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Editorial: Harm reduction saves lives

The Hawk Staff April 10, 2024

After learning their Kensington storefront’s lease would not be renewed, Savage Sisters Recovery, a harm reduction treatment site for individuals struggling with substance abuse, is facing a significant...

ILLUSTRATION: GABRIELLA GUZZARDO ’23/ THE HAWK

The hard to watch realities of “Euphoria”; The controversy on how the series depicts substance use disorder

Maggie Brennen February 15, 2022

It’s safe to say the HBO series “Euphoria” is taking the world by storm. After airing one season in 2019, the second season premiered two and a half years later after filming was delayed due...

Forzato previously served as Deputy Chief of Statewide Drug Initiatives for the Attorney General. PHOTO: DANNY REMISHEVSKY 23/THE HAWK

St. Joe’s CARE receives grant to train substance abuse and recovery first responders

Ryan Mulligan September 16, 2020

The Center for Addiction and Recovery Education (CARE) received a $1.2 million grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Health to educate and train the state’s first responders in the fight against...

The negligence epidemic

The negligence epidemic

Josh Bostrom October 30, 2017

The opioid crisis is about more than just pharmaceutical companies 33,091. This is the number of people who were killed in 2015 by an opioid overdose. This number includes prescription drugs and the commonly...

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