Funding Source: Arizona Department of Health Services
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Arizona Statewide Task Force on Preventing Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol and Other Drugs
Source: Arizona Department of Health Services
Arizona has had a statewide Task Force on Preventing Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol and Other Drugs since 2005. This is the website for the task force which includes information about the risks of substance use during pregnancy and some resources and contact information.
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Arizona Rethink Rx Abuse
Source: Arizona Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family
Arizona launched the Rethink Rx Abuse campaign as a way to engage communities in educating their citizens about the risks of prescription drug misuse. This is the website for the campaign where communities can access training from the Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith and Family and can
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Arizona Angel Initiative
Source: Arizona Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family
This website is for the Arizona Angel Initiative, a police assisted addiction recovery program where law enforcement officers help connect individuals with substance use disorder connect to treatment.
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Opioid Epidemic – Opioid Interactive Dashboard
Source: Arizona Department of Health Services
This is the website for the Arizona enhanced opioid surveillance data project. It provides real time data on a variety of opioid topics including overdose, use of naloxone, neonatal withdrawal syndrome (or neonatal abstinence syndrome), and reports based on age, gender, and geographic location.
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The Arizona Pain and Addiction Curriculum – Graduate Medical Education
Source: Arizona Department of Health Services
In 2018, Arizona published curriculum on pain and addiction to be used in undergraduate, graduate and continuing medical education. The state is now in the process of developing a curriculum on pain and addiction to be used in medical residency settings. This is the website for the curriculum development initiative.
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The Arizona Pain and Addiction Curriculum
Source: Arizona Department of Health Services
Arizona’s Opioid Action Plan recommended that the health education providers in the state create a statewide curriculum for all prescribers about pain and addiction. This is the website for the curriculum which provides background information, provides notices of upcoming developments, and provides links to the curriculum. The curriculum is free and available to be adopted nationwide. It is also included in the CLOUD library for review or download.
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Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances
Source: HealthCurrent Arizona Health Information Exchange
Arizona’s government adopted legislation requiring all Arizona providers to electronically prescribe any Schedule II controlled substance by January 1, 2020. This website is the home of the Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances (EPCS) program and includes information and
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Opioid Epidemic – Laboratory Screening
Source: Arizona Department of Health Services
The Arizona State Public Health Laboratory has created a program to screen blood samples from individuals with a suspected opioid overdose in order to better understand which opioids are responsible for causing overdoses in the state. Health care providers and institutions can request a courier to pick up samples which are then tested for the qualitative identification of opioids, fentanyl analogs, benzodiazepines, stimulants, cannabinoids, and synthetic cannabinoids. This is the Arizona Department of Health Services website for the laboratory testing program.
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Life Saved by Naloxone
Source: Arizona Department of Health Services
This 4 minute video from the Arizona Department of Health Services features a man who speaks about his personal history of addiction and being saved from an overdose by naloxone. The video includes a brief training on how to evaluate someone for an opioid overdose and how to administer