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    Improving Access to Overdose Treatment

    Date: 
    May, 2017
    Contributor: 
    SAMHSA
    Resource Type: 
    Funding

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2017 Improving Access to Overdose Treatment (Short Title: OD Treatment Access). SAMHSA will award OD Treatment Access funds to a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), Opioid Treatment Program, or practitioner who has a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine to expand access to Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs or devices for emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose.

    Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-based Program FY 2017 Competitive Grant Announcement

    Date: 
    Feb, 2017
    Contributor: 
    Bureau of Justice Assistance
    Resource Type: 
    Funding

    BJA is seeking applications to plan and implement comprehensive strategies in response to the growing opioid epidemic. This program furthers the Department’s mission by providing resources to state, local, and tribal governments to intervene with persons with substance-use disorders.

    Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program (COAP) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program FY 2017 Competitive Grant Announcement

    Date: 
    Feb, 2017
    Contributor: 
    Bureau of Justice Assistance
    Resource Type: 
    Funding

    BJA is seeking applications to plan and implement comprehensive strategies in response to the growing opioid epidemic. This program furthers the Department’s mission by providing resources to state, local, and tribal governments to intervene with persons with substance-use disorders. 

    Isn’t overdose reversal the responsibility of emergency medical services?

    Ideally, each opioid overdose victim can receive timely attention from emergency medical responders, just like the entire range of other accidents during which law enforcement officers routinely step up to provide first aid, including instances of motor vehicle accidents and heart attacks. In most situations, during overdose events law enforcement officers work in coordination with other first responders.