(Midstate)...Cindy, who calls herself a behind-the-scenes kind of gal, wasn't one to announce to the world that her daughter had died from heroin. She didn't want to stand in front of crowds and share her pain...(PennLive)

(Westmoreland) Nicolas DeSarno of Murrysville knows the impact that heroin addiction can have on a family; his cousin died of an overdose in 2014 after several stints at rehab facilities in Florida...(TribLive)

(Northeast) Since 2000, hospitalizations for pain medication and heroin abuse skyrocketed statewide and in Northeastern Pennsylvania, according to a study released by a state agency that monitors health care costs...(Standard Speaker)

(York) Despite the looming threat of winter weather and hazardous roads, parents and students, some as young as fifth and sixth grade, came to see a presentation on heroin Monday night at Northern High School...(York Dispatch)

(York) Despite her attempts to get back on track and slow down her drinking and drug use, Megan McDaniel said she couldn't get her unhealthy relationship with heroin under control...(York Daily Record)

(Luzerne) Police have charged Amanda Callahan, 30, of Jermyn with possession of a controlled substance and paraphernalia after an incident at 10:46 p.m. on Monday inside the Sherman Hills apartment complex...(Times Leader)

(Lancaster) A new task force made up of mayors, health care professionals, educators and law enforcement agents has been formed to try to stem the rising number of heroin deaths in Lancaster County...(Lancaster Online)

(Allegheny) I was disappointed to see that reports regarding recent overdoses throughout southwestern Pennsylvania omitted information on public health measures...and focused instead on enforcement efforts...(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

(Allegheny) In Allegheny County, the most significant component of overdose deaths is due to opioids which include illegal drugs such as heroin, as well as prescription medications such as oxycodone, methadone and fentanyl...(South Pittsburgh Reporter)

(Westmoreland) When fatal drug overdoses that had plagued a rural county in North Carolina hit a high watermark, officials there finally took action...(TribLive)

(Philadelphia) Tara Lawley-Bergey's brother, Derik, died of an overdose nine months ago. Derik, 25, a father of a young girl, battled addiction for years. In this heartfelt essay, Tara describes what it's like to watch someone you love struggle and die from addiction...(NBC10)

(Vermont)..."The fact that you're cycling in and out of jail shouldn't mean you don't have access to treatment," said Tom Dalton, with Safe Recovery, a program that provides addicts clean needles and basic health services and tries to connect them with treatment...(VTDigger)

(New Hampshire) As state officials feared, drug overdose deaths rose significantly in New Hampshire last year, to well over 400 cases...(NHPR)

(National)...We can no longer sit back and look with detached concern at graphs and statistics of this plague that is ravaging our country's youth. We have to begin to ask the all-important but difficult question: How do we reverse these trends?..(Huffington Post)

(Colorado) Drug overdose deaths are reaching record levels in a surprising corner of Colorado: the windswept southern counties where ranchers graze cattle and farmers raise corn...(Denver Post)

(Virginia) Drug dealers in Virginia, be warned: If you are selling heroin and one of your customers overdoses and dies, the feds are probably going to come after you...(Washington Post)

(National) Walgreens today announced the launch of a comprehensive new effort to combat drug abuse, introducing two programs that address key contributors to the crisis...(Walgreens)

(Ohio) State experts are attempting to battle the opiate overdose "epidemic" by suggesting alternative methods to alleviate acute pain...(The Post)

(New York)...Four cops gave him CPR and a medic injected him with Narcan, an anti-opioid used to reverse the effects of a heroin overdose, the police source said...(Fox News)

(New Hampshire)...National politics, as it does every four years, has taken center stage here. Yet there is no ignoring the national public health crisis that has been raging for years in the very idyllic New England communities where Democrat and Republican presidential hopefuls are now stumping for votes...(USA Today)

(National) The White House criticized a pharmaceutical industry ad airing during Sunday's Super Bowl, saying it could help fuel an opioid addiction crisis...(USA Today)

(Massachusetts) After two apparent heroin overdoses - one fatal - within two days at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, administrators are launching a campaign to educate the campus about the dangers of the drug...(Boston Globe)

(New York) As New York wrestles with a growing heroin and opioid crisis, the state Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services has created the Bed Availability Dashboard that collects information on available beds from state-certified treatment providers and displays it in real time on the agency's website to help ensure that more substance abusers can get the care they need...(GCN)

(Canada) Vancouver police are warning drug users to be cautious after 11 overdose deaths in 16 days. Police say the spike is concerning because three people typically die each week from drug overdoses...(Huffington Post)