New OHA report details rise in opioid overdoses; meth, fentanyl fuel more deaths, hospitalizations (KTVZ, 9/29/2022)
Opioids and the ongoing drug overdose crisis in Oregon (annual) Oregon Health Authority
drug abuse
Opioid settlement payment
Oregon receives first payment from historic $21 billion opioid settlement (Fox 26, 7/29/22)
Opioid settlement prevention, treatment & recovery (OSPTR) fund & board (2022) Oregon Health Authority
Follow-up audit on opioid misuse
State fails to enact majority of recommendations aimed to stem opioid misuse, audit says (Capital Chronicle, 6/29/22)
Oregon doctors still don’t have to check opioid prescription history, despite scathing state review, auditors say (Oregonian, 6/29/22)
Oregon Health Authority Some Constraints Still Remain in Oregon’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (2022) Oregon Audits Division
Oregon Health Authority: constraints on Oregon’s prescription drug monitoring program limit the state’s ability to help address opioid misuse and abuse (2018) Oregon Audits Division
Oregon’s substance use disorder plan
Oregon’s Lagging Substance Use Disorder Plan May Get Boost (Lund Report, 3/3/2022)
Oregon statewide strategic plan (2020) Oregon Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission
Meth and fentanyl overdoses
As Meth and Fentanyl Tighten Their Grips on Oregon, the State Scrambles to Implement Treatment Services (Willamette Week, 1/26/2022)
Opioid overdose in Oregon (serial) Oregon Health Authority
Addictions during COVID-19 pandemic
‘Nobody’s going to know’: Pandemic isolation strains Oregonians with addictions (Oregonian, 6/6/2021)
A quick introduction to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) (2020) Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division
2020-2025 Oregon statewide strategic plan (2020) Oregon Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission
Opioid overdose in Oregon (annual) Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division, Injury and Violence Prevention Program
Addiction crisis
Oregon Struggles Amid Drug And Alcohol Addiction Crisis, Experts Say (Lund Report, 2/25/2020)
2020-2025 Oregon statewide strategic plan (2020) Oregon Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission
Opioid overdoses
Oregon’s opioid crisis among the worst in the West (Bend Bulletin 8/12/2019)
Oregon Prescription Drug Monitoring Program annual report to the Advisory Commission (annual) Oregon Health Authority
Prescription drug monitoring …, percentage change evaluated (serial) Oregon Health Authority
Oregon Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (2018) Oregon Health Authority
Doctors improperly prescribing opioids
State law shields some doctors from scrutiny (Portland Tribune, 1/11/2019)
Oregon Health Authority: constraints on Oregon’s prescription drug monitoring program limit the state’s ability to help address opioid misuse and abuse (2018) Oregon Audits Division
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) (2017) Oregon Health Authority, Injury and Violence Prevention Program
Drug monitoring program audit
Oregon’s opioid tracking system needs teeth, audit finds (Oregonian, 12/11/2018)
Audit: State stuck trying to track ‘questionable’ drug prescriptions (Portland Tribune, 12/11/2018)
Oregon Health Authority: constraints on Oregon’s prescription drug monitoring program limit the state’s ability to help address opioid misuse and abuse (2018) Oregon Audits Division
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