Recovery support groups have been an important part of many people’s recovery, providing a safe space to seek support and provide mutual assistance to peers.
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Recovery Housing
For many people, access to a safe and supportive living environment is necessary to help them sustain recovery and avoid return to use, particularly in the early days of recovery. Recovery housing is intended to provide drug and alcohol free living spaces that also help residents build recovery skills and resilience and improve their well being.
Check Your Medicines – Tips for Using Medicine Safely
Source: Arizona Rethink RX Abuse
This one page fact sheet provides 8 tips for patients and caregivers about how to safely use prescription medications. Includes recommendations for how to communicate with your prescriber including what questions to ask during an appointment and also address safe storage and disposal.
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
Opioid Epidemic – Naloxone Information
Source: Arizona Department of Health Services
This Arizona Department of Health Services website includes information about the state’s various initiatives to encourage naloxone distribution and administration to reverse opioid overdoses. It includes links to documents, patient brochures, sample policies and training programs for law
Arizona Opioid Prescriber Education
Source: Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association, Arizona State University College of Health Solutions
This website provides access to Arizona’s free online continuing medical education (CME) program for healthcare professionals. Educational topics include Arizona’s opioid laws and regulations, prescribing guidelines, and treatment options including medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorder.
Arizona Department of Health Services – Opioid Epidemic
Source: Arizona Department of Health Services
This website is the homepage for the Arizona Department of Health Services’s Opioid Epidemic initiatives. It includes real time reporting of statewide opioid data and links to Department initiatives and resources. Many of the materials produced by these efforts are included in the
Signs and Symptoms Youth
Source: Arizona Rethink Rx Abuse & The Partnership at Drug-Free.org
This fact sheet lists the signs and symptoms that might indicate a youth has developed a prescription drug misuse problem. It includes specific information about opioid misuse, depressant (anti-anxiety medication and sedatives) misuse, and stimulant misuse along with information about
Signs of Prescription Drug Dependence
Source: Arizona Rethink RX Abuse
This fact sheet educates patients and caregivers about warning signs that a person may have developed or be at risk of developing a dependence on opioid pain medications. It provides information about how to get support and access treatment if drug dependence is identified. Part of the Arizona
Naloxone Resources
Source: Arizona Rethink RX Abuse
This fact sheet lists resources with information about naloxone and includes links to important web sites. Part of the Arizona ReThink RX Abuse initiative which helps communities educate their citizens about prescription drug safety.