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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf will address a joint session of the state House and Senate as he presses for action on a package of legislation designed to combat opioid and heroin addiction. Wolf's address Wednesday comes as lawmakers' fall voting session winds down. He says lawmakers can't afford to stall with 10 people a day dying from drug overdoses in Pennsylvania. Wolf is seeking passage of bills to require prescribers to check a prescription drug monitoring database every time they prescribe opioids and limit the opioid quantities that emergency room doctors can prescribe to seven days. Wolf says he doesn't know whether either provision can pass the Legislature. The limitation on emergency prescriptions is a narrower version of what passed in Massachusetts, where lawmakers limited all doctors to a seven-day limit.

Wolf urges lawmakers' fast action on opioid addiction bills