(Dauphin)...Natalie's dad, John, has started the Natalie Cribari Drug Awareness Fund. Their mission is to," foster awareness on all aprects of Heroin addiction, intervention and recovery assistance to the community."..(Fox 43)

(Lehigh) A man found unconscious and not breathing after doing heroin was saved when Salisbury Township police officers used an overdose antidote they carry as part of a county-wide program...(LehighValleyLive)

(Cambria) Authorities in Cambria County say they're overwhelmed with the drug problem. In just two weeks, there have been dozens of heroin overdoses across the county. At least five of them are believed to have been fatal...(WJAC)

(Central) A group of professionals in Central Pennsylvania  including Steve Shope and professors at Lock Haven University have teamed up to stem the tide of heroin use...(LHUP)

(Central) It's a growing epidemic all over the country. Now, state police believe heroin abuse may have led to three deaths in Bradford County in less than a week. Newswatch 16 spoke with a nonprofit in Lycoming County working to combat the rise in heroin use....(WNEP)

(Allegheny) Just one week after being trained to administer the opioid overdose antidote Narcan, Aspinwall police Officer Dave Komora stopped a man from overdosing with the fast-acting nasal spray...(TribLive)

(Lawrence) Heroin users are rolling the dice on their lives each time they inject themselves, according to information from local authorities. Law enforcement agencies have reported at least six heroin-related overdoses in Lawrence County within the past week, most of them having been revived with Narcan...(New Castle News)

(West)...U.S. Attorney David Hickton on Tuesday morning was visiting Washington County, where there been 222 overdoses since August, including 33 fatalities. Thirty-six of those who survived in the county were treated with Narcan by police or paramedics, Hickton said...(WTAE)

(Statewide) One of the latest casualties of the state budget stalemate is a competitive program that was designed to address the heroin and opiate crisis...(Reading Eagle)

(Franklin)...I'm happy to announce that Franklin County law enforcement officers will all be issued Naloxone to carry while they are on duty. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, "Naloxone is a medication that can reverse an overdose that is caused by an opioid drug (i.e. prescription pain medication or heroin)....(Echo-Pilot)

(Massachusetts)...A part of the story often goes untold in the naloxone discussion - the path to recovery after the overdose. As a resident psychiatrist, I have a number of patients who were rescued by naloxone and, with ongoing treatment, are now drug-free and have returned to employment and other societal roles...(Boston Globe)

(National) The use of benzodiazepines, such as Xanax and Valium, is on the rise, and the number of overdose deaths related to them soared in recent years, new research says...(CNN)

(National)...Like Fennelly, thousands of parents have lost sons and daughters across the country to an epidemic of accidental drug overdoses...For these parents, support can be scarce - and the grief can be complicated....(NPR)

(National) The risk of overdose from taking opioid analgesics at the same time as benzodiazepines is four times the risk from taking opioids by themselves, according to new research...(APhA)

(Maryland) Baltimore health officials on Wednesday launched an online training program to teach residents how to use naloxone, the drug used to reverse heroin and opioid overdoses...(Baltimore Business Journal)

(National)...Is prosecuting doctors whose patients die of prescription medication overdoses an effective way to combat opioid addiction?...(New York Times)

(Arizona) State Representative Randall Friese wants to change that so he's proposed a statute - a Good Samaritan law - that would prohibit authorities from pressing drug use or possession charges against people who seek medical help when they or someone else has overdosed...(Phoenix New Times)

(National) Here & Now has reported extensively on the opioid crisis, the increasing numbers of people becoming addicted to prescription pain pills and heroin, and the spike in overdoses. Often drowned out in the conversations about the current epidemic, though, are the experiences and voices of chronic pain patients...(WBUR)

(Massachusetts)...Prana is a new player in the addiction services nonprofit world, but it's an example of a program developed in response to the uphill battle against opioids being fought in Massachusetts and across the country....(WBJournal)

(National) Treating drug addiction with a vaccine might become a solution to combat prescription drug and heroin addiction and the rapid rise in overdose deaths...(Northwestern)

(Massachusetts) Winter is a hard time for opioid drug abusers and February already is shaping up to be a brutal month - with New Bedford seeing five overdoses in just a five-hour period on Wednesday - and sub-zero temperatures bring added dangers to users...(Boston Herald)

(Connecticut) The number of people in Connecticut dying from drug overdoses continued to skyrocket in 2015 as more than 720 people overdosed, with heroin-related deaths climbing at alarming rates, according to statistics released Sunday by the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner...(Hartford Courant)

(Ohio)...Wolcott has launched a new website, "Kayla and Robbie's World," kaylaandrobbiesworld.com, which aims to bring together people who are dealing with addiction issues and let them talk candidly to each other...(Sandusky Register)

(New Jersey)...The Recovery Coach Program, the brainchild of Coronato...was only a few weeks old. Known as Narcan-2, it connects heroin and opioid overdose victims revived with the opioid reversal drug naloxone (or Narcan) with treatment options once they're stabilized in emergency rooms...(NJ Advance Media)

(Massachusetts) Amidst a surging crisis of opioid abuse and overdoses, many policymakers have called for expanded use of coercive treatment. Many states, including Massachusetts, already allow physicians, police, and court officers to seek a court order...(Huffington Post)

(Massachusetts)...That's what happened earlier this week in New Bedford, in another striking example of the opioid crisis affecting cities and towns across Massachusetts...(MassLive)

(Michigan) Two Michigan legislators introduced identical bills in the Michigan House and Senate to allow state pharmacies to offer Naloxone, an opiate overdose-reversing drug, without a prescription...(Fox17)

(Alaska) Senate Bill, a bill to increase access to heroin overdose antidote drugs, passed its final committee in the Alaska House unanimously Friday after making its way through the Senate last year...(KTVA)

(New Jersey) A public overdose in South Jersey shows the raw reality of the heroin epidemic and the power of an antidote that's saving lives, even as people fail to take advantage of programs geared toward kicking the habit...(NBC10)