Opioid Resources

Counties and the Opioid Crisis: Resources

Opioids are a class of drugs that include the illegal drug heroin, synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, and pain relievers available legally by prescription, such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine, and many others. Between 2006 and 2016, nearly 7,000 lives were lost to the opioid epidemic in Georgia. Since the opioid epidemic has impacted county governments and its citizens, ACCG compiled the following resources to help counties evaluate and combat the effects of opioid use in their community.

Educational Information:

State Agencies:

• Georgia Department of Public Health: https://dph.georgia.gov/EmergencyHelpforOpioidOverdoses
• Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities: https://dbhdd.georgia.gov/
• Georgia Office of the Attorney General: https://law.georgia.gov/opioid-abuse
• Georgia Department of Community Health: https://dch.georgia.gov/
• Council of Accountability Court Judges of Georgia: http://www.gaaccountabilitycourts.org/
• Criminal Justice Coordinating Council: https://cjcc.georgia.gov/
• Community Service Boards: https://dbhdd.georgia.gov/locations/community-service-board

National Agencies:

• SAMHSA: https://www.samhsa.gov/topics/prescription-drug-misuse-abuse
• DOJ, Heroin Working Group Resource List (Georgia): https://www.justice.gov/file/990501/download
• National Institute of Drug Abuse: https://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/opioids
• National Association of Counties: http://www.naco.org/national-city-county-task-force-opioid-epidemic

Nonprofits:

• Georgia Overdose Prevention: http://www.georgiaoverdoseprevention.org/get-a-kit
• Georgia Council on Substance Abuse: https://www.gasubstanceabuse.org/

Other Information:

• Georgia’s Medical Amnesty Law: http://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/en-us/display/20132014/hb/965
• Opioids in GA Report: http://www.senate.ga.gov/sro/Documents/StudyCommRpts/OpioidsAppendix.pdf
• GA PDMP Information: https://gdna.georgia.gov/georgia-prescription-drug-monitoring-program-ga-pdmp
• Opioids and Benzodiazepines: https://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/opioids/benzodiazepines-opioids
• Atlanta-Carolinas High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area: http://www.atlantahidta.org

County-Level Data Sources:

• Center for Disease Control: https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/index.html
• Georgia Department of Public Health, OASIS: https://oasis.state.ga.us/
• Georgia Department of Public Health, Opioid Surveillance Report: https://dph.georgia.gov/sites/dph.georgia.gov/files/2016 OPIOID PRELIMINARY REPORT.FINAL.PDF
• Georgia Department of Audits, Opioid Use Disorder – Access to Medication-Assisted Treatment Report: https://www.audits.ga.gov/rsaAudits/searchReports.aud
• amFAR, Opioid and Health Indicators Database: http://opioid.amfar.org/
• National Opioid Misuse Community Assessment Tool: https://opioidmisusetool.norc.org/
• Drug Overdose Syndromic Surveillance Monthly Reports: https://dph.georgia.gov/drug-overdose-syndromic-surveillance-monthly-reports

Grants

• Search Tool for Grants: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html

Emergency Response:

• Obtain a Naloxone Kit and Training: http://www.georgiaoverdoseprevention.org/get-a-kit
• How to Administer Naloxone http://dph.georgia.gov/sites/dph.georgia.gov/files/Administer Naloxone.pdf

Prevention (Locations of Safe Drug Disposal Sites):

• DEA Search Tool: https://apps.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubdispsearch/spring/main?execution=e1s1
• NABP Prescription Disposal Locator: https://nabp.pharmacy/initiatives/awarxe/drug-disposal-locator/
• Walgreens Safe Medication Disposal Program: https://walgreens.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=53cf1b54abf34c4bacdec863e5c56391

Treatment Centers:

• SAMHSA, Opioid Treatment Program Directory: https://dpt2.samhsa.gov/treatment/directory.aspx
• SAMHSA, Buprenorphine Providers: https://www.samhsa.gov/medication-assisted-treatment/physician-program-data/treatment-physician-locator
• Georgia Department of Community Health, Narcotics Treatment Programs Locator: http://www.gamap2care.info/Locator.html#cat=Healthcare&type=Narcotics+Treatment+Program