HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Following a deadly spike in overdoses over the weekend in Dauphin County, Narcan was made available at the Harrisburg City Government Center. Narcan reverses most opioid overdoses but there are tools to prevent an overdose in the first place. Fentanyl test strips are small strips of paper that can detect fentanyl […]
On Wednesday, The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) and the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) held a webinar and discussed changes to the Naloxone for First Responders Program, as well as announcing the launch of the PA Overdose Prevention Program.
(The Center Square) — State officials want first responders to carry an anti-overdose drug as part of a broader effort to drive down Pennsylvania s overdose death rate.