The Governor’s Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force Action Plan focuses on four strategies to prevent overdose and save lives.
Here’s how we plan to do it:
Our Main Goal:
Decrease the number of Overdose Deaths
Prevention Strategy:
Decrease the number of people receiving opioid/benzodiazepine prescriptions
Rescue Strategy:
Increase the number of naloxone kits distributed in the community each year
Treatment Strategy:
Increase the number of people receiving medications for opioid use disorder each year
Recovery Strategy:
Increase the number of peer recovery coaches and contacts each month