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.
AZDHS Opioid Assistance & Referral Line
Local medical experts offer patients, providers, and family members opioid information, resources and referral 24/7. Translation services available.
AZ Opioid Action Plan 2019-2021
Recommendations & action Items to address opioid address opioid overdoses and deaths.
Naloxone Information
Naloxone, or Narcan®, can reverse opioid overdoses. ADHS Director Dr. Cara Christ has issued standing orders for naloxone that authorizes any Arizona-licensed pharmacists to dispense naloxone to any individual.
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.
Opioids in the Workplace: Data
Opioids (including prescription opioids, heroin, and fentanyl) killed more than 47,600 people in 2017, more than any year on record. 37% of all opioid overdose deaths involve a prescription opioid.
Considering a Workplace Naloxone Use Program
Using naloxone to reverse opioid overdose in the workplace factsheet: information for employers and workers.