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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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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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HARRISBURG, PA —The Pennsylvania State Police announced this week that troopers confiscated $8,770,800 worth of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, and other illicit drugs in the fourth quarter of 2019.
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THORNDALE, PA — State Rep. Dan Williams, D-Chester, announced that Delaware County Community College has been awarded $68,988 in federal grant money to expand opioid preventive programs and create naloxone …
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CHESTERBROOK, PA — Trevena, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRVN), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel medicines for patients with central nervous system (CNS) disorders, announced the initiation of a …
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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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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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