(Washington)...There were three overdoses in the city last Friday and a fourth the following day, with all of the heroin users being revived in similar fashion, police said. Vittone said the overdoses don't necessarily mean there is a fatal batch of heroin circulating in the area...(Observer-Reporter)

(Statewide)...Already Gary Tennis, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, said he knows of at least 70 lives saved in the state by using Narcan after someone has overdosed...(PennLive)

(Delaware) Angela Kaye's trip to drug addiction started when she used marijuana and alcohol as a teen.  It escalated to prescription drug abuse, led to heroin use, petty crime, and jail time, and ended in a Delaware County courtroom...(Philly)

(Washington) Police are crediting a Pittsburgh TV news crew with saving the life of an overdose victim by calling 911 and performing CPR on him before emergency responders could arrive...(Star Tribune)

(Statewide) Pennsylvanians are more likely to die from a drug overdose than from a car accident, according to a recent report...(Philly Voice)

(Statewide) Pennsylvania is near the top of the national statistics for drug overdose deaths, but neighboring states West Virginia and Ohio are being hit even worse, according to a report released last week...(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

(Philadelphia)...Philadelphia is one of the hardest hit cities in the country when it comes to heroin-related deaths. Ronald Lamb is Director of the Office of Addiction Services in Philadelphia. He says the heroin in the city is of high-quality and cheap...(CBS Philly)

(Midstate) Political leaders from Snyder, Union, Montour and Columbia counties are beginning to tackle the heroin and painkiller epidemic they all agree is affecting the quality of life in their small communities...(Daily Item)

(Delaware/Montgomery)..."Officer Parkins and Cpl. Gerhart should be commended for their prompt response to this medical emergency and their ability to determine an opioid overdose was occurring," Toomey added, the officers "brought credit upon the Upper Providence Township Police Department in their professional conduct and they should be commended."...(The Mercury)

(Washington County, Pennsylvania) Police officers and medics were able to revive an unresponsive man in a Washington parking lot Wednesday after a Channel 11 News photographer noticed the man slumped over in his car, pulled him out and began CPR before calling 911...(WPIX) 

(Maine) A police trooper has been hailed a hero after dashcam footage caught him pulling a speeding driver over - and saving the man from a fatal heroin overdose along a busy highway...(The Independent)

(Massachusetts) One place where the Massachusetts opioid crisis comes starkly into view is inside a brightly lit room on Albany Street in Boston that houses the AHOPE - Addicts Health Opportunity Prevention Education - needle exchange program...(WBUR)

(National) This week the CDC released its long-awaited report on overdose prevention programs providing naloxone to laypersons. The detailed report, which surveyed 136 naloxone distribution programs nationwide, confirms some of what overdose prevention advocates already knew, but also holds a few surprises. Here are the top three highlights:..(Huffington Post)

(Rhode Island) A state law that offers protection for people who call 911 to assist someone experiencing a drug overdose is set to expire July 1st after state lawmakers failed to reach agreement on the terms of its re-authorization...(Providence Journal)

(Michigan)...In the case of one Detroit-area pharmacy, 58 percent of the prescriptions it billed to Medicare's program were for commonly abused opioids, compared with the nationwide average of 6 percent. The pharmacy billed opiate prescriptions for 93 percent of the Medicare patients it served last year...(Detroit News)

(Maryland) The open-air drug markets of Baltimore are flush with new product this summer. The source, at least in part, is more than 30 pharmacies and clinics looted in riots following the death of Freddie Gray in police custody...(CNN)

(Ohio) A record 2,110 people died from drug overdose deaths in Ohio in 2013 alone, according to a report released Wednesday by U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown's office...(The Courier)

(National) As the medical community continues searching for ways to curb opioid-related deaths through treatment and management, the pharmaceutical industry proceeds with pushing for naloxone, a generic drug also known as Narcan - and the results are paying off...(Forbes)

