ABOUT THIS RESOURCE

We honor International Overdose Awareness Day with this 60-minute webinar on opioid overdose awareness and prevention.

International Overdose Awareness Day is observed annually on August 31st. This day is an opportunity for us to talk about and prevent overdose in our community. Knowing the real facts about drugs and what to do when you see someone experiencing an overdose saves lives. In this recorded webinar, presenter Alison Newman, MPH, addresses overdose prevention in our region and beyond and describe how to best utilize the websites StopOverdose.org and LearnAboutTreatment.org. She covers:

• Trends in overdose prevention, naloxone, other harm reduction strategies
• Overview of stopoverdose.org, including:
  • Fentanyl
  • Methamphetamine “overdose”/overamping
  • How to talk to young people about overdose
  • Overdose prevention resources for professionals, including library staff, pharmacists
• Resources outside of Washington State for overdose prevention and response, including national resources

RESOURCES

• Presentation slides
• Get Healthy Idaho Drug Overdose Prevention Program
• Idaho Department of Health & Welfare: Overdose Response
• LearnAboutTreatment.org
• Project Hope in Alaska
• Reverse Overdose Oregon
• StopOverdose.org
• Substance Use and Co-Occurring Disorders Resources - a collection of resources curated by the Northwest MTHTC

Harm Reduction Resources

• Harm Reduction 101: a recorded webinar from the Northwest MHTTC

• North America Syringe Exchange Network

• Principles of Harm Reduction from the National Harm Reduction Coalition

Naloxone Resources

• How to use Naloxone for a Drug Overdose from the Washington State Department of Health

• Opioid Overdose Basics: Responding to Opioid Overdose from the National Harm Reduction Coalition

• Opioids, Overdose and Naloxone Administration: a recorded webinar from the Northwest MHTTC

• Washington State Department of Health Standing Order to Dispense Naloxone

• Where to find naloxone in Washington State

Additional Resources

• Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network

• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) steps from the Red Cross

• International Overdose Awareness Day

• Overdose Education & Naloxone Distribution - Washington State Department of Health

• Overdose Prevention resources from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

• Overdose Prevention - the National Harm Reduction Coalition

• The Opioid Crisis and the Black/African American Population: An Urgent Issue; a report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

• Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network

• Supporting Recovery from Opioid Use: A Peer’s Guide to Person-Centered Care from the Northwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC)

• Words Matter - Terms to Use and Avoid When Talking About Addiction and Words Matter: Preferred Language for Talking About Addiction from the National Institute on Drug Abuse

FACILITATOR

Alison Newman, MPH

Since joining Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute (ADAI) at the University of Washington in 2017, Alison Newman, MPH, has provided training and education on overdose, opioids, and worked on the websites StopOverdose.org and LearnAboutTreatment.org. She specializes in health education and healthcare access around drug use and health.

This event was offered in honor of National Recovery Month