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Image Decatur Daily 21 Jan 2026
James Beshears says the Fred Hampton Free Store in New OrleansLower 9th Ward — along with the harm reduction group that distributes sterile syringes there — has kept him alive amid his drug use. He wants to stop but ... .
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Image Decatur Daily 21 Jan 2026
Volunteers from Freestanding Communities, a community health outreach organization, take a mattress that had been donated to the Fred Hampton Free Store and deliver it to an abandoned naval base in New Orleans, where a man with a leg injury ... .
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Image Decatur Daily 21 Jan 2026
The Fred Hampton Free Store operates in an abandoned Family Dollar store in one of New Orleans’ poorest neighborhoods, the Lower 9th Ward. The building, covered in graffiti, can be intimidating at first. But inside, it is warm and welcoming, ... .
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Image Decatur Daily 21 Jan 2026
On Wednesday evenings, the Fred Hampton Free Store in New OrleansLower 9th Ward hosts free indoor roller-skating for the public. [Aneri Pattani/KFF Health News/TNS] ... .
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Image Decatur Daily 21 Jan 2026
Dan Bingler, who runs the Fred Hampton Free Store, calls it “a radical community center.” The store, in an abandoned Family Dollar in New OrleansLower 9th Ward, offers visitors free items, all donated by people and groups in the ... .
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Image Decatur Daily 21 Jan 2026
The Fred Hampton Free Store is stocked with donated items by community members for others to take free of charge. [Aneri Pattani/KFF Health News/TNS] ... .
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Thrift store. Clinic. Roller rink. Center becomes ‘radical’ lifeline amid homelessness, drug crises

The Daily Gazette 15 Jan 2026
NEW ORLEANS — From the outside, the abandoned Family Dollar store in the Lower 9th Ward looks intimidating. It’s covered in graffiti, with aluminum cans and trash dotting the parking lot. It sits on a street with other empty lots ... .
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Inside the battle for the future of addiction medicine

Image The Daily Item 12 Jan 2026
NEW ORLEANS — Elyse Stevens had a reputation for taking on complex medical cases. People who’d been battling addiction for decades. Chronic-pain patients on high doses of opioids. Sex workers and people living on the street ....
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One doctor's experience shows the battle for the future of addiction medicine

National Public Radio 05 Jan 2026
The experiences of one doctor in Louisiana reveal the tensions around trying to get people to engage in addiction treatment, even if they're not ready to stop using drugs. (Image credit. Aneri Pattani) ....
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From Narcan to gun silencers, opioid settlement cash pays law enforcement tabs

Image The News-Enterprise 03 Dec 2025
In the heart of Appalachia, law enforcement is often seen as being on the front line of the addiction crisis ... .
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Sock hops and concerts: How some places spent opioid settlement cash

Image The Brunswick News 06 Nov 2025
Officials in Irvington, New Jersey, had an idea. To raise awareness about the dangers of opioid use and addiction, the township could host concerts with popular R&B artists like Q Parker and Musiq Soulchild. It spent more than $600,000 in ... .
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Revealed: Opioid settlement cash spent on sock hops and concerts

Alternet 03 Nov 2025
Officials in Irvington, New Jersey, had an idea. To raise awareness about the dangers of opioid use and addiction, the township could host concerts with popular R&B artists like Q Parker and Musiq Soulchild ... It bought cotton candy and popcorn machines.
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