The North Florida ORS team regularly partners with key stakeholders to raise drug-related awareness and reduce substance use and overdose. Due to the lack of fentanyl awareness within the team’s area of responsibility, the PHA and DIO collaborated with Project Opioid Jax and Community Coalition Alliance (CCA) to facilitate and share a billboard campaign in […]
Aiming to increase access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and reduce overdose deaths, the Maryland (MD) ORS team serves as part of a coalition of stakeholders working to resolve this issue in Maryland. There have been reports from treatment providers throughout the state experiencing barriers with their clients obtaining their buprenorphine prescriptions at […]
Noting an upward trend in opioid-related overdose deaths in 2021, the Northern CA ORS team identified a need to bring overdose awareness throughout the community and engage in collaborative efforts across the public health and safety sector. On International Overdose Awareness Day, August 31, 2022, local partners and agencies convened at the Monterey County Overdose […]
One of the goals of the ORS is to support evidence-based response efforts to reduce overdose deaths by utilizing drug-related data. Historically, within the state of Vermont, there was no specific testing conducted on the substances being used within the state. Samples that were seized by law enforcement were typically only tested if a prosecution was […]
In South Carolina (SC), the ORS team facilitated a cross-sector collaboration to ameliorate a drug disposal issue and ultimately, reduce the chances of overdose. At the end of the school year, school nurses in the state attempted to return unused prescriptions to parents and/or guardians; however, not all medications were picked up by families. School […]
The Arizona (AZ) ORS team prioritizes the importance of implementing evidence-based prevention strategies and response efforts to reduce overdose deaths on tribal land. Tribal communities represent one of the minority groups that are disproportionately affected by overdose, which emphasizes the need for increased overdose prevention education and training. Although it is difficult to present on […]