(Greene) Greene County is not immune to the opioid epidemic ravaging many of our nation's communities. To help professionals working with those in the county plagued by heroin and prescriptive pain killer addiction, Value Behavioral Health and Greene County Human Services organized a Drug Summit with the theme "Striving to Be Stronger Together."...(Herald Standard)

(Lancaster) Lancaster County Coroner Stephen Diamantoni predicted early last year that drug overdoses would soon reach record levels here. He was right...(LancasterOnline)

(Statewide) Governor Tom Wolf today announced that his administration was successful in securing the necessary funding for the Department of Human Services (DHS) to open 20 Centers of Excellence (COE) statewide by October 1, 2016. The COEs will offer treatment to Pennsylvanians with opioid-related substance use disorder...(DHS)

(Central)...Cumberland Goodwill has administered Naloxone 66 times in the second quarter and first 11 days of the third quarter, Harig said. In the second and third quarters last year there were a total of 42 doses given, and a total of 55 in all of 2015...(PennLive)

(Statewide) The DEA released its Analysis of Drug Related Deaths in Pennsylvania, 2015 report earlier today during a news conference held at the DEA field division office in Philadelphia.  This report is the second comprehensive analysis of illicit drug and pharmaceutical overdose deaths across Pennsylvania's 67 counties and the first year-to-year comparison with 2014 data...(DEA)

(West) Heroin and other opioids led overdose deaths to increase by more than a third in most Western Pennsylvania counties last year, according to a government report...(TribLive)

(Cambria) The Drug Enforcement Administration released its annual drug overdose report for Pennsylvania Tuesday, and once again, Cambria County ranks atop the counties with the highest rate of overdose deaths...(WJAC)

(Statewide) The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Tuesday released a report that showed the number of drug-related overdose deaths in Pennsylvania increased by 23.4 percent in 2015, part of a statistical picture national and regional officials described as disturbing and stunning...(Reading Eagle)

(Statewide) Efforts to rein in opioid prescribing have driven painkiller abusers to heroin and other illicit narcotics, pushing fatal overdoses into record territory for the second year in a row, according to data released Tuesday...(Post-Gazette)

(Northeast) Fatalities attributed to heroin increased dramatically over the past couple decades thanks in part to some basic economics...(Standard Speaker)

(Statewide) Heroin abuse and overdoses could spike this fall, an unintended result of the anticipated success of Pennsylvania's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, according to county and state drug and alcohol officials...(Daily Item)

(Lancaster) Police reversed two suspected drug overdoses with the lifesaving drug naloxone, a heroin antidote, on Thursday evening...(Lancaster Online)

(Schuylkill) Family and friends of Elijah Hibbler held candles, shared stories and let go of purple balloons Saturday night at his favorite hangout growing up, the Pottsville skate park. Hibbler died June 6 of a heroin overdose...(Republican Herald)

(Statewide)..."You literally could have heard a pin drop as I told my story that day. Here was a guy in a suit, pretty well-polished, not somebody you would necessarily think would have had these experiences. But what I tried to convey, and what I've tried to show ever since, is that addiction can affect anyone."..(Tribune Democrat)

(Washington) Just eight days into July, the Washington County 911 dispatch center received 13 reports of suspected heroin overdoses throughout Washington County...(Observer-Reporter)

(Florida)...A Florida company recently settled a federal probe accusing it of deceptively marketing a dietary supplement as alleviating opiate withdrawal symptoms and increasing the likelihood of overcoming opiate addiction...(Morning Call)

(National)...The House already green-lighted the bill, dubbed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, and Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Pat Toomey said he expects the Senate to do the same today, before sending it to President Obama's desk for final approval...(PennLive)

(Nebraska)...Bert's Pharmacy in Hastings uses a computer software that helps monitors patient's medication to prevent drug overdose. When they log in they have access to their patients prescriptions and the last time they received a refill...(NBCNeb)

(North Carolina)...The death toll from heroin alone has spiked drastically in recent years. Back in March, the North Carolina Department of Health reported that heroin-related overdoses had increased by nearly six hundred percent since 2010..(WCQS)

(National) 25,000 Cartons (50,000 Doses) of NARCAN� Nasal Spray to be distributed to First Responders, Law Enforcement Agencies, Naloxone Distribution Community Programs and Other Organizations...(PR Newswire)

(New York)...Eight people were taken from the Stockton Street area to Woodhull Medical Center suffering from "altered mental states," lethargy and respiratory issues...(New York Times)

(National) A new study published in PLOS One finds that life outside prison bars is still plenty dangerous for those formerly incarcerated, especially soon after they return home...(Medical Daily)

(Maine)..."We're not the cure, we're not the answer to this problem," Higgins said, and neither is Narcan. "We're transporting them to emergency rooms, and that's not what they need. We don't have enough beds and we don't have enough treatment centers."...(Bangor Daily News)

(National)...Developed by the NGA Center through extensive consultation with senior state officials and other national experts, the road map is a tool to help states respond to the growing opioid crisis...It is designed as a policy development tool, allowing a state to use all or portions of the road map as it applies to their unique situation....(NGA)