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HARRISBURG, PA — The Wolf Administration is calling for an end to the stigma surrounding the disease of addiction and highlighted the work that has been done by the administration …
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HARRISBURG, PA — Governor Tom Wolf signed the 12th renewal of his January 2018 opioid disaster declaration to help the state fight the then-burgeoning opioid and heroin epidemic. The declaration allows …
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HARRISBURG, PA — The Wolf Administration is encouraging Pennsylvanians to review the expiration date of their prescription medications, including NARCAN, a brand of the lifesaving overdose-reversal drug naloxone. Recently, the …
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HARRISBURG, PA — The Wolf Administration announced that Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine signed an updated naloxone standing order which permits community-based organizations to provide naloxone by mail.
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HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine released preliminary 2019 drug-related overdose death data estimates. The data showed a preliminary death decrease of more than one percent across …
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HARRISBURG, PA — Wolf Administration officials announced this week that two new prescribing guidelines, Guidelines for the Safe Administration of Subanesthetic Ketamine and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Pain in Patients With …
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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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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 — West Chester University has been awarded $99,936 in federal grant money to expand opioid preventive programs available to students, state Rep. Carolyn Comitta said.
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HARRISBURG, PA — The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania recently distributed nearly 6,800 kits of naloxone to Pennsylvanians over the two-week distribution at 95 locations across the state as part of Stop …
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