PHILLY.COM | BY RICH LORD AND KAREN LANGLEY | 09.29.16
HARRISBURG – In a sometimes personal speech, Gov. Wolf urged legislators Wednesday to help him enact a half-dozen measures that he hopes would slow the opioid epidemic that last year took nearly 3,500 lives across the state.
“We’ve all held parents’ hands as they’ve cried,” Wolf told a packed House chamber in a rare joint session of the Assembly. “We’ve hugged those in recovery who’ve risen above this disease – and we’ve heard their stories. Parents and those suffering from the disease of addiction have broken down telling us about the difficulty of finding treatment options.”