(Rhode Island) A group of state and federal leaders gathered yesterday for a roundtable discussion on Rhode Island's seemingly intractable drug overdose crisis.  After the meeting, I couldn't help but wonder: how many more roundtables, public forums, legislative hearings, committee meetings, press conferences, and more will I attend before we see this crisis abate?..(RIPR)

(Massachusetts) Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker unveiled a $27 million plan on Monday to increase the state's capacity to treat drug addicts and reduce the stigma around addiction, as the United States battles a surge in heroin and opioid use...(Fox News)

(Ohio) A top narcotics investigator says the most recent statistics from the Trumbull County Coroner's office back up his theory that the arrival of the prescription drug fentanyl on the menu of local drug addicts has contributed to the spike in Trumbull overdose deaths...(Vindy)

(California)...It would require doctors to check a state database before prescribing schedule II and schedule III drugs to a patient for the first time. Drugs included in these categories include OxyContin, morphine and Vicodin...(KPBS)

(Michigan) Oakland County sheriff's deputies used naloxone to reverse the effects of a drug overdose long enough to save a man's life...(MI Live)

(Delaware) Smith, who has worked for New Castle County Police for three years, was the first officer in the county to administer Narcan. Since the success of the first use, Narcan has been administered three more times to save lives-a total of four times within four weeks...(Newsworks)

(Massachusetts) Massachusetts is in the midst of an epidemic of deadly opioid abuse, according to a task force created by Gov. Charlie Baker that said Monday that drug addiction must be considered a medical disease...(Daily Reporter)

(Indiana)...According to a 2014 study by the Indiana Prevention Resource Center, 1.8 percent of high school seniors across the state report having tried heroin. In eastern Indiana - including Wayne County - that number is 2.2 percent...(Pal-Item)

(National) There was a whole world of hurt out there in the mid-'90s. Chronic pain-the kind of pain that lasts for months and interferes with daily functioning-wasn't being treated very well. Pain was underrated as a health problem. Physicians were justifiably concerned about patients becoming addicted. A defensive mindset might have been part of the problem: Physicians and hospitals didn't want survivors to sue them for giving loved ones too much medicine...(Managed Care Magazine)

(California) California inmates are dying of drug overdoses at nearly three times the national rate and it is unclear whether the tough steps state officials took this year to stop illicit drugs from getting into prisons are having any effect, though they are prompting criticism from civil rights advocates...(The Guardian)

(New Jersey) Not even five minutes after a Morristown police officer finished up training on how to administer Narcan, he was dispatched to a call involving a suspected overdose of a 53-year-old man, Morristown Police Lt. Stuart Greer said...(NJ Advance Media)

(New Jersey) The measure creates a three-year pilot program to help inmates throughout the criminal justice system get mental health and addiction services in a cost-effective manner and to try to reduce the rate of recidivism...(North Jersey)

(New York) Dozens took to Public Square to raise awareness of what they see as a growing affliction in the community: heroin. Attendees gathered to take part in what is being called "Take Back Our Town" for a litany of reasons surrounding heroin culture and use...(Watertown Daily Times)

(Delaware) The Department of Health and Social Services and the Department of Safety and Homeland Security are warning people about an increasing number of overdose deaths in Delaware related to the use of fentanyl, a synthetic painkiller that is 50 to 100 times more potent than heroin...(WBOC)

(Massachusetts) Gov. Charlie Baker and the state Department of Public Health announced this week an opioid addiction awareness campaign, Stop Addiction in its Tracks. The media and web-based campaign aims to educate parents about the warning signs of opioid misuse and provide an information hub for resources and data...(Telegram)

(Florida) Every single day that firefighter Mike Dunn is on shift, Cedar Hammock Fire Rescue gets at least one call of a heroin overdose. On two days in February, 11 suspected overdose calls cam in each day...(Bradenton Herald)

(National) Friends and family members have saved the lives of tens of thousands of opioid users from overdoses by using emergency injection kits containing naloxone (Narcan), according to a new federal report...(MPR)