Free naloxone, which can revive someone who has overdosed on an opioid such as heroin, will be given away at about 80 locations all over Pennsylvania today.

The state hopes to give away 5,000 naloxone kits in what officials say is the biggest such distribution ever held in the United States. (The locations are listed at the bottom of this article.)

Gov. Tom Wolf said this week that while naloxone isn’t a cure for opioid addiction, it can provide a second chance that can lead someone into treatment and recovery.

“Someone who suffers from substance abuse disorder is going to be facing this for the remainder of her or his life. But you have to be alive to be in treatment and naloxone is the first step,” he said.

The state will pay for the naloxone with an unspent portion of the $5 million contained in the 2017-18 budget to provide naloxone to police, medical and other professional first responders.

The doses available for today’s giveaway cost $380,000, according to Wolf administration officials.

The latest figures show Pennsylvania leading the U.S in fatal overdoses, with about 5,400 in 2017.

The state for several years has promoted the availability and use of naloxone to save people who have overdosed. Several years ago, state Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine issued a standing order making it possible for any Pennsylvania resident to obtain and use naloxone without a prescription. The idea is for people who are close to someone who is addicted to be able to give the naloxone in the event of an overdose.

The kits being given away Thursday each contain two doses of the nasal spray form of naloxone that’s held under the victim’s nose.

Wolf declared a statewide emergency over the overdose crisis early this year, and has renewed the emergency several times to keep it in effect.

Asked this week about Pennsylvania’s progress in addressing the crisis, Wolf said the state, using a database of prescriptions, has largely eliminated the practice of “doctor shopping” for opioids — where a person goes to multiple doctors to obtain opioids to feed their addiction or to sell.

He further cited a 20-30 percent decline in the amount of opioid drugs being prescribed by doctors and hospitals.

Wolf also noted that professional responders have saved about 20,000 overdose victims with naloxone, and others have been saved by loved ones using naloxone.

“A lot of them have gone into treatment. Not all of them. We’re still working on that,” Wolf said.

The distribution goes from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at most locations.

Adams County:

Adams County State Health Center – 424 E. Middle St., Suite 1, Gettysburg.

Allegheny County:

Allegheny County Health Department Immunization Clinic, Hartley Rose Building – 425 First Ave., 4th Floor, Pittsburgh.

Allegheny County Health Department Pharmacy – 425 First Ave., Fourth Floor, Pittsburgh.

Duquesne University Pharmacy – 1860 Centre Ave., Pittsburgh.

Millvale Community Center – 501 Lincoln Ave. Pittsburgh.

Turtle Creek Fire Department – 125 Monroeville Ave., Turtle Creek.

Armstrong County:

Armstrong County State Health Center – 245 Butler Rd., Suite 1, Kittanning.

Beaver County:

Beaver County State Health Center – 500 Water Street, Suite 104, Bridgewater.

Bedford County:

Bedford County State Health Center – 130 Vindersmith Ave., Suite A, Bedford.

Berks County:

Berks County State Health Center – 625 Cherry St., Room 401, Reading.

Blair County:

Blair County State Health Center – 615 Howard Ave., Suite 101, Altoona.

Bradford County:

Bradford/Sullivan County State Health Center – 142 Colonial Dr., Towanda.

Bucks County:

Bucks County Drug and Alcohol Commission – 600 Louis Dr., Suite 102A, Warminster.

Southern Bucks Recovery Community Center – 1286 Veterans Hwy., Suite 6D, Bristol.

Quakertown Branch of the Bucks County Free Library – 401 W. Mill St., Quakertown.

Butler County:

Butler County State Health Center - 100 Brugh Ave., Suite 201, Butler.

Cambria County:

Cambria County State Health Center – 184 Donald Ln., Suite 1, Johnstown.

Cameron County:

Cameron County Recreation Center – 300 S. Chestnut St., Emporium.

Carbon County:

Carbon County State Health Center – 281 N. 12th St., Suite A, Lehighton.

Centre County:

Centre Life Link EMS – 2580 Park Center Blvd., State College.

Chester County:

Chester County Department of Health – 601 Westtown Rd., Suite 290, West Chester.

Clarion County:

Clarion County State Health Center – Applewood Center, 162 S. 2nd St. Suite D, Clarion.

Clearfield County:

Clearfield County State Health Center – 1125 Linden St., Suite 1, Clearfield.

Clinton County:

Clinton County State Health Center – 215 E. Church St., Lock Haven.

Columbia County:

Columbia County State Health Center – 327 Columbia Blvd., Suite 2, Bloomsburg.

Crawford County:

Crawford County State Health Center – 847 N. Main St., Suite 101, Meadville.

Cumberland County:

Cumberland County State Health Center – 431 E. North St., Carlisle.

Dauphin County:

Dauphin County State Health Center – 30 Kline Plaza, Harrisburg.

Delaware County:

Delaware County State Health Center – 151 W. Fifth St., Suite 1, Chester.

Elk County:

Elk/Cameron County State Health Center – 778 Washington Rd., St. Marys.

