Opioids including prescription pain medication, heroin, and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl—are causing a serious public health and community crisis across the nation. Each day about two people die of an opioid-related overdose in Washington; thousands more struggle with substance use disorder. Opioid use can cause serious medical, social and financial problems.
The Department of Health is joining with partners across the state to implement a State Opioid Response Plan (PDF) focusing our efforts on four priority goals: Prevent opioid use disorder - Identify and treat opioid use disorder - Prevent deaths from overdose - Use data to detect opioid use disorder, monitor illness, injury and death, and evaluate interventions.
Department of Health Opioid Information
- Drug Response Team
- Opioid Overdose Prevention
- Opioid Prescribing Rules for Practitioners
- Prescription Monitoring Program
Washington State Opioid Data
Prevention
- It starts with one - HCA
- Opioid overdose prevention - Naloxone
- Prescribing Opioids to Treat Pain in Injured Workers - L&I
- Guidance for Housing and Shelter Programs (PDF)
Treatment and Support
- Crisis and treatment resources - stopoverdose.org
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Report and Recommendations - BREE Collaborative
- Support for families - stopoverdose.org
- Washington Recovery Helpline
Resources
- Fentanyl Exposure in Public Places
- Find a Medicine Take-Back Location - Take Back Your Meds
- Opioid Dose Calculator - Washington Agency Medical Directors Group
- Opioid Prescribing - CDC
- Opioid Prescribing Guideline Implementation - BREE Collaborative
- Washington State Opioid Response Plan (PDF) - Health Care Authority
- Medicaid Transformation
- Presentation: Implementation of Opioid Prevention and Treatment Initiatives (PPT)
- Strategies to avoid or respond to opioid overdoses (PDF) | (Spanish)