NEWS AND OPINION > INTERVENTION
By Tara Murtha
Intervention: Philly
As the face of junkies continues to shift from unsavory characters scoring in the backrooms to teens nicking OxyContin and Vicodin and Percocet-popping moms, the role of the interventionist has become more proment. Meet Vincent Ceraso.
NEWS AND OPINION > INTERVENTION
By Tara Murtha
Intervention Part II: Detox
Here in the detox center of Livengrin Foundation for Addiction Recovery in Bucks County, drug addicts thrash, jerk and sweat addiction out of their dilapidated bodies under medical supervision, with the worst cases taking drugs to get off drugs.
NEWS AND OPINION > INTERVENTION
By Tara Murtha
Intervention III: Harm Reduction
Yaya Liem prolongs life by providing IV drug users with clean needles—along with HIV tests and referrals for training, counseling and treatment. It's a controversial job, but one he does with joy.
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Firefighters’ Union Calls on Commissioner Lloyd Ayers to Resign
By Randy LoBasso“Philadelphia’s rank and file firefighters previously issued a vote of ‘No confidence’ for Commissioner Ayers and his deputies,” said Gault. “Now, their incompetence and dereliction of duty have claimed the lives of two of our finest and destroyed the quality-of-life of another.”
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