The opioid overdose epidemic is a major threat to the public's health, resulting in the
development and implementation of a variety of strategies to reduce fatal overdose [1-3] …

Alexander Y. Walley, MD, MSc OPIOID OVERDOSE IS A BURGEONING PUBLIC HEALTH
crisis, accounting for at least 16 000 deaths annu-ally in the United States. 1 Opioid …

Drug overdose death rates have increased steadily in the United States since 1979. In 2008,
a total of 36,450 drug overdose deaths (ie, unintentional, intentional [suicide or homicide], or …

The United States is in the midst of a prolonged and growing epidemic of accidental and
preventable deaths associated with overdoses of licit and illicit opioids. For more than 3 …

Objective To describe the strategies and policies implemented in Ohio to improve opioid
safety and to discuss the role that pharmacists can play in implementing, promoting, and …

This document is to assist community leaders, local and regional organizers, non-profit
groups, law enforcement, public health, and members of the public in understanding and …

Background One approach to preventing opioid overdose, a leading cause of premature,
preventable mortality, is to provide overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) …

Community-based opioid overdose prevention programs (OOPPs) that include the
distribution of naloxone have increased in response to alarmingly high overdose rates in …

Background As physicians have increased opioid prescribing, overdose deaths from
pharmaceutical opioids have substantially increased in the United States. Naloxone …

Background Nationally, overdose fatalities have reached epidemic proportions. Ohio has
one of the highest overdose death rates in the country, as well as high rates of prescription …