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Pennsylvania is one of the top 10 states in the country with the highest number of drug-related deaths.

Pennsylvania is the fifth-largest contributor to a national drug overdose death count that has surpassed 100,000 in a single year comes as the state struggles to get a handle on the crisis.

The healthcare system received $600,000 from the PA Dept. of Drug and Alcohol Programs and $150,000 from the Dept. of Human Services, Children’s Trust Fund.

The Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) used an AHRQ initiative to expand treatment for opioid use disorders in Pennsylvania. As a result, primary care physicians are now using medication-assisted treatment to care for their patients with opioid use disorders.

It was a short week in Harrisburg for the Senate, as the upper chamber held two session days before recessing until next week.

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — The Wolf administration has cleared one of the final hurdles to enact oversight of Pennsylvania’s drug and alcohol recovery

The Wolf administration could implement new oversight of recovery homes by mid-2022, though challenges could cause delays.

WILKES-BARRE — Pam Keefe and Cheryl Kerlavage decided to take action after Keefe’s daughter died of a drug overdose in 2018, but something they’re doing could get them arrested.