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State and Local Policy Levers for Increasing Treatment and Recovery Capacity to Address the Opioid Epidemic
Fentanyl Drug Facts
Pennsylvania Youth State Survey Report 2017
DEA: Legal cases against doctors
The Underestimated Cost of the Opioid Crisis
The Economic Cost of the Opioid Epidemic in Pennsylvania
SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit
The National Practice Guidelines for the Use of Medications in the Treatment of Addiction Involving Opioid Use
Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health
Access to Substance Use Disorder Treatment in Medicaid
Evidence Based Strategies for Preventing Opioid Overdose: What’s Working in the United States
Neonatal and Maternal Hospitalizations related to substance misuse
Pennsylvania Drug and Alcohol Annual Plan and Report 2015-2016
Illicit Drug Use, Illicit Drug Use Disorders, and Drug Overdose Deaths in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas
Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 1999-2006
CDC: 2018 Annual Surveillance Report of Drug-Related Risks and Outcomes
CDC: 2017 Annual Surveillance Report of Drug-Related Risks and Outcomes
International Narcotics Control Strategy Report
Public Opinion of Prescription Drug Abuse and Disposal
The Health and Social Effects of Nonmedical Cannabis Use
Neuroscience of Psychoactive Substance Use and Dependence
Drugs, Brains, and Behavior: The Science of Addiction
Opioid Threat Report: A Joint Report with the Drug Enforcement Administration and University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
ACOPC: 2017 Summer Conference Presentations
ACOPC: 2018 Summer Conference Presentations
DEA: Carfentanil in Pennsylvania
DEA: Cocaine/Fentanyl Combination in Pennsylvania
DEA: Drug Presence in Pennsylvania 1999-2016
PA Stop: Five Questions with Jamie Drake
Prehospital Opioid Safety
Statewide Database Helps Track Overdose Deaths in Pennsylvania
DEA: 2017 National Drug Threat Assessment
Are People Really Falling ill from Touching Fentanyl? ACMT and AACT Position Statement.
DEA: Emerging Threat Report
Naloxone Information Sheet
Here's How Pa.'s Hospitals are Doing Their Part to Fight Opioid Abuse
DEA: Colombian Cocaine Production Expansion Contributes to Rise in Supply in the United States
DEA: 2015 Heroin Signature Program Report
DEA: Analysis of Overdose Deaths in Pennsylvania 2016
Performance Audit Reports: Opioid Treatment Audits
Opioid Prescribing Remains High in Rural Pennsylvania
Why We Should Say Someone Is A 'Person With An Addiction,' Not An Addict
NIH Efforts to Reduce the Opioid Epidemic
DEA: Fentanyl Guide for First Responders
Developing a Stigma Reduction Initiative
NFLIS: 2016 Mid Year Report
DEA: 2016 National Drug Threat Assessment
Agreement with China could Stem Opioid deaths in PA
ED Treatment for Opioid Dependence
Handle Fentanyl with Care
Citizen Science: Naloxone Availability in Allegheny County Pharmacies

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Overdose Survivors in the ER: Seizing Opportunity within Tragedy
Overdose Survivors in the ER: Seizing Opportunity within Tragedy

Hospital emergency rooms (ER) across the state are working to realize the potential for opportunity ...
Fentanyl

Across Pennsylvania, heroin, pharmaceuticals, and other illicit drug use continues to increase leadi...

PA DHS Centers of Excellence

Pennsylvania leads the nation in the number of drug overdoses in men ages 12-25 and eighth among the...

Recovery & Stigma

Society stigmatizes addicts as bad people that make a choice to become addicted. When I was a lit...

Everybody Matters

As many of you can tell from the recent news articles, social media, and perhaps your own life exp...

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