OVERDOSE NEWS BULLETIN 
News from Across the Commonwealth and the Nation
May 26, 2017 to June 2, 2017
PENNSYLVANIA
06-01-2017 'Pimping out' drug addicts for cash
(Philadelphia) In Philadelphia, addicts have become a cash crop, used by some treatment centers and recovery houses to create a perpetual money churn. On the street, it's called "pimping out."...(Philly) 
06-01-2017 Protecting Reading's four-legged officers from overdose
(Berks) If police dogs like Nero somehow ingest the drugs, just like humans, they could get high and potentially overdose. That's why the Reading Police Department is now carrying Naloxone, which reverses the effects of an opioid overdose, specifically for K9s...(WFMZ) 
05-31-2017 Restoring hope in the face of addiction
(Bucks)...Hogan, who launched an online support group "Hope Against Heroin" when her son started using heroin, decided it was time to take her mission a step further.  She started a non-profit, and in March, opened up a thrift store, "Hope ReStored," in downtown Quakertown...(WFMZ) 
05-31-2017 Washington County drug court achieves recognition from the state
(Washington)...Keller's was one of four testimonials to the effectiveness of what's known in Washington County as the Washington County Restrictive Treatment Program, in place since 2004 but newly accredited by the Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts. A ceremony was held Tuesday to celebrate the achievement...(Observer-Reporter) 
05-30-2017 Dauphin County to host town hall meeting on heroin, opioid epidemic at Middletown High School
(Dauphin) The Dauphin County Commissioners and the county's Drug and Alcohol Services Department will hold a public forum to share information about prevention and treatment in regards to the heroin and prescription opioid epidemic...(Fox 43) 
05-28-2017 Washington Twp. officer exposed to drug, given Narcan
(Westmoreland) A Washington Township police officer was given Narcan and taken to a Monroeville hospital early Sunday morning after coming into contact with suspected heroin, fentanyl or both, the department said...(TribLive) 
05-27-2017 Heroin Hits Home for Pennsylvania Police Officer
(York) On a cold, wintry afternoon, a trio of police officers joined paramedics at the home of another first responder, Patrick Hinds, a comrade desperate to save his son Zach from a drug overdose...(U.S. News) 
05-26-2017 Community mourns unexpected death of overdose prevention activist
(Philadelphia) People trying to prevent more opioid overdoses in Philadelphia are reeling from the unexpected  death of Paul Yabor, 55, a longtime local and national activist. Yabor spent decades advocating for the rights of those affected by HIV, hepatitis C and addiction. And for him, the struggle was personal...(Newsworks) 
NATIONAL
06-02-2017 Coaching Overdose Survivors To Avoid The Next One
(New York) New York City is launching an opioid recovery program that dispatches "recovery coaches" to emergency rooms to counsel overdose survivors on how to avoid a second brush with death...(Huffington Post) 
06-01-2017 One short letter's huge impact on the opioid epidemic
(National)...Many public health experts point to a simple five-sentence letter to the editor published in a 1980 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. The 101-word letter, titled "Addiction Rare in Patients Treated with Narcotics," was signed by Jane Porter and Dr. Hershel Jick of Boston University, who said that of their 11,000-plus patients treated with narcotics,there were only four cases of addiction...(CNN) 
05-30-2017 Bullock signs bill widening access to medication preventing fatal overdoses
(Montana) A life-saving medication that reverses potentially fatal overdoses of heroin and prescription drugs is now more accessible in Montana under a bill Governor Steve Bullock signed into law Tuesday...(KTVH) 
05-30-2017 Paramedics see 400% increase in overdose calls in certain areas
(North Carolina) The Fentanyl and Carfentanil epidemic is now striking areas in the East, with some towns reporting a big spike in the number of overdose calls...(WNCT) 
05-29-2017 Overdose mapping system could be used in fight against heroin
(Kentucky) First responders in the Louisville Metro area are hoping that a real time overdose mapping system could help them in the fight against the ongoing heroin epidemic...(WHAS) 
05-28-2017 Newspaper: Ohio had more than 4,000 overdose deaths in 2016
(Ohio) A newspaper survey of Ohio county coroners has found more than 4,000 people died from drug overdoses last year in a state among the hardest hit by a heroin and opioid epidemic...(ABC) 
05-28-2017 Delaware State Police Now Carrying Narcan, The Overdose Reversal Drug
(Delaware) The Delaware State Police have joined other Delaware law enforcement agencies in carrying the overdose reversal drug, Naloxone, also known as Narcan, according to Director of Public Information Sergeant Richard D. Bratz...(First State Update) 
05-27-2017 Minnesota opioid deaths rise despite attention, intervention
(Minnesota) Deaths from opioid overdoses increased again in Minnesota last year, despite heightened law enforcement and a massive decline in doctors prescribing opioid painkillers...(Star Tribune) 
05-27-2017 In opioid crisis, a new risk for police: accidental overdose
(National)...Police departments across the U.S. are arming officers with the opioid antidote Narcan. Now, some first responders have had to use it on colleagues, or themselves...(ABC) 
05-26-2017 Maryland Has New Law to Help Fight Opioid Addiction
(Maryland) Legislation to battle heroin and opioid overdoses in Maryland with education, prevention, treatment and law enforcement was signed into law Thursday by Gov. Larry Hogan...(NBC) 
05-26-2017 Kroger to offer overdose reversal drug without a prescription
(Mississippi) In a move to help save lives, Kroger will be providing the overdose reversal drug Naloxone without a prescription in the state of Mississippi...(WREG) 
05-26-2017 Report: Tennessee Opioid Overdose Deaths Mostly White, Male
(Tennessee) A new report on drug overdose deaths as of 2015 in Tennessee says that the fatalities are primarily white, mostly male and increasingly less likely to have prescriptions for the drugs...(U.S. News) 
05-26-2017 Governor Snyder signs legislation for pharmacies to dispense overdose reversal drug Narcan
(Michigan)...Just yesterday, Governor Snyder signed legislation to allow pharmacies in Michigan to dispense the overdose reversal drug, Narcan to everyone over the counter...(WLNS) 
Contact: Tom Stark, Management Associate, PACDAA
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