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2015
Pennsylvania Municipal Police Departments and Naloxone (2015)
July 17, 2015 | Emergency Services
In partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP), the Center for Rural Pennsylvania surveyed municipal police departments statewide in June 2015 to learn more about their use of naloxone, a medication that has been used to reverse opioid overdose.
Tags: overdose , municipal police , naloxone , opioids , heroin
2014
Heroin: Combating this Growing Epidemic in Pennsylvania (2014)
September 03, 2014 | Rural People and Communities
This report provides a summary of the testimony presented at a series of statewide public hearings that examined the increasing use of heroin and opioid abuse and addiction rates in rural Pennsylvania communities.
Tags: health , overdose , epidemic , addiction , opioids , heroin
Introducing the Center's new journal, Rural Policy: The Research Bulletin of the Center for Rural Pennsylvania.