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It was no surpriseTommy Chongshowed up inColoradolast Sunday at the so-calledMile High420 Festival. The onetime comedian and sometime actor was best k...

YORK — To fight prescription drug misuse, National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day creates convenient ways to dispose of medication that could otherwi...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., joined Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., to introduce the Bureau of Prisons Security Check and Action against N...

As part of his plan to juice tax revenues for his 2025-26 budget, Gov. Josh Shapiro is proposing to legalize and tax recreational marijuana — which he...

HARRISBURG — Lawmakers are hoping to expand and improve upon a 2015 law that offers grants to county jails treating inmates experiencing substance use...

(TNS) With the rise of obesity drugs a pair of Penn State researchers set out to answer a question: could drugs aimed at weight loss help battle opioi...

HARRISBURG – Attorney General Dave Sunday joined a multi-state coalition in a letter to the U.S. Senate asking for passage of the HALT Fentanyl Act, w...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Gov. Josh Shapiro again proposed legalizing recreational marijuana as part of his $51.5 billion budget pitch last week, the third...

ST. MARYS — City of St. Marys Police Department Sgt. Mike Shaffer introduced K-9 Officer Draco on Dec. 20 following the retirement ceremony of his pre...

McKean County District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer reported the McKean County Detective Bureau received credible information that an extreme...

A recent report by thePennsylvania Institutional Law Project(PILP) has highlighted major improvements to addiction treatments in jails and prisons acr...

OLEAN, N.Y. — SUNY Jamestown Community College recently received approval to offer credentialed alcoholism and substance abuse counselor training for ...

ST. MARYS — The annual Reality Tour at the St. Marys Area Middle School took place Nov. 6 and 7. Between the two nights, there were 108 students regis...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Depending on where you live and how you want to use it, it is pretty easy to get marijuana in the U.S. At first medical marijuana, wh...

COUDERSPORT — Break the Chains Coalition has moved its Eighth Annual BTC Festival to Coudersport’s town square July 26 and 27. Opening with a prayer o...

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HARRISBURG — Hundreds of recovery houses have been licensed in Pennsylvania, but officials are encouraging more to sign up for official status as the ...