Column: ‘I can’t deal with life sober’: Response to the MacArthur Park drug epidemic just isn’t enough
He was bent at the waist, wobbly and shoeless on grimy pavement at the end of an alley where fires smolder, drug users gather day and night, and death lurks….
Read More »Rayful Edmond, Drug Lord Who Stoked D.C.’s Crack Cocaine Epidemic, Dies at 60
He rose to prominence in the 1980s, spending lavishly and befriending athletes, as the city was wracked by murders tied to the drug trade. He later became an informant. Source…
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Philadelphia’s COVID-19 Leave Law Expires, but City’s Healthcare Epidemic Leave Benefit Remains on the Books
Quick Hits Philadelphia’s Health Care Epidemic Leave Benefit is still active, but the city’s COVID-19 leave benefit expired December 31, 2023. The Health Care Epidemic Leave Benefit requires that Philadelphia…
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Could AI be the spark that ends the opioid epidemic?
Jerel Ezell is an assistant professor in Community Health Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health. He is also the director of the Berkeley Center for…
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