overdose prevention
Stopping fatal poisoning
Overdose prevention refers to strategies and interventions designed to reduce deaths from drug overdoses.
This includes naloxone distribution programs, supervised consumption sites, fentanyl test strips, and education about safer drug use practices.
The city expanded its overdose prevention efforts after a spike in opioid deaths.
The term is associated with harm reduction approaches that prioritize keeping people alive over requiring abstinence.
- naloxoneOpioid overdose antidote
- antidotesAgents reversing toxic effects
- harm reductionMinimizing adverse outcomes pragmatically
- safe injection sitesMedically staffed drug-use venues
- counseling servicesProfessional emotional support sessions
detoxification · emergency response · call for help · addiction treatment · rehabilitation · rescue breathing · substance abuse · opioids · Good Samaritan laws · public service announcements · tolerance · withdrawal symptoms · 911 · respiratory support · awareness campaigns · addiction · lifesaving · street drugs
- public healthimmunization, disease control, health education, epidemiology, community health
- substance abuseaddiction, abuse, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, substance use
- addiction servicesrehab, detox, naloxone, Narcan, methadone
- substance educationdrug effects, health class, youth education, harm reduction, binge drinking
- harm reductionnaloxone, Narcan, needle exchange, needle exchanges, clean needles
- recoveryrecovery, sobriety, rehab, recover, recovery room
overdose preventioncriminalization
Making conduct unlawful
drug prohibition · zero tolerance · mandatory minimums · drug interdiction · incarceration