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HARRISBURG, PA — At a recent event at Harrisburg International Airport (HIA) the Wolf Administration announced that it will be providing free naloxone to Pennsylvania airports as part of an …
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WEST GROVE, PA — Jennersville Hospital will partner with the Chester County Department of Drug and Alcohol Services and Good Fellowship EMS to present a community event on the opioid …
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Quiet and deadly, people from all walks of life are afflicted by opioid addiction. Every day, 192 American lives are lost to opioid overdose. These victims have families, friends, communities. …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) issued the following statement on the proposed changes to Medicare Advantage and Part D recently announced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid …
Read More CARLISLE, PA — The Wolf Administration recently met with the Cumberland-Perry County Drug & Alcohol Commission’s Task Force on Opiate Prescribing to discuss the latest data regarding the opioid crisis …
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WEST CHESTER, PA — Two universities in Chester County – West Chester University (WCU) and Immaculata University (IU) will receive more than $140,000 in funding to prevent and reduce opioid …
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HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania recently convened eight Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) summits across the state to promote awareness of MAT, share strategies for successful treatment and increase the number of health …
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HARRISBURG, PA — Governor Tom Wolf signed the eighth renewal of Pennsylvania’s Opioid Disaster Declaration. In January 2018, he took the unprecedented step of signing the first disaster declaration so …
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HARRISBURG, PA — The Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP), in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Agency’s Liberty Mid-Atlantic High Intensity Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program, recently hosted more than …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Opioid Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND) program announced that from May 2014 to September 2019, the program issued naloxone — a …
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