2 middle school students, Yamhill County sheriff’s deputy hospitalized after inhaling fentanyl-laced smoke coming from school bathroom (Oregonian, 1/19/2023)
Risk of fentanyl overdose deaths in school-aged youth: guidance for parents and schools (2022) Oregon-Idaho HIDTA Program
Fentanyl & opioid response toolkit for schools (2022) Oregon Health Authority
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
Fentanyl death increase prompts Oregon alert, call for better access to naloxone (Oregonian, 7/8/2022)
OHA calling for Naloxone training as state fentanyl overdoses skyrocket (KOIN, 7/8/2022)
Frequently asked questions (FAQ) for naloxone (2017) Oregon Health Authority
Do you or someone you know take pain medication?: naloxone saves lives (2017) Oregon Health Authority
Oregon pharmacies confirmed to be distributing naloxone (serial) Oregon Health Authority
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
Schools will soon have access to Narcan amid rising overdoses (KOIN, 5/12/2022)
OHA, ODE release ‘Fentanyl and Opioid Response Toolkit’ for schools (KTVZ, 5/13/2022)
Fentanyl & opioid response toolkit for schools (2022) Oregon Department of Education and Oregon Health Authority
Merchants of death: Feds target fentanyl pill peddlers in Oregon as overdoses mount (Oregonian, 5/1/2022)
Risk of fentanyl overdose deaths in school-aged youth (2022) Oregon-Idaho HIDTA Program
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
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
Drug saving lives in Lane County (KMTR, 6/28/19)
Frequently asked questions (FAQ) for naloxone [PDF] (2017) Oregon Health Authority
Oregon pharmacies confirmed to be distributing naloxone (serial) Oregon Health Authority
Do you or someone you know take pain medication?: naloxone saves lives [PDF] (2017) Oregon Health Authority
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
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