Opioid Response Training

This is a complimentary, 30-minute training. Participants will learn how to recognize and respond to an opioid crisis from the perspective of a mental health first aid responder.

This training was originally recorded on June 17, 2020 as part of our Coffee Talk Education Series.

Click the button below to register for this training opportunity.

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Resources & Information

• Website: National Institute on Drug Abuse - Heroin

• Website: SAMHSA - Opioid Overdose

• Website: Search for Local Controlled Substance Public Disposal Locations

• Website: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

• Website: Center for Disease Control & Prevention

• Website: Shatterproof

• California:

  • California's Good Samaritan Law, Narcan AB2760

  • Website: California Opioid Overdose Surveillance Dashboard

  • Download: California Opioid Overdose Snapshot: 2016-2019

• Nevada:

  • Nevada's Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act

• Idaho:

  • Opiate Antagonist Act: HB 108 (2015)

  • Immunity for Calling 911 or Seeking Emergency Medical Assistance: HB 649 (2018)

  • Idaho’s Office of Drug Policy

• Utah:

  • Opiate Antagonist Act: HB 119 (2014)

  • Immunity for Calling 911 or Seeking Emergency Medical Assistance: HB 11 (2014)

• Treatment: Narcotics Anonymous - Find A Meeting, Hotline, & Website

• Treatment: About Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)

• Smartphone App: Narcan Now

• Download: Opioid Response - Mental Health First Aid

• Download: SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Toolkit

• Download: Quick Reference for Healthcare Providers

• Download: Responding to a Fentanyl Overdose: What California First Responders Need to Know

• Download: The Intersection of Opioids and Suicide: A Prevention Approach (slide deck)

• Article: Breakdown in Lockdown

• Article: The Bell Tolls for Thee & Thine: Compassion Fatigue & the Overdose Epidemic

• Article: Opioid Use and Suicide Risk

• Article: The Surprising Links Among Opioid Use, Suicide, and Unintentional Overdose

• Article: The King of Boise - The Life and Times of a Teenage Oxycodone Dealer

• Article: Toxicology tests confirm Park City boys died of ‘pink’ overdose

• Article: The Suicide and Opioid Link: Translating Knowledge into Action

• Article: As opioids flooded tribal lands across the U.S., overdose deaths skyrocketed

• Article: ‘Cries for help’: Drug overdoses are soaring during the coronavirus pandemic

• Article: Deaths of Despair: Why? What to Do?

• Article: 75,000 Americans at risk of dying from overdose or suicide due to coronavirus despair, group warns​

• Television Show: 20/20 - What Really Killed Prince

• Podcast Series: Painkiller: America's Fentanyl Crisis - Vice

• Podcast: A Social Prescription - Hidden Brain, NPR

• YouTube Playlist: Opioid Response