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OVERDOSE NEWS BULLETIN
News from Across the Commonwealth and the Nation
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May 5, 2017 to May 12, 2017
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| 05-12-2017 |
At forum, leaders tackle opioid crisis
(Northeast)...The forum attracted about 70 attendees who listened to lawmakers and officials who deal with the drug epidemic on a daily basis. All agreed that combatting the problem will take a combined effort on federal, state and local levels...(Standard Speaker) |
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| 05-12-2017 |
Treatment court: One big step on road back
(Lackawanna)...Merrifield, the class speaker, was one of about 45 people graduating from the court program at the ceremony held in Peoples Security Bank Theater at Lackawanna College...(Times Tribune) |
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| 05-12-2017 |
Drug treatment court participants share thoughts on friends
(Schuylkill)...County officials started the drug treatment court program this year in an effort to combat the widespread drug-addiction problem. Other counties in Pennsylvania also have instituted drug treatment courts...(Republican Herald) |
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| 05-11-2017 |
Voices of recovery: After opioids, many roads to freedom
(Philadelphia)...People can and do work their way into recovery. It is hard, and far from inevitable, but it does happen. For some, in-patient treatment, medication-assisted treatment, a 12-step program, or all three together, repeatedly, prove pivotal...(Philly) |
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| 05-10-2017 |
As the opioid epidemic grows, paramedics feel the weight of tragedy
(Pittsburgh)...This happens, on average, eight times a day in Pittsburgh. The call for an unconscious person, the Narcan, the anger and withdrawal is routine - so routine that it's easier for paramedics to count days without overdoses than days with them...(Post-Gazette) |
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| 05-10-2017 |
U.S. Army veteran and award-winning Penn State graduate earns national attention
(Centre)...Joliet, a U.S. Army veteran and graduate of the Penn State College of Education, is also the recipient of the Penn State Outstanding Adult Student Award. This success did not come to Joliet without challenges - the wife and mother of two is a recovering alcoholic who found a way to turn her life around and help others do the same...(Penn State News) |
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| 05-09-2017 |
County officials to tackle opioid issue at meeting
(Chester) County officials involved in the battle against the opioid crisis will appear at a session of the School of Government Wednesday, to answer the questions, "How was the opioid crisis created? How does it affect Chester County? What are we doing to about it now? What is going to happen in the future?"...(Daily Local) |
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| 05-09-2017 |
Shapiro discusses plan to attack heroin epidemic
(Statewide) Opioid-based prescription drug manufacturers could face lawsuits or criminal charges by the state attorney general's office if they knowingly overproduce the drugs where illegal prescriptions are happening, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro said...(Citizens Voice) |
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| 05-07-2017 |
'Balloons to Heaven' honors families who have lost loved ones to addiction
(Cambria) The event is part of Smith's support group, Zach's Village, which is named after her son. The group helps families get through the loss of a loved one. Smith, along with about 70 people, released balloons for families who have been affected by addiction or lost a loved one to addiction...(WJAC) |
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| 05-06-2017 |
Gene Yaw: Consolidating the Dept. of Drug & Alcohol Programs is the wrong move, Gov. Wolf
(Statewide)...Since its inception, DDAP, through its Secretary, has been instrumental in promoting and equipping municipal police officers with naloxone; assisting with drug takeback boxes; establishing an Overdose Task Force; developing a warm handoff policy to help overdose survivors; and reviewing treatment bed availability across the state, just to name a few undertakings...(PennLive) |
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| 05-12-2017 |
Communities Key To Fighting Opioid Crisis, HHS Secretary Says
(National)...Price spoke to NPR's Rachel Martin shortly after visiting West Virginia. He talked about his agency's role in combating drug addiction, as well as the potential impact of the health care bill recently passed by House Republicans. The interview has been edited for length and clarity...(NPR) |
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| 05-11-2017 |
Ready to get off opioids? How to make recovery stick
(National)...It also is important to remember that there are numerous paths to success. Still, experts we spoke with say there are some basic tips that may help you and your loved ones find a route to recovery, and stay on it...(Philly) |
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| 05-11-2017 |
House Rejects Bill to Charge Overdose Victims for Narcan
(Maine) The Maine House has rejected a bill, supported by Gov. Paul LePage, that would allow cities and towns to bill individuals for the cost of using Narcan and similar drugs to revive them during a drug overdose. The preliminary vote was 81-67...(Maine Public) |
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| 05-09-2017 |
City Considers Storing Anti-Overdose Drug in Public Boxes
(Massachusetts) A Massachusetts city is considering a proposal to create publicly accessible boxes containing Narcan, the medication used to counteract opioid overdoses.Summary of the Article. Use the first or second paragraph of the article. Follow the summary with the name of the articles source...(U.S. News) |
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| 05-08-2017 |
West Warwick gets new weapon in the addiction war
(Rhode Island) A licensed mental-health professional with The Providence Center is working side by side with police to help keep people with substance-abuse and mental-health problems out of the criminal justice system...(Providence Journal) |
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| 05-08-2017 |
Public Restrooms Become Ground Zero In The Opioid Epidemic
(National)...Eddie is homeless and works at a restaurant. Public bathrooms are one of the few places where he can find privacy to inject heroin. He says he doesn't use the drug often these days. Eddie is on methadone, which curbs his craving for heroin, so he only uses the drug occasionally to be social with friends...(NPR) |
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| 05-05-2017 |
Heroin-related overdose deaths triple in 5 years, new report
(National) Approximately 25 percent of all drug-related fatalities in the U.S. involved heroin in 2015, a threefold increase from 2010, according to a government report by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)...(Addiction Now) |
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