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OVERDOSE NEWS BULLETIN
News from Across the Commonwealth and the Nation
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September 1, 2017 to September 8, 2017
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| 09-06-2017 |
Former addicts stepping up to help others recover
(Blair) Former addicts are being trained to help those currently addicted. Bill Amigh, 37, and Demi Shields, 28, told Blair County commissioners on Tuesday that they have become "certified recovery specialists" through a program provided by Blair County Drug and Alcohol Partnership Inc., the private agency led by Judy Rosser, which provides addiction services for the county...(Altoona Mirror) |
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| 09-06-2017 |
Former NBA star Chris Herren discusses his addiction, recovery
(Chambersburg) Former NBA player and recovering addict Chris Herren couldn't be trusted when he was on drugs. He was under the influence during his mother's funeral and during the birth of his first two children. Now sober for nine years, he travels across the country as an inspirational speaker, telling heartbreaking stories of his addiction and recovery...(ShipNC) |
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| 09-06-2017 |
Recovery Month Resource Fair
(Cambria)...The Recovery Month Resource Fair was held at Central Park in Johnstown. Representatives from treatment facilities in the region shared information about in-patient, out-patient and medication treatment options...(WTAJ) |
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| 09-03-2017 |
St. Vincent professor's drug study turns up surprising data
(Westmoreland)...For the last two years, Kocian has been compiling the results of surveys with 158 drug users and people in recovery in Westmoreland County to learn more about how they got hooked. With the help of Indiana University of Pennsylvania professor John Lewis, the pair this spring analyzed the data that could affect how local officials attack the ongoing drug epidemic that has claimed hundreds of lives...(TribLive) |
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| 09-03-2017 |
East Stroudsburg recovery walk to address addiction
(Monroe)...The Carbon- Monroe-Pike Drug and Alcohol Commission will be hosting its third annual Recovery Walk on Sept. 8 in East Stroudsburg. September is National Recovery Month and the walk is meant to recognize those who are in recovery...(Pocono Record) |
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| 09-02-2017 |
There's hope for those who've lost loved ones to drug addiction
(Chester)...The all-volunteer Pennsylvania Recovery Organization-Achieving Community Together organized "'Building Community, Sharing Hope,' an evening of fellowship, hope and stories of survival as well as remembrance for those we have lost to this disease," said John Gailey III, PRO-ACT Chester County Advisory Board Chair...(Daily Local) |
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| 09-02-2017 |
Recovery Town: Washington's opioid epidemic
(Washington) In August 2015, Washington County gained widespread attention when 25 people overdosed in two days. Like the rest of the country, Washington continues to deal with the effects of the opioid epidemic - among them, an increasing need for foster care for the children of addicts, crime and death...(Observer-Reporter) |
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| 09-02-2017 |
Addiction survivors offer hope as National Recovery Month begins
(Westmoreland)...National Recovery Month is being commemorated around the state in September, including with an art show held by the Westmoreland County Drug Overdose Task Force. While hundreds in the region struggle with addiction, or die from it, there are stories of hope in the recovery community - people who lean on one another...(TribLive) |
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| 09-02-2017 |
After years of dwindling popularity, crack cocaine is on the rise again
(Westmoreland)...Although the amounts of cocaine, particularly crack cocaine, are not near the amounts officials saw being trafficked during its peak in the 1990s, police and drug use experts say it is once again gaining in popularity, in part because some drug users fear a deadly heroin overdose...(TribLive) |
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| 09-01-2017 |
Montgomery County officials unite against opioid epidemic
(Montgomery) On the steps of the Montgomery County Courthouse, Commissioners Val Arkoosh, Ken Lawrence and Joe Gale stood united with District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and several other law enforcement and county officials in the fight against the opioid epidemic Thursday morning...(Times Herald) |
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| 09-01-2017 |
Erie DA sets policy for investigating fatal overdoses
(Erie) The opioid crisis has changed how police agencies in Erie County are to investigate fatal drug overdoses. District Attorney Jack Daneri on Friday sent the agencies a protocol that details how investigators are to treat each fatal drug overdose as "a potential criminal event."...(GoErie) |
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| 09-01-2017 |
Hundreds march for Kensington's overdose victims
(Philadelphia)...Thursday night, the lawn was filled with hope. It was there in the sheer numbers of people who turned out for a march to mourn the dead - over 900 last year - and bring attention to a crisis made catastrophic by stigma and shame. In the hundreds, they carried signs of their loved ones' faces, holding up their own losses for the city to see...(Philly) |
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| 09-07-2017 |
Study finds significant spike in long-term prescription opioid use in U.S.
(National) Opioid prescription use in the U.S. rose significantly between 1999 and 2014, with much of that increase coming from patients who had been taking their medication for 90 days or longer, according to a new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health...(The Hub) |
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| 09-07-2017 |
185 people died in Maine from drug overdoses in first half of 2017
(Maine)...Between January and June, 185 deaths were linked to drug overdoses, with most - 84 percent - caused by an opioid, according to data released Wednesday by Maine Attorney General Janet Mills. The number of deaths represents a slight decrease from the same period last year, when 193 people died...(WGME) |
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| 09-07-2017 |
280 possible opioid overdose deaths recorded in Arizona this summer
(Arizona) A new state report shows Arizona saw 280 suspected opioid deaths over a little more than two months this summer, even after Republican Gov. Doug Ducey declared a public health emergency to address the national opioid epidemic affecting Arizona...(KTAR) |
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| 09-06-2017 |
ODmap gives responders real-time overdose data
(Maryland) The Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (W/B HIDTA) is using data to tackle the opioid overdose emergency sweeping not just this region but the country...(GCN) |
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| 09-04-2017 |
West Virginia Drug Czar Wants Rising Death Toll Stopped
(West Virginia) The director of West Virginia's new Office of Drug Control Policy starts his job on Tuesday, and he wants to get out into communities to see what they're doing and to offer the state's help in fighting the opioid epidemic...(WVPublic) |
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| 09-01-2017 |
Resident Carries Narcan After Witnessing Multiple Overdoses
(Massachusetts) A small white box is what you'll find in 26-year-old Massachusetts resident Andy LaBelle's work truck. It's usually nestled in his cup holder. The small package contains Narcan. It's what he intends to use to save someone's life...(NECN) |
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| 09-01-2017 |
Utah-Funded Overdose Medicine Saves 46 People in 6 Months
(Utah) Figures released by the state show 46 people were likely saved during the first six months of the year by police officers who gave them a drug called Naloxone, which reverses the effects of an opioid overdose...(U.S. News) |
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