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OVERDOSE NEWS BULLETIN
News from Across the Commonwealth and the Nation
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September 9, 2016 to September 16, 2016
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September 20, 2016
Pennsylvania State Capitol
You are invited to join Pennsylvania's recovering community for a day of advocacy in Harrisburg. Recovery Advocacy Day aims to raise awareness of substance use disorders, celebrates individuals in long term recovery, and acknowledges the work of prevention, treatment, and recovery support services.
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| 09-16-2016 | Governor Wolf Requests Joint Session to Address Opioid Epidemic
(Statewide) Today, Governor Tom Wolf respectfully requested a Joint Session of the General Assembly at a time that is convenient for the House and Senate this fall. The purpose of this session would be to address the members of the House and Senate about our collective efforts to lead the nation in combatting the opioid and heroin crisis facing Pennsylvania...(Office of Governor) |
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| 09-16-2016 | Flyer: Heroin Addiction in Lebanon
(Lebanon) The heroin epidemic in Lebanon County is destroying our children, our families and our community. Lebanon County-City Heroin Task Force has organized an open session for the public to join together to learn, dialogue and help restore health and safety in our community. Please join us to be part of the solution. |
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| 09-14-2016 | Editorial: Saving lives in crises, for long term
(Lackawanna) Pennsylvania's government has responded aggressively to the raging opioid epidemic. Rather quickly, in terms of the usually slow wheel of government policy, it has authorized easy access and use of the effective opioid antidote naloxone and increased funding for opioid addiction treatment...(Times Tribune) |
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| 09-14-2016 | After losing her son to an overdose, Pitcairn woman will raise grandson
(Allegheny)...For eight years the Pitcairn woman watched, listened, cried and sometimes shouted as Justin Michael Wright, 26, went from pills to heroin, got jobs and lost them, bounced in and out of rehabilitation facilities and courts, stole from her, tried medication-assisted treatment and, even a week ago, claimed that his efforts to get clean were going well...(Post-Gazette) |
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| 09-13-2016 | Providing former addicts with opportunities
(Washington) The Observer-Reporter recently ran two stories about recovering drug addicts who have been able to forge new paths in their lives:..(Observer-Reporter) |
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| 09-13-2016 | Forum focuses on drug addiction treatment options
(Centre) For Dylan M., the road to recovery was long and winding. He had been through the criminal justice system four times. Each time he got out, he relapsed. Old behaviors remained ingrained. The drugs seared them there...(Centre Daily Times) |
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| 09-12-2016 | Heroin task force to speak at York College
(York) The York County Heroin Task Force will hold a public meeting next week at York College. The town hall-style gathering will be at 7 p.m., Monday, Sept. 19, at York College's Evelyn and Earl Wolf Hall. The event is free...(York Dispatch) |
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| 09-16-2016 | Defense Department rolls out drug take-back program
(National)...The Pentagon launched a permanent drug take-back program this week at military pharmacies, allowing Tricare beneficiaries to return unused medications to the facilities for disposal...(Military Times) |
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| 09-16-2016 | 120 Heroin OD Deaths In 2016 In Ocean County And Toll Will Rise Further, Prosecutor Says
(New Jersey)...Coronato was speaking on a conference call hosted by Rep. Tom MacArthur on the heroin and opioid epidemic in South Jersey. Burlington County Prosecutor Robert Bernardi was on the call as well, discussing some of the issues faced in both counties. MacArthur told listeners, who included law enforcement members, state and local officials and media, of initiatives at the federal level to combat the problem...(Patch) |
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| 09-14-2016 | Costs of US prescription opioid epidemic estimated at $78. 5 billion
(National) Prescription opioid overdose, abuse, and dependence carries high costs for American society, with an estimated total economic burden of $78.5 billion, according to a study in the October issue of Medical Care. The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer...(Science Daily) |
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| 09-12-2016 | Pharmacists can dispense overdose antidote in Tennessee
(Tennessee)...Tennessee Health Commissioner John Dreyzehner said in a news release Monday that administering the drug known as naloxone can reverse opioid effects and prevent death in many cases, allowing time for the person to receive further medical treatment...(Hastings Tribune) |
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| 09-11-2016 | When Should Naloxone Prescriptions be Written?
(National)...Jeffrey Fudin, PharmD, who is with the Academy of Integrative Pain Management and serves as the director of the Pain Residency program at the Stratton VA Medical Center, discussed strategies for writing prescriptions for naloxone for certain patients who are prescribed opioids...(MPR) |
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| 09-11-2016 | Michigan nears providing immunity for all overdose calls
(Michigan) Anyone in Michigan could report drug overdoses without fear of being prosecuted for illegal possession or use under legislation approved Thursday and that is expected to be signed into law soon...(Fox17) |
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| 09-10-2016 | Funeral homes deal with the tragic aftermath from overdose deaths
(Florida)...In more than 20 years of helping families get through the toughest moment of their lives, Brown says seeing that moment, "even as a funeral director, you have to walk around the corner and regain your composure. As a person, if that doesn't affect you, you shouldn't be in this business."...(Bradenton Herald) |
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