Erie County:

Blasco Library, 160 E. Front St., Erie. .

Fayette County:

Fayette County State Health Center – 100 New Salem Rd., Suite 102, Uniontown.

Forest County:

Forest County State Health Center – 305 S. Elm St., Tionesta.

Franklin County:

Franklin County State Health Center – 375 Floral Ave., Suite 1, Chambersburg.

Fulton County:

Fulton County State Health Center – 182 Buchanan Trail, Suite C, McConnellsburg.

Greene County:

Greene County State Health Center – 101 Greene Plaza, Waynesburg.

Huntingdon County:

Huntingdon County State Health Center – 6311 Margy Dr., Suite 1, Huntingdon.

Indiana County:

Indiana County State Health Center – 75 N. 2nd St., Indiana.

Jefferson County:

Jefferson County State Health Center – 200 Prushnok Dr., Suite 202A, Punxsutawney.

Juniata County:

Juniata County State Health Center – 809 Market St., Port Royal.

Lackawanna County:

Lackawanna County State Health Center – Scranton State Office Building, 100 Lackawanna Avenue, Room 110, Scranton.

Lancaster County:

Lancaster County State Health Center – 1661 Old Philadelphia Pike, Lancaster.

Lawrence County:

Lawrence County State Health Center – 106 Margaret St., New Castle.

Lebanon County:

Lebanon County State Health Center – 9 N. 9th St., Lebanon.

Lehigh County:

Lehigh County State Health Center – 3730 Lehigh St., Suite 206, Whitehall.

Allentown City Bureau of Health – Alliance Hall, 245 North 6th St., Allentown.

Luzerne County:

Luzerne County State Health Center – 665 Carey Ave., Suite 2, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18706

Wilkes-Barre City Health Department – 71 N. Franklin St., Kirby Health Center, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701

Lycoming County:

Lycoming County State Health Center – 1000 Commerce Park Dr., Suite 109, Williamsport.

McKean County:

McKean County State Health Center – 84-90 Boylston St., Bradford.

Mercer County:

Mercer County State Health Center – 25 McQuiston Dr., Jackson Center.

Mifflin County:

Mifflin County State Health Center – 21 S. Brown St., Suite 2A, Lewistown.

Monroe County:

Monroe County State Health Center – 1972 W. Main St., Suite 102, Stroudsburg.

Montgomery County:

Montgomery County Office of Public Health – Norristown Center, 1430 DeKalb St., Norristown.

Montgomery County Office of Public Health – Pottstown Center, 346 King St., Pottstown.

Montgomery County Office of Public Health – Willow Grove Center, 102 York Rd., Suite 401, Willow Grove.

Montour County:

Montour County State Health Center – 329 Church St., Danville.

Northampton County:

Northampton County State Health Center – 1600 Northampton St., Easton.

Bethlehem City Bureau of Health – 10 E. Church St., Bethlehem.

Northumberland County:

Northumberland County State Health Center – 247 Pennsylvania Ave., Sunbury.

Perry County:

Perry County State Health Center – 153 Red Hill Road, Newport.

Philadelphia County:

Holmesburg Library – 7801 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Lucien E. Blackwell West Library – 125 S. 52nd St., Philadelphia, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

McPherson Square Library – 601 E. Indiana Ave., Philadelphia, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

South Philly Library – 1700 S. Broad St., Philadelphia, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Pike County:

Pike County State Health Center – 10 Buist Rd., Suite 401, Milford.

Potter County:

Potter County State Health Center – 295 U.S. Route 6 West, Suite 1, Coudersport,.

Schuylkill County:

Schuylkill County State Health Center – One Norwegian Plaza, Suite 103, Pottsville.

Snyder County:

Selinsgrove Center – 1000 Route 522, Selinsgrove.

Somerset County:

Somerset County State Health Center – 651 S. Center Ave., Somerset.

Sullivan County:

Dushore Fire Department – 212 Julia St., Dushore.

Susquehanna County:

Susquehanna County State Health Center – 157 Spruce St., Montrose.

Tioga County:

Tioga County State Health Center – 44 Plaza Ln., Wellsboro.

Union County:

Union County State Health Center – 1610 Industrial Blvd., Suite 100, Lewisburg.

Venango County:

Venango County State Health Center – 3298 State Route 257, Seneca.

Warren County:

Warren County State Health Center – 2027 Pennsylvania Ave. East, Warren.

Washington County:

Washington County State Health Center – 67 N. Main St., Suite 100, Washington.

Wayne County:

Wayne County State Health Center – 615 Erie Heights, Honesdale,.

Westmoreland County:

Westmoreland County State Health Center – 233 W. Otterman St., Greensburg

Monessen State Health Center – 1 Wendell Ramey Ln., Suite 140, Monessen.

Wyoming County:

Wyoming County State Health Center – 5632 State Route 6, Tunkhannock.

York County:

York County State Health Center – 1750 N. George St., York.

York City Bureau of Health – 435 W. Philadelphia St., York.