Opioid Use Disorder Impact Report
Opioid Use Disorder Awareness & Education Program for Rural MT
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Last year, the state crime lab saw fentanyl-linked fatal overdoses increase more than 1,100 percent (from 4 in 2017 to 49 in 2021).
· From Jan 2022–May 2022 the lab confirmed 34 fentanyl-related deaths.
· Unintentional drug overdoses increased by 39% from 2019-2020.
· Montana’s opioid overdose death rate almost tripled from 2017-2018 to 2019-2020
Department of Justice MT, 2022
ASSESS COMMUNITY NEEDS:
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72% of 2018 MSU Extension statewide survey respondents would be likely to share information about the dangers of opioid use with their age-appropriate children.
2021 MSU Extension focus group participants agreed,
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Children need to know more about the effects opioids and stimulants have on their body and mind.
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Prevention requires collaborating with, and providing accurate knowledge to, children.
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Information about proper disposal of medications needs to reach children.
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Teaching ourselves and others about substance misuse is a collective responsibility.
MEETING COMMUNITY NEEDS SINCE 2018:
- MSU Extension has provided Technical Assistance Training on opioid misuse to 269 people from 33 counties and 9 tribal communities, has supported five Tribal Opioid Misuse Strategic Planning sessions, and has gathered opioid information from ten community focus group sessions.
Since September, 2020 MSU Extension has distributed 7,403
Deterra Medication Disposal Pouches and over 20,000 opioid awareness and
educational materials to 51 counties and 9 tribal reservations in Montana
For more information on this program please visit: http://health.msuextension.org/opioid_misuse.html