International Overdose Awareness Day is the world’s largest annual campaign to end overdose, remember without stigma those who have died and acknowledge the grief of the family and friends left behind. Time to Remember. Time to Act. International Overdose Awareness...
Members—We Need Your Voice! Beacon Health Options is hosting Focus Groups for persons who have used or are using substances. We want to know how we can better serve our members. Please join us. We are interested in your experiences accessing treatment. Beacon has...
Naloxone (Narcan®) is available at NO COSTArmstrong-Indiana-Clarion Drug and Alcohol Commission is committed to making Naloxone available to members of our community, particularly people that use opioids and their family and/or friends, first responders (EMS, Fire...
The Armstrong-Indiana-Clarion Drug and Alcohol Commission is hosting an Open House event to introduce their new program. You are invited! This is an opportunity to meet our staff, tour the new facility, and hear about our services. The Open House will be Friday...
After years of skyrocketing overdose deaths, Pennsylvania began to see modest decreases in deaths from 5,398 deaths in 2017 to 4,415 in 2018, with 2,866 of those deaths related to opioids. This decrease was largely a result of increased access to naloxone for people...
Act 139- The Good Samaritan Law with Naloxone According to the PA Department of Drug and Alcohol (DDAP): Allows first responders (law enforcement, fire fighters, EMS) or other organizations acting at the direction of a health care professional authorized to prescribe...
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