Policymakers and community leaders play an important role in addressing opioids in our communities. This page highlights the most recently added resources specifically targeting elected and appointed government officials and staff members, members of the law enforcement community and first responders, and employees and volunteers of organizations. These resources, identified with orange tiles, include policy roadmaps, implementation guides, toolkits, education materials, sample legislation and other materials that can help you design and implement effective programs to prevent and address the consequences of opioid crisis.
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This 2017 infographic from the National Safety Council is intended to educate citizens about the risks of retaining unused prescription medications in their homes and encourages the use of medication take back programs.
This 2015 publication from the National Safety Council provides guidance to state and local leaders and creating safe prescription drug disposal programs in their communities.
This 2015 National Safety Council publication provides information to state and local government leaders about how to establish an opioid prevention program in their communities.
In 2012, experts created a checklist of best practices for prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) as a way of improving the capability of PDMPs to produce data that is more accurate and useful.
This National Safety Council infographic compares deaths caused by prescription opioid overdoses to deaths by homicide in 2013.
This National Safety Council infographic shows that deaths related to prescription opioids increased 300% between 1999 and 2013.
This National Safety Council infographic compares deaths caused by overdoses to those caused by fire or burns in 2013.
The National Safety Council produced this infographic comparing the number of deaths in 2013 caused by drug overdoses as compared to deaths from falls.
This resource is an educational infographic showing increase in overdoses related to prescription opioids between 1999 and 2013.
This resource is an educational infographic on young adult abuse of prescription opioids. Funding Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse