Serving Southern Arizona with Prevention-based Solutions for Substance Use and Abuse
The Collaborative for Effective Prescription Opioid Policies (CEPOP) has recently published a report based on a virtual roundtable discussion concerning strategies to expand naloxone access for at-risk patients and communities. To learn more, read CEPOP’s white paper for a summary of the discussion and their policy and advocacy strategy going forward. Additionally, this Digital Toolkit, which includes a […]
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JAMIE LANDERS Cronkite News AZ Daily Star Tuesday May 4 2021 Front Page A1 It was a Tuesday afternoon, two months into the pandemic, when Theresa Guerrero got the call from her brother-in-law: Her son, Jacob, had been found unresponsive. She was standing in the middle of a Ross store on Tucson’s south side picking […]
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As an important tool in preventing overdose fatality. People who use opioids, their friends and their loved ones should have access to it. Naloxone saves lives. In partnership with the Pinal County Department of Public Health, Sonoran Prevention Works and the Substance Abuse Coalition Leaders of Arizona, we seek information for all of the naloxone distribution points in Pinal County. […]
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On Thursday, March 5th from 2:30-4:30pm, Pima Council on Aging and the BeMedSmart subcommittee will host Sonoran Prevention Works’ Christopher Thomas to give education and supplies for preventing fatal opioid overdoses. He will be bringing FREE naloxone kits and provide information about this and another life-saving medication, Narcan. This event is aimed toward healthcare professionals, counselors […]
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This multi-platform series seeks to explain the impact of opioid use, tell stories of those affected, and highlight local solutions that aim to reduce the negative effect of this type of addiction. To learn more visit: https://news.azpm.org/arizonaaddicted/
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Fatal overdoses involving stimulants (cocaine and other psychostimulants, primarily methamphetamine) have been increasing over the past few years. A recent analysis published in Addiction found that in 2016, 27% of overdose visits to U.S. emergency departments involving cocaine and 14% involving psychostimulants also involved an opioid. Also, in 2017, almost 75% of overdose deaths involving cocaine and […]
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Using data collected by Service providers and community coalitions throughout Southern Arizona that addressed substance use and misuse among youth and older adults, the report details substance misuse trends, effectiveness of workshops, and outcomes of evidence-based programs. Each provider, in consultation with Arizona Complete Health and Evaluation Research and Development (ERAD), developed a logic model […]
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Prescription and illegal opioids like heroin and fentanyl are addictive and can be deadly. More than two people die every day from opioid overdoses in Arizona. Due to an alarming increase in opioid deaths in 2016, our Governor declared a state of emergency, which set in motion substantial action to prevent opioid addiction and reduce […]
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PHOENIX – Arizona law requires doctors to check a state database before they write a new prescription for a controlled substance, such as opioids. Yet less than 40% do. Sheila Sjolander, an assistant director at the Arizona Department of Health Services, said department officials know that’s a problem they’re “all struggling” to address in the state’s fight […]
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The powerful painkiller is the primary synthetic opioid available in the US, a class of drug that was responsible for almost 32,000 overdose deaths last year. But why is fentanyl‘s threat growing, and can Beijing help America cure its addiction to its deadliest drug? What is fentanyl? Fentanyl was first developed in 1959 and introduced to the US […]
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