Pennsylvania has been in the throes of an opioid epidemic for much of the past decade. People are dying from heroin and now fentanyl overdoses. It only got worse during the COVID pandemic. The Pennsylvania Department of Health has a standing order for pharmacies across the state to make the medication Naloxone available over the counter without a prescription as former acting Secretary of Health Denise Johnson said last month:

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Chuck Kray is the owner of Hershey Pharmacy and Hershey Care and the former President of the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association and he is with us today to talk about naloxone.

Pennsylvania has been in the throes of an opioid epidemic for much of the past decade. People are dying from heroin and now fentanyl overdoses. It only got worse during the COVID pandemic. The Pennsylvania Department of Health has a standing order for pharmacies across the state to make the medication Naloxone available over the counter without a prescription as former acting Secretary of Health Denise Johnson said last month:
(Johnson)
Chuck Kray is the owner of Hershey Pharmacy and Hershey Care and the former President of the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association and he is with us today to talk about naloxone.

When people come together and talk about really interesting topics, great questions spark better understanding and opportunities for new ideas to form. On The Spark from WITF, hosts Scott LaMar and Aniya Faulcon start the conversations about what’s happening in the world and at home. Share your ideas at https://witf.org/programs/the-spark.

When people come together and talk about really interesting topics, great questions spark better understanding and opportunities for new ideas to form. On The Spark from <a href="https://www.witf.org">WITF</a>, hosts Scott LaMar and Aniya Faulcon start the conversations about what’s happening in the world and at home. Share your ideas at <a href="https://witf.org/programs/the-spark">https://witf.org/programs/the-spark</a>.

The Spark

When people come together and talk about really interesting topics, great questions spark better understanding and opportunities for new ideas to form. On The Spark from WITF, hosts Scott LaMar and Aniya Faulcon start the conversations about what’s happening in the world and at home. Share your ideas at <a href="https://witf.org/programs/the-spark">https://witf.org/programs/the-spark</a>.

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