Smoking ban at Philly drug treatment centers riles social workers

WHYY    January 7, 2019 A new ban on smoking at Philadelphia’s city-funded residential drug treatment centers has rankled some area social workers, who fear it will drive those battling addiction away from recovery programs altogether. On Jan. 1, the city’s Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services’ began enforcing a prohibition on the use of […]

Philadelphia Bans Smoking at Drug Treatment Programs

December 31, 2018 Effective ‪January 1, 2019, smoking and all forms of tobacco use will be prohibited at all residential drug and alcohol treatment programs under contract with the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services’ (DBHIDS) Community Behavioral Health (CBH) division. This policy is being enforced as a contract mandate for each […]

Philly bans tobacco use at city-funded inpatient addiction treatment programs

Philly.com    December 31, 2018 Starting in the new year, the 80 inpatient drug treatment programs that receive city funds will ban smoking at their facilities — for patients and staff alike. It’s a decision that’s been in the works since the city’s mental-health facilities barred tobacco use in 2016. City officials say the move is bolstered […]

New websites offer online resources for addiction treatment in Philly and beyond

WHYY    December 12, 2018 ByJoel Wolfram, WHYY The City of Philadelphia has launched a new website where people receiving Medicaid benefits can find information about their behavioral health and addiction treatment coverage. The new website, cbhphilly.org, creates an online home for Community Behavioral Health, the city’s network of publicly funded behavioral health and addiction treatment providers. It’s […]

Cleanup begins in Kensington with no easy end to opioid troubles

November 13, 2018 Philly.com | Nov. 1, 2018 By Aubrey Whelan In Kensington, everyone can agree on one thing: The neighborhood in Philadelphia’s river wards needs to be cleaned — of the mattresses, the tents, the piles of garbage, the discarded needles along Kensington Avenue and the surrounding blocks, the detritus of an opioid crisis that […]

21st Annual “Making a Difference” Recognition Dinner

The Mayor’s Commission on Addiction and Recovery, in conjunction with DBHIDS, sponsored the 21st annual “Making a Difference” Recognition Dinner on Wednesday, June 6, 2018. The purpose of the event was to publicly acknowledge the tireless efforts of organizations and individuals who work or volunteer to tackle substance use challenges in Philadelphia. The Mayor’s Commission […]

The Road to Recovery, a Journey of Hope

by Monica Lewis-Wilborn April 9, 1983.This was the day Dickie Noles’ life changed. A Major League Baseball player with a nasty 95 mph fastball, Noles was a beast on the mound. But an addiction to drugs and alcohol was spiraling his life out of control as fast as his pitches. Multiple arrests for disorderly conduct […]