In the wake of the death of George Floyd and the ongoing civil unrest and conversations regarding race, racial inequity, racial inequality, and racism taking place throughout America, we wanted to take a moment to look at how addiction impacts America’s African America...

“There is no tolerance for racism or racial bias in the drug and alcohol field.”

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The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) is seeking stakeholder feedback on Pennsylvania's Substance Use Disorder (SUD) confidentiality requirements. We want to know how these requirements are working and if they can be improved. 

As part of these...

With great reluctance and after much discussion NARR has decided to replace our October national conference with a virtual event. Although official travel and event restrictions will almost certainly be lifted by October these factors weighed heavily on decision:

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Want to make sure that you saw the below video message from Secretary Smith related to DDAP and COVID 19.

The Secretary will be sending additional videos with updates, information, and answers to stakeholder questions.

She highlights how you can submit your questions to...

Important coronavirus information

NARR has just released a short guide for protecting health and minimizing virus transmission during our coronavirus crisis. It includes recommendations for residents, staff members and operators of recovery residences of all kinds, plus...

Efforts to Date:

In the last update, the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) noted that it was reviewing public comments it received on draft regulations. That comment period ended in June 2019. DDAP received a total of 62 letters outlining recommended edits...