Service Results for Opioids
Act 192 Opioid Antagonist Administration
Drug overdose deaths are now the number one cause of accidental death in the United States. The rise in the number of hospitalizations and deaths resulting from prescription drug misuse and abuse, particularly opioids, gave increased access to naloxone a role in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy's 2014 National Drug Control Strategy, issued July 9, 2014.
CDC Guidelines & Resources
Guidelines & Resources that are made available by CDC.
Get Help
Opioid Addiction: Get Help
HOPE Council
The Council is an advisory board that will establish an Interagency Heroin and Opioid Coordination Plan, coordinate parish-level data on opioid overdoses and usage of overdose-reversal medication (Naloxone), and will coordinate a central online location to disseminate information and resources, including the Interagency Heroin and Opioid Coordination Plan.
Naloxone Availability
The LDH Office of Behavioral Health will be ordering for distribution free nasal-spray naloxone kits.
Resources
Resource page for Opioid related information.