A National Program at Work in Mississippi
ODfree.org is a program administered by the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) and supported by a federal grant initiative funded by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The program, called Overdose Data to Action in States (OD2A), funds 49 state health departments and the District of Columbia to expand drug overdose surveillance and prevention efforts. Surveillance activities help track overdoses, emerging drug threats, associated risk factors, and enhance biosurveillance and data linkage.
Prevention activities promote evidence-based strategies aligned with rapid shifts in overdose trends, including changes in the illegal drug supply and a rise in stimulant and polysubstance use. Overdose Data to Action in States emphasizes harm reduction, linkage to care via navigation programs, public safety partnerships, and outreach by people with lived experience in the communities they represent to close gaps in access to care and services.
The opioid epidemic in particular has had a profound effect on the citizens of Mississippi in relation to overdose deaths, economic impact, and behavioral health.
Data on this website is provided by the Mississippi Opioid and Heroin Data Collaborative (MOHDC), a multiagency partnership among the Mississippi State Department of Health, (MSDH), Mississippi Department of Mental Health, (DMH), Mississippi Board of Pharmacy Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP), and the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Bureau of Narcotics (MBN). The Mississippi Opioid And Heroin Data Collaborative was formed for the purpose of disseminating timely provisional data on nonfatal and fatal overdoses, prescribing patterns, drug-related criminal activity, and naloxone administrations by EMS providers as a means of driving drug-related prevention and response efforts across Mississippi.
Explore this website for important information you can use to prevent drug overdoses in Mississippi.
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