Incorporating a health equity lens is crucial to understand community needs, address disparities and develop equitable overdose prevention and response strategies. To better inform outreach and overdose response efforts,
In 2022, the Black/African American population in North Dakota made up approximately 3.8% of the state’s population, according to U.S. Census data.1 However, from January to August 2024, preliminary
Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program (ODMAP) agencies can benefit from tools that enhance data use and incorporate a health equity lens in decision-making. To support this work, the Kansas
When Recovery Community Organization (RCO) leaders requested more timely information on overdose increases in their areas of responsibility, the Georgia Public Health Analyst (PHA) recommended that the organization sign
The emergence of tianeptine, a prescription drug used for depression but not approved for use in the U.S. and labeled as “potentially dangerous” due to its association with addiction
The New York Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) team collaborated with the 13 public forensic labs that analyze seized drugs and toxicology samples in the state to identify ways to