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Addiction
Small communities have the same addiction problems as big ones but they often have far fewer resources, with people spread out over large areas.
Spotlight PA answers public questions on Pennsylvania’s opioid crisis, from community action, racial impacts and justice issues to evolving responses to overdose deaths and settlement funds.
Spotlight PA investigative reporter Ed Mahon partnered with WESA, Pittsburgh's NPR station, to produce an audio version of his child welfare coverage.
The county has one of the state’s highest homeless rates and is awash with fentanyl but its new deflection program is steering some drug users toward recovery .
Those who responded to a Capital Chronicle survey expressed concerns about long-term funding and access to treatment.
Five key takeaways from the year in opioid settlement spending, as Pennsylvania responds to an epidemic that continues to kill thousands of people annually.
Pennsylvania's Opioid Abatement Trust is under scrutiny for rejecting spending plans, including youth and Kensington programs, amid criticism over secret meetings and narrow funding interpretations.
In rural Virginia, a woman had a better chance of beating addiction and saving her baby by violating probation than she did getting help by the health care system.
A peer-to-peer reporting model emerged from a simple realization: Students interviewing their peers can elicit more candid responses on sensitive subjects like teen vaping.