(Luzerne) Officials at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital on Thursday donated a supply of an opiate overdose reversal drug to help combat heroin overdoses in the city...(Citizens Voice)

(Washington) Ringgold might equip its security force and nurses with a drug used to reverse the effects of heroin in overdose cases. At a school board meeting Wednesday, Superintendent Dr. Karen Polkabla said the Washington County District Attorney's Office will train nurses and security employees in the use of Narcan...(TribLive)

(Carbon) The Weatherly PTA and Wellness Council will host a Drug and Alcohol Expo from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the Weatherly Area Middle School, 602 Sixth St., Weatherly...(TN Online)

(Bucks) With heroin use a burgeoning issue, Delaware Valley University will hold a seminar from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 28 to discuss the epidemic...(Philly)

(York) The York County Heroin Task Force and drug addiction recovery website iWILLrecover.com are holding a rally on Continental Square in York next month to promote the state's Good Samaritan Law...(York Daily Record)

(Northeast) Gov. Tom Wolf has encouraged school districts to start stocking naloxone, or narcan, a drug used to treat opioid overdoses and credited with saving lives locally and statewide. But area districts aren't rushing to fill their nursing room shelves...(Times Leader)

(Schuylkill)...While state police are now carrying the drug, local law enforcement officials cite concerns with temperature control, training requirements and possible litigation as reasons they don't use it...(Republican Herald)

(Schuylkill) The battle against heroin addiction in Schuylkill County needs more ammunition. Though treatment for heroin addiction is available, more could be done, professionals said...(Republican Herald)

(Lehigh)...But even after states such as Ohio and Pennsylvania passed laws expanding access to the naloxone for first responders and protecting them from potential liability, some law enforcement agencies resist carrying the lifesaving medicine...(Huffington Post)

(Montgomery) The life-saving effects of Naloxone have been touted by public health and public safety officials in Montgomery County since before the county started providing first-responders with the drug in April. Now, civilians in Montgomery County will be able to obtain the overdose-reversing drug from pharmacies without a prescription...(Main Line)

(Erie) A form of synthetic marijuana is filling local emergency rooms. Authorities said seven teenagers ended up in hospitals after attending a party Thursday night in Erie that involved the drug, known as K2...(Go Erie)

(Montgomery) After 64 deaths from heroin or opioid overdoses in 2014, Montgomery County officials continue to take steps to fight the epidemic...(CBS Local)

(Berks) Close to 100 individuals with varying lengths of sobriety attended the Berks County Commissioners meeting earlier today. These individuals wanted to say "thank you" and show their appreciation for the Commissioners' on-going financial and moral support for addiction related prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery services...(COCA)

(Rhode Island) Can Rhode Island cut opioid deaths by a third in three years? That's the goal of the state's new strategic plan on addiction and overdose...(RIPR)

(West Virginia) President Obama came on Wednesday to a hotbed of one of the deadliest epidemics in American history and, as he had at a prison in Oklahoma in July, saw a life he might have led in the stories of drug addicts and their parents...(New York Times)

(Maryland) Baltimore's health commissioner didn't just tell legislators Tuesday how to save a person who has overdosed on heroin. She showed them...(Baltimore Sun)

(Wisconsin) Trucks from around Wisconsin brought boxes of unused prescriptions, collected during Saturday's state-wide drug take back event, to a drop off site in Waukesha County on Monday...(WKOW)

(North Dakota) University of North Dakota is sounding the alarm on a dangerous killer. A Public Service Announcement was released today re-enacting an actual Fentanyl overdose...(WDAZ)

(National) Addiction and overdose deaths are seldom the stuff of presidential campaigns, but with an estimated two people dying every hour from overdoses of prescription pain medications, this primary season is different...(USA Today)

(Florida)...Ocean County is putting together a pilot program that looks to convince those treated for overdoses to go into recovery. Eventually, they will have trained "interveners" who would respond to these cases and try to work with the patient to move them toward treatment...(Bradenton Herald)

(Oklahoma) In 2014, 510 Oklahomans died from unintentional prescription drug overdose, preliminary data from the state Health Department shows. That's a 5-percent decrease from 2013, when Oklahoma lost 538 residents to overdose...(NewsOK)

(Maryland) Nearly 3 in 10 Marylanders say they have a close friend or family member who was or is addicted to opioids such as heroin and prescription pain pills, a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll has found...(Washington Post)

(Connecticut)...According to the state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services website, misuse or abuse of prescription medicine and opioid-based drugs has increased substantially over the years...(Norwich Bulletin)

(National) A new CDC shows that prescribing practices vary widely among states, even though the states are similar in terms of the conditions the drugs are being used to treat. The first multi-state report from the CDC- and FDA-funded Prescription Behavior Surveillance System, which analyzes data from state prescription drug monitoring programs, highlights an urgent need for improved prescribing practices, especially for opioids...(APhA)

(Michigan)...The good news is that leaders in Michigan get it. Physicians, community leaders and policymakers in Lansing understand the severity of the crisis that's unfolding. Gov. Rick Snyder in particular deserves high marks for assembling a world-class task force...with the goal of identifying creative and effective ways Michigan can move forward, fight addiction, and save lives...(MLive)