Dangerous ‘Love Affair’ with Heroin Becomes Epidemic in Central PA
WILLIAMSPORT — It’s a growing epidemic all over the country. Now, state police believe heroin abuse may have led to three deaths in Bradford County in less than a week. Newswatch 16 spoke with a...
View ArticleOpiate Overdoses: A Look at the Numbers
GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER — A doctor at Geisinger, whose family has been impacted by drug abuse, headed up a recent study about opioid overdoses. The balance between alleviating pain and keeping people...
View ArticleStatewide Database Aims to Decrease Opioid Abuse
SCRANTON — Pennsylvania has a new tool to fight prescription abuse. Officials hope the new database will reduce the number of people who abuse painkillers. Pennsylvania became the 49th state to have a...
View ArticleVolunteers Launch Grassroots Effort To Get Young People To Addiction Recovery
SCRANTON — People packed the Keyser Valley Community Center in search of a common goal, hope and recovery over addiction, specifically to heroin or prescription painkillers. “For a long time, I was...
View ArticleHeading off Addiction: Young People in Recovery
A new nonprofit in Lackawanna County wants to help more young adults head off addiction. A local chapter has started in our area that’s branched off the national organization “Young People In Recovery”...
View ArticleReal Life Stories: Faces of Addiction
We’ve heard a lot of talk lately about the opioid epidemic from medical experts to the governor of Pennsylvania. Newswatch 16 takes a look at the real story of real people suffering after prescription...
View ArticleCommunity Celebrates Launch of “Young People in Recovery” Chapter in Luzerne...
WILKES-BARRE — Dozens joined in celebration in one part of Luzerne County to welcome the latest chapter of an organization dedicated to living clean and sober, and celebrating recovery. The Young...
View ArticleHigh School Students Receive Important Lesson in Drug and Suicide Awareness
WILKES-BARRE — For the second year, students from the high schools that make up the Wilkes-Barre Area School District gathered to talk about something they say isn’t talked about enough: drug and...
View ArticlePutting a Face to Recovery in Wyoming County
TUNKHANNOCK TOWNSHIP — Folks gathered on Hilltop Drive near Tunkhannock to raise awareness about drug addiction and show support for recovering addicts. Workers with Wyoming Sullivan Counties Treatment...
View ArticleSenator Casey Says Proposed Health Care Bill Could Worsen Opioid Epidemic
WILKES-BARRE — Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Casey believes that the health care bill proposed by Republicans could make the opioid crisis even worse. He came to the Luzerne County Courthouse Monday with...
View ArticleParents Of Daughter Killed By Heroin: “The Silence Of Addiction Needs To Stop”
LACKAWANNA COUNTY — A family who recently lost their daughter to addiction has a powerful message to the community: the silence of addiction needs to stop. That message was included in the obituary...
View ArticleHealthwatch 16: Treating Addiction
BLOOMSBURG — Last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 91 overdose deaths each day — 13 of them in the state of Pennsylvania alone, which was a big increase...
View ArticleLooking for An Answer to Addiction
WILKES-BARRE -- Addiction and recovery were the topics at a town hall in Wilkes-Barre. Addiction counselors, former addicts, and people from treatment centers provided tips on how to overcome...
View ArticleAddiction Forum Held in Scranton
SCRANTON -- Family members of people struggling with addiction asked tough questions at a forum in Scranton. The Forever Sammi Foundation hosted the panel at the Ice Box Sports Complex on Olive Street...
View ArticleProfessors Study Addiction
LEWISBURG, Pa. -- A new study done in central Pennsylvania reveals an interesting connection between females and binge drinking. According to researchers, females are more likely to become dependent...
View Article‘Hope & Coffee’ Offers Help for Those in Recovery
TAMAQUA, Pa. -- In an effort to take the streets back from drug addiction, officials began a building project to help those recovering get back on their feet. Those in recovery are helping transform...
View ArticleHelpful Hoops: Combating Addiction
A new event in Wilkes-Barre could be a real game changer when it comes to helping people struggling with addiction. Newswatch 16's Ryan Leckey highlighted the basketball tournament Tuesday. Organizers...
View ArticleBasketball Tournament Aims to Help Fight Addiction
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. -- The people behind a new basketball event in Wilkes-Barre are hoping it's a game changer for people struggling with addiction. The tournament held Saturday on South Franklin Street...
View ArticleA Personal Battle Against Addiction
TAMAQUA, Pa. -- Alexandria Sienkiewicz grew up like many children in Tamaqua. "My daughter was always bright and cheery. She always tried to help people. She loved sports, gymnastics, horses,...
View ArticleBattling Addiction with ‘Hope & Coffee’ in Tamaqua
TAMAQUA, Pa. -- A new coffee shop with a unique mission is opening up in Schuylkill County. Hope & Coffee in Tamaqua had a soft opening on Monday. The coffee shop plans to help recovering drug...
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