Recovery

I always tell people Prevention Point saved my life because it did. When Cherry was first living on the streets of Kensington about two years ago, she sought safety in numbers...

During the years he lived unhoused and using drugs on the streets of Kensington, Theo was beaten, robbed, and assaulted. He suffered horrible, life-threatening injuries and...

Nicole (“Nicky”) Adams, she/her, is a Mobile STEP Case Manager at PPP. She supports patients in starting medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD), like Suboxone and Sublocade...

Photo credit: Steve Weinik Trigger warning: physical and sexual assault Ashley, a former participant at Prevention Point Philadelphia (PPP), knows how hard it is for women facing...

On March 1, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) proposed new regulations on telemedicine access to buprenorphine, widely recognized in the medical community as the gold...

Donna grew up in Kensington and sometimes takes her 15-year-old daughter back to the old neighborhood. But she isn’t there to visit friends or family. Instead, she drives down...

Portrait by Hilary Swift for The New York Times At her lowest point, Tracey was sleeping on sidewalks. She was a frequent robbery victim, having even her belly button ring stolen...

For years, Kali felt she had a handle on her heroin use, supporting herself with a job in the restaurant industry and renting her own apartment. But in 2019, she began using a...

I believe that sharing my story is part of my recovery and part of building the foundation for my future. Trigger warning: sexual assault Prevention Point staff really need to hear...

Highlighting compassionate, evidence-based paths to recovery By Hilary Disch This National Recovery Month, we are highlighting PPP’s Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD)...