Center for Rural Pennsylvania
Thursday, October 26, 2017 at 9 a.m.
UPMC Susquehanna – Williamsport
Heroin and Opioid Addiction in Pennsylvania
9:00 AM
Welcome and Opening Comments
Senator Gene Yaw, Chairman, The Center for Rural Pennsylvania
9:15 AM
Pennsylvania Acting Secretary of Health/Physician General Dr. Rachel Levine
Pennsylvania Acting Secretary of Drug and Alcohol Programs Jennifer Smith
10:00 AM
Honorable Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania Attorney General
Gary Tuggle, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Philadelphia Field Division – Additional Testimony
10:40 AM
Honorable Nancy Butts, President Judge, Lycoming County
11:00 AM BREAK
11:15 AM
Dr. Janice Pringle – Attachment and Dr. Lynn Mirigian, University of Pittsburgh School of
Pharmacy, Opioid Overdose Reduction Technical Assistance Center
11:45 AM
Honorable Eric R. Linhardt, District Attorney, Lycoming County
David Young, Chief of Police, City of Williamsport
12:10 PM
Shea Madden, Executive Director, West Branch Drug and Alcohol Commission
Steve Murphy Shope, Executive Director, Project Bald Eagle
Dr. Bradley Miller, UPMC Susquehanna Family Medicine
12:45 PM
Gene Barr, President and CEO, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry
1:00 PM
Closing Comments and Adjournment
Senator Gene Yaw