Stories Related to One Measure Shows Overdose Rates Leveling

By one measure in the fight against drug addiction, the tables are turning. Hospital admissions for opioid drug overdoses — that is, from heroin and prescription pain medicine — dropped by 35 percent in Lackawanna County and by 1 percent in Luzerne County

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