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10/08/2025

Register today for Be a Part of the Conversation’s upcoming Family Recovery Course! The three-part online series of peer-led interactive educational trainings – which begins on Tuesday, October 14 – is for parents or guardians whose child, at any stage of life, has struggled with addiction to drugs or alcohol, and is offered at no cost. Learn more: https://conversation.zone/event/frcoct14z/

08/03/2025

“In rare cases where users are vulnerable to psychological manipulation, chatbots consistently learn the best ways to exploit them, a new study has revealed.”

In rare cases where users are vulnerable to psychological manipulation, chatbots consistently learn the best ways to exploit them, a new study has revealed.

08/01/2025

07/15/2025

https://delawarevalleyjournal.com/pa-fourth-in-u-s-for-gambling-addiction/

Gambling generates big bucks in Pennsylvania, and Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget proposal counts on it generating even more. Gamblers spent a record $6.1

07/15/2025

https://www.bctv.org/2025/06/30/opioid-funds-public-voices-what-spotlight-pa-heard-and-learned-by-listening-to-you/

With an estimated $2 billion at stake, Spotlight PA used community conversations, a survey, and data tools to elevate public voices in the opioid settlement rollout.

07/15/2025

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A few blocks of a working-class neighborhood is one of the worst open-air drug zones in America, and seemingly a test market for new synthetic drugs.

05/20/2025

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HARRISBURG, May 16 -- Rep. Maureen Madden today announced the Pennsylvania House passed her legislation that would expand access to a Medication for Opioid Use Disorder program in county jails across the state. The bill passed the House with broad bipartisan support 192-11.“Today marks a...

05/16/2025

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/05/13/nx-s1-5393935/quarter-children-have-parent-substance-use-disorder-study

A new study estimates that 19 million children in the U.S. have a parent with a substance use disorder and that alcohol is the most commonly used substance by the parents.

05/15/2025

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/25/us/trump-news -grants-cuts-kennedy

Trump Administration Highlights: Government Deports 2-Year-Old U.S. Citizen to HondurasPublished April 25, 2025Updated May 1, 2025Share full articleImageU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen after she accompanied her mother and her older sister to an immigration...

05/15/2025

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/to***co-recovery-learning-to-be-to***co-free-tickets-1232450325099?aff=oddtdtcreator

Applying the principles of recovery to address a to***co use disorder allows for a rewarding, growth promoting process of behavior change.

05/15/2025

https://www.samhsa.gov/mental-health/children-and-families/coping-resources

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05/14/2025

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/27/psychiatric-incarceration-mental-illness

From ‘wellness farms’ to expanded involuntary commitment policies, the US is embracing psychiatric incarceration under the guise of compassion