Governor Tom Wolf joined Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney as the mayor announced the city’s Opioid Task Force Report, completed to provide a path forward on the ongoing battle of the heroin and opioid epidemic in Philadelphia and around the state.
Governor Tom Wolf today wrote White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner to express concern over the White House’s embrace of the American Health Care Act and the devastating impact the House-passed bill would have on the heroin crisis and treatment for those with substance use disorder.
Governor Tom Wolf joined members of Temple University’s School of Medicine, Athletic Department, team physicians, and Temple University Football student athletes to announce the state’s opioid prescribing guideline recommendations for orthopedics and sports medicine.
Governor Wolf was joined by officials and Walgreens staff to celebrate the success of the prescription drug take-back box program and to formally announce additional funding to provide the Philadelphia police with naloxone.
The Wolf Administration announced the launch of a website that details the proposed unification of the departments of Health, Human Services, Drug and Alcohol Programs, and Aging into the new Department of Health and Human Services.