AHCCCS Recommended Medication-Assisted (MAT) Treatment
Arizona now has four 24/7 Access Point locations providing opioid treatment services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to serve individuals seeking treatment. Medication assisted treatment is offered in various settings in the community.
Arizona RX Drug Toolkit
The Arizona Rx Misuse and Abuse Toolkit is designed with the theme Awareness. Action. Outcomes! It provides the roadmap to move communities forward beyond that initial awareness stage into action and outcomes.
Responding To a Suspected Opioid Overdose
Recognizing and responding to an opioid overdose in the workplace.
Indicators of Opioid Dependency
Information about the brain disease model of addiction and recognizing dependency.
Opioid Policy for Employers
Arizona Department of Health Service’s hub for developing policies and practices to help prevent opioid-related overdoses and deaths and combat the opioid epidemic.
AZ Opioid Action Plan 2019-2021
Recommendations & action Items to address opioid address opioid overdoses and deaths.
Dump the Drugs AZ
Rx drug drop-off locations
Leadership and Change Management: Overview
Opioid safety tools for leaders
Using Naloxone to Reverse Opioid Overdose in the Workplace: Information for Employers and Workers
Naloxone is a very effective drug for reversing opioid overdoses. Police officers, emergency medical services providers, and non-emergency professional responders carry the drug for that purpose. The Surgeon General of the United States is also urging others who may encounter people at risk for opioid overdose to have naloxone available and to learn how to […]
Prevention Through Design
Preventing and controlling occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities by to “designing out” or minimize hazards and risks.