Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs

03/31/2026

03/31/2026

We’re back live this afternoon! This closing session focuses on what the latest data is telling us—and how it’s shaping prevention and response efforts across Pennsylvania.

Hear from state experts on overdose trends, emerging substances, and the work underway to connect people to care, along with insights on the intersection of brain injury and opioid use disorder.

🕘 Live from 2:15 – 3:30 p.m.
📺 Watch at the link in the comments.

Understanding what’s happening right now helps drive smarter, more effective responses across prevention, treatment, and recovery.

03/31/2026

We’re live this morning! Join us for the opening sessions of the 2026 Emerging Drug Trends Symposium—bringing together national and state experts to break down what’s changing across substance use trends, policy, and today’s drug supply.

🕘 Live from 8:45 – 10:15 a.m.
📺 Watch at the link in the comments.

These conversations help shape how we respond across prevention, treatment, and recovery—grounded in what’s happening right now.

03/30/2026

You show up with food for a grieving family, diapers for new parents, and kindness for all the neighbors you come across. Carrying naloxone is another way to show kindness. You may never need it, but around here, we take care of each other in every way we can.

03/29/2026

Not everyone struggling with gambling is the one placing the bets.

If it’s affecting you, you can get help too.

In Pennsylvania, we cover treatment for people who don’t have insurance or whose insurance won’t pay for it — including support for loved ones.

📞 1-800-GAMBLER

03/28/2026

The only thing naloxone enables is another chance.

Another breath. Another moment. Another opportunity for recovery.

Carrying naloxone saves lives.

03/27/2026

When someone is in crisis, there’s no time to wait. The MVP Recovery S.T.A.R. (Stabilization, Triage, Assessment, and Referral) Center in Delaware County provides immediate, 24/7 support.

From its opening in 2024 through 2025:
• 438 people served
• 91% connected directly to treatment
• Over $1.3 million in avoided emergency room costs

Launched with opioid settlement funding secured by then-Attorney General Josh Shapiro, the S.T.A.R. Center offers a nurse-led, team-based approach that includes clinical staff, case management, and Certified Recovery Specialists and Certified Peer Specialists.

As hospitals have closed in the region, the S.T.A.R. Center has become an even more critical resource — reducing pressure on law enforcement and emergency departments and creating a direct path to substance use and mental health treatment and support.

Governor Shapiro’s 2026–27 proposed budget includes $5 million to maintain behavioral health walk-in crisis centers across Pennsylvania.

03/27/2026

1,500+ doses of lifesaving medication — already distributed by staff and students through Shippensburg University's Connection Program.

That’s just what’s been supported so far through our Overdose Prevention Program, building on work already underway to get Narcan (naloxone) onto campus and into the community.

As our first state-owned university overdose prevention partner, they are a model for other universities, expanding access to naloxone and fentanyl/xylazine test strips while building awareness and reducing stigma.

📺 Catch the abc27 News coverage of Secretary Davis-Jones’ visit:

SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Shippensburg University is the first state-owned university to join Pennsylvania’s Overdose Prevention Program. The university will receive supplies to preven…