Charito Morales Advocates For Those Affected By Opioid Crisis

October 12, 2018Greta Anderson and

Activist Charito Morales said she does not affiliate with a specific community organization because it distracts from the issues at hand in the Fairhill neighborhood. Morales is a registered nurse and has been volunteering in

Northeast: Combating Addiction, Starting With A Conversation

November 29, 2017Rob DiRienzo

By now, nurse Randi Freeman knows the routine well. Sometimes it is two milligrams, other times four. It depends on the doctor’s orders. She will prick the patient experiencing an overdose with a syringe. The