Can Northeast Philly Residents Really Stop a Frankford Avenue Methadone Clinic

Can Northeast Philly residents really stop a Frankford Avenue methadone clinic
A bartender who's lived in Holmesburg for the past eight years, Sara says she regularly runs into “rehabbers” on the job and knows “what they're like.” “I do have particular people who I know go to a … But given the social stigma that surrounds …
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VA's opiate overload feeds veterans' addictions, overdose deaths
Prescriptions for four opiates – hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and morphine – have surged by 270 percent in the past 12 years, according to data CIR obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. CIR's analysis for the first time exposes the full …
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Krokodil Is Here
(And no, even though they would never use any recreational drugs, anxiety doesn't work that way–a picture of someone with rotting flesh and bones will eat its way into their minds and produce irrational fears about accidental contact with the substance …
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