Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs

10/19/2025

If gambling starts to feel like pressure instead of play, free and confidential help is available 24/7.

📞 1-800-GAMBLER (426-2537)
📱800GAM
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If you’re uninsured or facing financial hardship, treatment funding may be available.

10/17/2025

Case managers are guides, advocates, and connectors — helping Pennsylvanians navigate treatment, housing, health, and support services that make sustained recovery possible.

Through our local drug and alcohol offices, case management is a required statewide service that ensures coordinated, whole-person care is always within reach.

This , we celebrate the professionals who guide recovery every step of the way.

10/17/2025

Our Emerging Drug Trends Symposium has a new date!
🗓️ Tuesday, March 31, 2026
📝 Learn more & register: https://www.pa.gov/agencies/ddap/for-professionals/training/pa-emerging-drug-trends-symposium

10/15/2025

A digital upgrade with life-saving results.

Guided by the Shapiro Administration’s focus on accessibility and innovation, we teamed up with the Commonwealth Office of Digital Experience (CODE PA) to streamline our Overdose Prevention Program — making it easier for partners to get naloxone and test strips that check drugs for xylazine and fentanyl into Pennsylvania communities.

The results speak for themselves:
🕒 Manual work cut by 50%
🧠 Content made 30% easier to understand and navigate
🔍 Online visibility improved by 15%, helping more people find and access life-saving resources — contributing to more than 6,100 overdose reversals reported in just 6 months

Learn more ➡️ https://www.pa.gov/agencies/ddap/newsroom/shapiro-administration-takes-action-to-make-naloxone-ordering-fo

10/15/2025

10/14/2025

We heard it again and again at Recovery in Reach, our Wellness and Resource Fair: “I know recovery is real.” 💜

We’re proud to stand with the people and partners who make that true — all year long.

If you need support, call 1-800-662-HELP (4357) — free and confidential, 24/7.

10/10/2025

Half of those facing addiction also live with a mental health condition. 💚

That’s why the Shapiro Administration, through DDAP and the Behavioral Health Council, is breaking down silos between mental health and substance use care.

We’re:
✅ Opening 24/7 crisis walk-in centers
✅ Cutting red tape for dual-licensed providers
✅ Investing in integrated, person-centered care

Because healing shouldn’t happen in separate systems.

This , remember — mental health and recovery belong together.

10/10/2025

Problem gambling can have serious impacts on financial, physical, and mental health — but progress to address this public health issue is happening across Pennsylvania.

Through prevention and treatment efforts, we are expanding access to help for those at risk of or affected by problem gambling.

📄 Read our 2024–25 Problem Gambling Annual Report:https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/ddap/documents/documents/agency-reports/compulsive-and-problem-gambling-annual-reports/2024-2025-problem-gambling-annual-report.pdf

10/09/2025

Many helping others heal from substance use disorder are living proof that recovery is possible. 💜

Over 50 organizations joined Recovery in Reach, our Wellness and Resource Fair — showing that when support is within reach, recovery is real.

10/08/2025

Many grandparents in Pennsylvania are stepping up — raising their grandchildren while supporting an adult child through substance use disorder, loss, or other unexpected challenges.

You don’t have to navigate it alone. The PA Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Legal Line offers free legal advice on custody, guardianship, and related issues.

📞 1-877-727-7529

Learn more from Pennsylvania Department of Aging:

Free Legal Advice Hotline to Assist Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Expanded

10/08/2025

Spending time in nature supports recovery — whether you’re caring for your mental and physical health or healing from substance use disorder. 💜

🏞 Find your path to reflection and connection in Pennsylvania State Parks : https://www.pa.gov/agencies/ddap/newsroom/shapiro-administration-hosts-pennsylvanians-in-recovery-from-sub

📍 Sinnemahoning State Park | Recovery in Nature with the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources + Armstrong-Indiana-Clarion Drug and Alcohol Commission , DDAP’s Region 7 Recovery Hub