John R. Kasich, Governor Tracy J. Plouck, Director Andrea Boxill, MA Deputy Director 2/23/20151

Ohio Drug Overdose Data: There was a 440% increase of unintentional drug overdose deaths from Per 100,000, the number of deaths went from 5 unintentional overdose deaths each year in 2001 to 14 unintentional overdose deaths in /23/20152

Ohio Drug Overdose Data: Unintentional drug overdoses caused 1,914 deaths in Ohio in Which means in 2012, five Ohioans died everyday in Ohio or one person died every five hours. 1/23/20153

Harm Reduction Coalition 4 Harm reduction is a set of practical strategies and ideas aimed at reducing negative consequences associated with drug use. Harm reduction is also a movement for social justice built on a belief in, and respect for, the rights of people who use drugs.

The Governor’s Cabinet Opiate Action Team, GCOAT, is a collaborative group of professional prevention, treatment, and health care providers, licensing boards, associations, law enforcement, researchers and other key stakeholders focused on the further education, intervention, treatment and recovery from opiates. Our goal is to help reduce and eliminate the misuse, abuse and deaths as a result of opioid drugs in Ohio. 1/23/20155

Legislative HB57 HB170 Prescribing Protocols Emergency Room 80 MED Acute Care Interdiction Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System Prevention, Treatment, Recovery 1/23/20156

Medicated-Assisted Treatment, MAT, is used in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies, to provide a whole-patient approach to the treatment of substance use disorders. Research shows that when treating substance-use disorders, a combination of medication and behavioral therapies is most successful. MAT is utilized in the ATPP and MOMS. 1/23/20157

OhioMHAS is conducting a pilot program to provide addiction treatment, including Medication-Assisted Treatment, MAT, to persons who are offenders within the criminal justice system; accepted and participating in a certified drug court program; and dependent on opioids, alcohol or both. 1/23/20158

Specialty-docket drug courts in six counties are included in the ATPP: Crawford, Franklin, Hardin, Mercer, Allen and Hocking. These counties are conducting drug court programs certified by the Supreme Court of Ohio. Treatment of eligible adult offenders will be provided by a community addiction services provider certified by OhioMHAS. This will improve potential adoption in Drug Courts statewide.. 1/23/20159

The M.O.M.S. Project is designed to improve health outcomes and reduce costs associated with extended hospital stays by neutralizing the impact of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) for the infant and mother.. 1/23/201510

Naloxone (also known as Narcan) is a medication that can reverse an overdose caused by an opioid drug (heroin or prescription pain medications). When administered during an overdose, naloxone blocks the effects of opioids on the brain and quickly restores breathing. Naloxone has been used safely by emergency medical professionals for more than 40 years and has only this one critical function: to reverse the effects of opioids in order to prevent overdose death. Naloxone has no potential for abuse. 1/23/201511

Project DAWN is a community-based overdose education and naloxone distribution program. Project DAWN participants receive training on: Recognizing the signs and symptoms of overdose Distinguishing between different types of overdose Performing rescue breathing Calling emergency medical services Administering intranasal Naloxone 1/23/201512

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