JURISDICTIONS. THE MAYOR EMPHASIZED A DATA DRIVEN, PROACTIVE APPROACH, AGENCY COOPERATION AND A FOLLOW UP WITH WRAPAROUND SERVICES. THE CITY RESPONDS TO THE MASS OVERDOSE JULY 10TH AT PENN NORTH WAS ...

Pennsylvania is taking new action to address the ongoing opioid crisis, building on existing efforts to track and combat drug overdoses. A new law requires emergency medical services providers to ...

Franklin County is using opioid settlement funds for a new initiative to combat substance use disorder. A new database will track naloxone use by EMS to identify overdose hotspots and direct resources ...

ORGANIZATIONS HERE. THEY’RE ALREADY USING THIS DATABASE, AREN’T THEY? YEAH. BRIAN. SUSAN, IT’S THE OVERDOSE MAPPING SYSTEM. IT WAS ORIGINALLY IMPLEMENTED IN 2022 WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT WOULD UPLOAD ...

Narcan is a life-saving nasal spray that can reverse opioid overdoses in minutes. A life lost in Buncombe County in 2022 still weighs on — and motivates — Shuchin Shukla, a family physician who ...

The free online resource offers evidence-based guidance on workplace naloxone readiness as overdoses remain a leading cause of on-the-job fatalities. The National Safety Council announced on Wednesday ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — When someone overdoses, paramedics and EMS are usually the first people arriving to help. That's why a new law in Pennsylvania is helping first responders and EMS with combating ...

(The Center Square) - Hoping to curtail the state’s opioid epidemic, one Republican proposed a bill Thursday that would establish a near-real-time overdose mapping interface with guardrails for ...