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Inside Connecticut’s Response to a Rapidly Escalating Overdose Crisis
Over Memorial Day weekend 2025, Connecticut public health and safety partners launched a rapid, coordinated response to a spike in overdoses in New Haven County.
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2024 ORS Annual Report Now Available
In this latest report, learn more about ORS teams across the nation that are working to reduce drug overdoses and save lives. Read the full report to see how these efforts are making an impact.
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ORS Trends, Analysis & Threats Webinar
Join the ORS for a bi-monthly webinar series delivering briefings on current and emerging drug trends from experts with leading forensic and toxicology labs. Click the link below to register and view upcoming dates.

Date: First Wednesday, every other month
Time: 2:00-3:00 PM EST
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Arizona Public Health / Public Safety Initiative – “STOP-IT Campaign”
The School Training Overdose Preparedness and Intelligence Taskforce (STOP-IT), sponsored by the Arizona Department of Education (ADE), is working to standardize opioid overdose prevention and response in Arizona schools.
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Collaboration Improves Data Quality and Access to the Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program (ODMAP) in South Dakota
The South Dakota Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) team has made significant progress in expanding access to the Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program (ODMAP) and improving data quality through strong collaboration at local and state levels.
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The ORS is working to reduce drug overdoses and save lives across the nation
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A public health and public safety program

The Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) is an unprecedented and unique public health-public safety partnership between the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through their support of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program and the CDC Foundation. At its core, the ORS is an example of a cross-agency, interdisciplinary collaboration with a single mission of reducing overdose deaths and saving lives across the United States.

WHO WE ARE

OUR HISTORY​

The ORS, a partnership between CDC and ONDCP, with support from HIDTA and the CDC Foundation, has grown tremendously since its inception. The program began in 2015 with only five originating HIDTAs, covering 15 states. Today, the program includes all 33 HIDTAs, covering 50 states, the District of Columbia (DC), Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The power — and the limitless possibilities — when public health and public safety agencies, each with their own perspectives and experiences, work together to achieve a shared North Star.

“The Overdose Response Strategy is a great experiment in the power of partnerships. The power — and the limitless possibilities — when public health and public safety agencies, each with their own perspectives and experiences, work together to achieve a shared North Star. The ORS began just a few years ago with a blank sheet of paper — and is now a cornerstone of the national strategy to reduce drug overdoses and save lives. The ORS partnership is strong — and continues to get stronger!”

Chauncey Parker, Director, New York/New Jersey HIDTA

WHAT WE DO

annual report

The ORS Annual Report describes the current state of the overdose epidemic, outlines the program’s key strategies in 2024, and highlights major accomplishments, activities and success stories of our teams. Click on the icon below to view the report.

ORS Stories and News

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