No significant reduction seen in opioid overdose deaths with implementation of evidence-based practice strategies
Lower odds of fatal OD seen with filling naloxone prescription, receiving methadone or buprenorphine, receiving behavioral health assessment or crisis services
Experiencing overdose loss linked to greater odds of viewing addiction as an extremely or very important policy issue
Finding seen among Black people with overdose deaths in Pennsylvania versus White people
Declines not spread equally everywhere -- some states experienced another year of increases of fatal ODs
Highest rates seen among children of non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native individuals
One-third of those say their lives were disrupted by the overdose death
During the same time period, there was a decrease seen in the percentage of overdose deaths with evidence of injection