OVERDOSE PREVENTION
TOGETHER WE CAN END THE OVERDOSE CRISIS Overdose prevention involves strategies to reduce drug-related harm, including poisonings, injuries, and deaths. It takes a public health approach focused on preventing substance use, minimizing risks, and responding effectively to overdoses.
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Overdoses are the leading injuryrelated cause of death in the United States and appear to have accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Research shows that people who have had at least one overdose are more likely to have another.
EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENTS Medications for Opioid Use Disorder: buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone Psychosocial treatments for Stimulant Use Disorder: Contingency Management Motiational Interviewing Community Reinforcement Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 12 Step Programs Wellbriety, AA, NA, Celebrate Recovery, and more. Peer Recovery Support Serivces
OVERDOSE PREVENTION STRATEGIES Safer Prescribing Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PMP)
Safe Storage and Disposal Learn the Signs of Overdose
RECOVERY SUPPORT Treatment alone may not be enough for long-term recovery. Recovery support services (like peer support, job help, and housing) are proven to help, but they’re often hard to access. Making these services easier to get and better integrated is key to helping more people use them.
Fentanyl Test Strips Narcan (naloxone) Never Use Alone
Building a stronger workforce for recovery support is also important for improving access and quality.
OVERDOSE DEATHS IN OKLAHOMA Unintentional and fatal opioid overdoses have increased every year from 2019 to 2023. Native American and Black communities are dying from opioid overdoses at a higher rate than other racial and ethnic groups in the state. Unintentional and fatal methamphetamine overdoses have also increased every year from 2019 to 2023, and Native American populations have the highest methamphetamine overdose death rate than any other race or ethnic group in the state. NOTE: Misclassification of race and Hispanic origin on death certificates results in the underestimation of death rates by as much as 34% for Native American nonHispanic people and 3% for Asian non-Hispanic and Hispanic people.
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