overdoses

Indianapolis EMS begins “leave-behind” program to reduce drug overdose deaths

Joanie Dugan

Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services will now leave behind medication to reverse drug overdoses at the house of someone who has overdosed.

Data can help identify trends that can better inform communities on how to reduce overdoses in their area.

Researchers hope to prevent overdose deaths with better data

Ethan Sandweiss

Overdose fatality review teams determine factors that may have caused a person’s fatal overdose, and then use that information to inform policy and prevention measures.

Tom Coderre, acting deputy assistant secretary of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, speaks at the 2022 Indiana Recovery Community Summit.

Indiana recovery groups talk best practices at inaugural summit

Mitch Legan

Statewide and national recovery advocates gathered in Noblesville Friday to discuss what has worked in influencing public policy and organizing effective local programs.

Bill would require Dept. of Health to provide annual report on overdose deaths, suicides

Mitch Legan

State Sen. Jean Leising (R-Oldenburg) said she heard anecdotes about drug deaths and suicides increasing in her district during the pandemic but had trouble getting county-by-county data from the State Department of Health.

Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction's Madison Alton speaks to the Indiana Commission to Combat Drug Abuse.

State to deploy street teams aimed at reducing drug overdoses

Brandon Smith

The state announced Thursday the launch of 10 Harm Reduction Street Teams, made possible by federal COVID-19 relief funds.

Fentanyl, Coronavirus Pandemic Push Indiana Overdose Deaths To Record Highs

Mitch Legan

The provisional report, released Wednesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, estimates 2,268 Hoosiers died of drug overdoses last year, up from an estimated 1,704 overdose deaths in 2019.