"Day of Hope" Celebrating Drug-Free Lifestyle in WV Set for September
The Ohio County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition (OCSAPC) and West Virginia Council of Churches are teaming up for this prevention and recovery on that Sunday. All agree, its important to have a day to focus on solutions and activities in as many … Read more on WTRF

Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner Monica Bharel tells Congress state …
Charlie Baker's administration has made addressing opioid abuse a priority and has convened a task force to make recommendations for policy changes. According to state statistics, more than 1,000 Massachusetts residents died of opioid overdoses in 2014 … Read more on MassLive.com

Heroin tops list of Lebanon County's drug-rehab cases
A day after the announcement of Lebanon's largest drug bust in recent history, the executive director of the Lebanon County Commission on Drug and Alcohol Abuse delivered a sobering message to the Lebanon County commissioners on Thursday. Read more on Lebanon Daily News

Nearly 10 years since Harrisburg State Hospital closed, state officials tout …
Marion is the deputy secretary for the Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Service. … "She has her own apartment, her own pet, she could choose when she wanted to eat, she had access to peers and other kinds of recovery resources," he said. Read more on PennLive.com