Overdose/Substance Misuse Repository

The annual board meeting last December of the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) was more than just a meeting. Eight board members conducted a number of visits to Capitol Hill, educating Congressional representatives and staff. A key focus of these visits was getting reimbursement for Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs) from Medicare […]

By Charlie Ban, National Association of CountiesHundreds of county and city lawsuits aimed at collecting damages from opioid painkiller manufacturers and distributors have landed in the Cleveland, Ohio courtroom of U.S. District Judge Daniel Polster. In December 2017, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidated more than 200 cases scattered in courts across the […]

View the Kendall County Coroner’s Office 2017 Annual Report here.

View the number of opioid overdose deaths by race/ethnicity in 2016 here.

Learn here how Chickasaw Nation located in south-central Oklahoma is tackling the opioid epidemic. 

As a result of the continued consequences of the opioid crisis affecting our nation, on this date and after consultation with public health officials as necessary, I, Eric D. Hargan, Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, pursuant to the authority vested in me under section 319 of the Public Health […]

View CDC’s figures that present drug poisoning deaths at the national, state, and county levels here.