Drug Overdose | Audacy

What are nitazenes? These synthetic opioids are stronger than fentanyl Philadelphia medical examiner monitoring the drug, which has been blamed for hundreds of deaths in Europe

September 1, 2025
Philly health officials confirm more than 1,300 overdose deaths in 2023 Though the number dropped slightly from the previous year, it’s still the city’s 2nd highest number of overdose deaths in a single year

April 30, 2025
Philadelphians' health improved in 2023, but large ethnic and racial disparities remain

October 2, 2024
Annual vigil in Camden County offers hope to those fighting addiction

August 29, 2024
Philadelphia projects decline in drug overdose deaths for first time since COVID-19 pandemic If final data matches expectations, overdose deaths will still be triple the city's homicide rate

August 29, 2024
Accused of causing their 8-year-old’s fatal overdose by leaving drugs out in the open, Coatesville couple ordered to stand trial

August 2, 2024
Overdose deaths in Philadelphia hit record high; officials blame spread of fentanyl Nearly every ZIP code in the city had at least one fatal overdose

October 3, 2023
Pa. bill would impose mandatory 10-year prison sentence for selling a deadly dose of fentanyl

July 3, 2023
Investigation underway after dog overdoses on heroin in Kensington Emergency vets revived the poodle with Narcan, the PSPCA says

April 21, 2023
The death toll of Philadelphia’s opioid crisis is bleeding into city jails Officials are seeing a rise in overdose deaths among people in custody

December 13, 2022