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The ISDH is accepting grant applications in response to this grant opportunity announcement for the distribution of Opioid Rescue Kits in the form of Narcan® nasal spray. The intent of this grant is to provide emergency Opioid Rescue Kits to local health departments that will be distributed to the community. The ISDH is also accepting grant applications to distribute naloxone rescue kits to first responders in rural counties. First responders include law enforcement, fire departments, corrections, schools, parole officers, and EMS services (paid or volunteer). Please email arehberg@isdh.in.gov for more information about these grants or if you have a question on whether your agency is considered a first responder under this grant. Counties that are eligible to apply are:
Adams, Blackford, Cass, Clinton, Crawford, Daviess, Decatur, DeKalb, Dubois, Fayette, Fountain, Franklin, Fulton, Gibson, Grant, Greene, Henry, Huntington, Jackson, Jay, Jefferson, Jennings, Knox, Kosciusko, Lagrange, Lawrence, Marshall, Martin, Miami, Montgomery, Noble, Orange, Parke, Perry, Pike, Pulaski, Randolph, Ripley, Rush, Spencer, Starke, Steuben, Switzerland, Tipton, Wabash, Warren, Wayne, White and Union counties.
Proposals are due by 5 p.m. EST on Feb. 15.
The Office of the Indiana Attorney General joined the Prescription Drug Safety Network to bring an innovative prescription drug abuse prevention course to designated high schools in Indiana. The free digital learning course uses an evidence-based, public health approach to empower high school students with the skills and knowledge they need to make safe and healthy decisions about prescription drugs. Through interactive scenarios and self-guided activities, students learn the facts about drugs, how to properly use and dispose of them, and how to step in when faced with a situation involving misuse. Download this Quick Start Guide to get started with your students today. Email Kaley Esselborn (kesselborn@everfi.com) for more information, or to set up a brief training for teachers who are interested in using the resource in their classrooms.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a new report of final 2017 data detailing the growing number of drug overdose deaths in the United States. The report examines data between 2013-17, and finds increases in drug overdoses and deaths involving opioids across prescription opioids, heroin, and synthetic opioids other than methadone by demographic and geographic characteristics. In 2017 alone, there were more than 70,000 drug overdose deaths, which was an increase of more than 6,600 deaths from 2016. Opioids were involved in almost 68 percent of drug overdose deaths in 2017, a 12 percent rate increase from 2016. To read the full CDC report, click here.
Indiana’s numbers are similar, where opioids were involved in almost 63 percent of drug overdose deaths in 2017, a 45 percent increase from 2016. In addition, national rates of overdose deaths involving cocaine and psychostimulants with abuse potential also increased by more than a third in 2017. In Indiana, such rates increased by 112 percent and 139 percent, respectively.
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