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    Overdose Prevention

    Overdose Prevention Program

    The Pennsylvania Overdose Prevention Program provides free harm reduction and overdose prevention supplies to groups throughout Pennsylvania. We offer naloxone and test strips to check drugs for xylazine and fentanyl. These items help to prevent and reverse overdoses. 

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    About the program

    The Pennsylvania Overdose Prevention Program's mission is to improve community-based supply distribution and harm reduction efforts. We aim to reach people at the highest risk of experiencing an overdose.

    This may include:

    • People who use substances
    • People who know someone who uses substances
    • People who access syringe service programs and harm reduction services

    We partner with organizations across Pennsylvania to distribute naloxone and drug testing strips. These Overdose Prevention Partners, or  Recognized Entities, serve as a network of local access points. 

    Available supplies

    We provide these supplies at no cost:

    • Intranasal naloxone
    • Intramuscular naloxone
    • Fentanyl test strips
    • Xylazine test strips

    Program history

    Pennsylvania's Naloxone for First Responders Program launched in 2017. At a critical point in the opioid epidemic, this program sent out free naloxone kits. The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) led these efforts. That program operated through 2023.

    In partnership with PCCD, we expanded the program in August 2023. The new Pennsylvania Overdose Prevention Program began to offer drug testing strips, too. We streamlined online ordering and added new partners. 

    DDAP became the lead agency for POPP in December 2024.

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