Join Together Atlantic County/Opioid Task Force planned or discussed interventions
  • Permanent prescription drop boxes in police departments
  • Educate police officers/EMTs in-service/academy about addiction and current issues
  • Police officers carry Naloxone (Narcan) on duty
  • Substance abuse resource guide for police departments/community
  • Educate community on proper disposal of medication
  • Distribute locking medicine cabinets
  • Hospital discharge instructions include information about addiction and treatment
  • Initiate a proposal or formal request to our area health care partners/ hospitals for an emergency room (in-house) plan for intake with substance abuse or overdose patients, including list of additional resources for referrals for more services
  • Encourage physicians to utilize PDMP
  • Education for Physicians- Do No Harm Symposium, addiction information
  • Pharmacies distribute information on proper disposal
  • Educate realtors to have clients remove medications during open houses
  • Educate funeral home directors to have medications removed after a death
  • Update School Drug Policies
  • Offer training to school staff/counselors (at all levels) in substance abuse
  • Recommend that elementary schools conduct ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience) survey with their students.  This is a predictive tool that can point to students already in need of services
  • Availability of Naloxone (Narcan) in schools
  • Parent/Youth/Community Education
  • Faith based recovery programs resource list/provide faith based organizations with a list of additional resources for referrals
  • Do No Harm Symposium for faith based organizations
  • Youth treatment availability/barriers
  • Encourage the use of peer to peer support groups such as Hope All Day Recovery Center
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