Tag Archives: opioid-epidemic

Last year, the nonprofit organization Safehouse formed in Philadelphia with the intention of creating safe-injection sites for heroin users. Public health experts have touted the idea for such sites — which would provide a place for opioid users to shoot up under medical supervision — as a way to limit …

Fentanyl, the super-potent opioid, has emerged as the most dangerous new drug in a generation. For many, it wasn’t a household term until Prince died suddenly in April 2016 after taking the drug. But over the past decade, fentanyl was also a factor in the fatal overdoses of several other …