PennLive.cominAddicted Towns of PennsylvaniaChapter 5: ‘Disgusting is a mild word for this’The opioid epidemic extends to the rural reaches of Pennsylvania farm country, where everyone knows everyone else and proud families try to…Nov 30, 2017Nov 30, 2017
PennLive.cominAddicted Towns of PennsylvaniaChapter 4: ‘This time around it’s everybody’After a devastating tragedy, a down-on-its-luck steel town vows to do everything possible to protect the next generation from becoming…Nov 28, 2017Nov 28, 2017
PennLive.cominPennLiveWhat does 18 drinks in 82 minutes look like?An affidavit submitted by State College police details every drink handed to Penn State freshman Timothy Piazza the night he was mortally…Nov 15, 2017Nov 15, 2017
PennLive.cominAddicted Towns of PennsylvaniaChapter 3: ‘I fell in love with the drugs’Seduced by opioids & an older boyfriend, one young woman travels a hard 10-year road that finally leads to ‘Recovery Town.’Nov 15, 2017Nov 15, 2017
PennLive.cominAddicted Towns of PennsylvaniaChapter 2: The epidemic’s innocent victimsA community outraged by a four-year-old’s horrific opioid-related death launches an all-out effort to protect innocents from the secondary…Nov 15, 2017Nov 15, 2017
PennLive.cominPennLiveWhat happened to the missing woman found dead next to a Baltimore highway?Aleksandra “Ola” Reeves, a native from Poland, left work suddenly May 23, 2017 and was found dead two weeks later in Baltimore.Nov 13, 2017Nov 13, 2017
PennLive.cominAddicted Towns of PennsylvaniaChapter 1: ‘It’s just old people and addicts here’The opioid epidemic intensifies as the deadly China-made synthetic, fentanyl, begins claiming lives in shocking numbers, causing this…Nov 13, 2017Nov 13, 2017
PennLive.cominAddicted Towns of PennsylvaniaAddicted Towns of Pa.: Stories from a state in crisisThere are common themes but no exact comparisons among the Pennsylvania communities hardest hit in the ongoing opioid epidemic.Nov 13, 2017Nov 13, 2017