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Access a range of national-level resources centered around overdose prevention at the intersection of public health and public safety. These resources offer practical tools and guidance to assist communities across the United States in their efforts to address this critical issue and work towards preventing fatal and nonfatal overdoses.
As the epidemic continues to worsen, we need an ‘all hands-on deck’ approach. CDC is eager to work side-by-side with public safety partners across the nation to help states and communities apply data, innovation, and evidence-based strategies to solve local problems.
Rita Noonan, Former Branch Chief, Prevention Programs and Evaluation Branch, Division of Overdose Prevention, CDC’s Injury Center
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The Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program (ODMAP) is a free, web-based tool that provides near real-time suspected overdose surveillance data across jurisdictions to support public safety and public health efforts to mobilize an immediate response to a sudden increase, or spike in overdose events.
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In practice, Overdose Fatality Reviews involve a series of confidential individual death reviews by a multidisciplinary team to effectively identify system gaps and innovative community-specific overdose prevention and intervention strategies.
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CDC develops resources, tools and guidance documents to help support the implementation of public health and public safety partnerships to reduce drug overdose.
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A toolkit that was developed to help local jurisdictions reduce overdose deaths by increasing collaboration and coordination among all sectors, with a focus on public health and public safety agencies.
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An introduction for public heath, law enforcement, local organizations, and others striving to serve their community.
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The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy’s (ONDCP) National Drug Control Strategy and toolkit to assist rural communities respond to the addiction crisis.
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This resource list is supplied by the HIDTA National Initiatives, Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) and Domestic Highway Enforcement (DHE).
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The Public Safety-led Community-oriented Overdose Prevention Efforts (PS-COPE) Toolkit is a new approach to overdose prevention and response for Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) communities. It combines three proven models to enhance overdose prevention and response: trauma-informed care, recovery-oriented systems of care and procedural justice.