• Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI’s/STD’s) are infections that are acquired through unprotected sexual contact, via bodily fluids or even skin-to-skin contact. 
• STI’s may be contracted through oral, vaginal, anal sex, and sometimes by genital touching.
• Some STI’s can be passed to infants through childbirth or breastfeeding.
• Untreated STI’s may lead to serious long-term health consequences, especially for young women.
• There are about 20 million new STI infections in the United States each year.
• Half of all new STI infections are among young people ages 15-24.

A drug and alcohol program is available. Let us help and come to you with our Mobile Clinic!

Step 1: Make sure you have one of the “qualifying conditions” before you apply. These qualifying conditions include

• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
• Autism
• Cancer
• Crohn’s Disease
• Damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord with objective neurological indication of intractable spasticity
• Epilepsy
• Glaucoma
• HIV / AIDS
• Huntington’s Disease
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Intractable Seizures
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Neuropathies
• Parkinson’s Disease
• Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
• Severe chronic or intractable pain of neuropathic origin or severe chronic or intractable pain in which conventional therapeutic intervention and opiate therapy is contraindicated or ineffective
• Sickle Cell Anemia

Step 2: You must be an established, regular patient with us Central Outreach Wellness Center.

Step 3: Go to the PA DOH Medical Marijuana website and click on “ patients and caregivers ”  and create a patient account. Follow the instructions carefully because they are very specific with how they want the information entered. The information must EXACTLY match your PA Drivers License or ID card. If your name, address, or other information is not correct, you MUST update your PA identification first

Step 4: Once you input your demographic information, make a follow-up appointment with us at the clinic. Here, you will fill out a medical marijuana contract, and a provider will review and potentially approve your medical certification for medical marijuana. Again, you MUST have one of the 12 qualifying conditions listed above.

Step 5: You will get an email from Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana if/when your certification is approved by a physician. Once approved, log on again to the PA DOH Medical Marijuana website with your user name and email created. You will be required to pay Pennsylvania $50 dollars to obtain your Medical Marijuana Patient card. There are discounts available for those with State Insurance (Medicaid, CHIP, etc).

Step 6: Once you get your license, you will be able to go to a medical marijuana dispensary - these are currently set to open in early 2018; they are NOT open yet.

Step 7: Every year you will have to renew your application at Central Outreach Wellness Center, so it is important to keep up to date on routine appointments.

Step 8: If you are having trouble creating an account call the Pennsylvania medical marijuana help desk at 888-733-5595.

A drug and alcohol program is available. Let us help and come to you with our Mobile Clinic!

• Hep C is a virus that infects the liver
• About 3.5 million people in the U.S. have Hep C, and most do not even know they have it!
• There is NO vaccine for Hep C
• If you have Hep C, you CAN BE CURED.

A drug and alcohol program is available. Let us help and come to you with our Mobile Clinic!

• From blood-to-blood contact with Hep C infected blood
• Hep C can live outside the body for over 3 weeks at room temperature
• Sharing snorting devices (bills, straws, etc.)
• Sharing needles
• Getting tattoos or body piercings with unsterile tools
• Being born to a mother who has Hep C
• Having surgery before 1992 that may have required you getting blood
• Getting a blood transfusion before 1992
• Getting an organ transplant before 1992
• Having dialysis before 1992
• Being in the military around the Vietnam/Korean-era
• Being a baby boomer (born between the years of 1945-1965)
• Sex
• Sharing toothbrushes, razors, nail files or other personal care items with a Hep C infected person.

A drug and alcohol program is available. Let us help and come to you with our Mobile Clinic!

• Fever
• Very tired all the time (fatigued)
• Yellowing of the skin or eyes (jaundice)
• Nausea
• Loss of appetite
• Vomiting
• Pain in your belly area
• Dark Urine​
• Gray-colored bowel movements
• Joint pain

A drug and alcohol program is available. Let us help and come to you with our Mobile Clinic!