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Curbing the Impacts: How Opioids are Impacting Local Government

Join us as we discuss the NC Opioid Action Plan and the efforts of the Gaston Controlled Substances Coalition to reduce the impact of opioid abuse. Learn about the history of Gaston County, the local opioid crisis, and the strategies being implemented to combat it.

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Curbing the Impacts: How Opioids are Impacting Local Government

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  1. Curbing the Impacts: How Opioids are Impacting Local Government Gaston Controlled Substances Coalition Team Members October 10, 2018

  2. Panelists Velma V. Taormina, MD Todd Davis, MD Sheriff Alan Cloninger Tammy and NazrulChowdhury

  3. Objectives Overview of the NC Opioid Action Plan (2017-2021) Overview of the Gaston Controlled Substances Coalition Tell our story…

  4. NC Opioid Action Plan (2017-2021) www.ncdhhs.gov/opioids • Create a coordinated infrastructure • Reduce oversupply of prescription opioids • Reduce diversion and flow of illicit drugs • Increase community awareness and prevention • Make naloxone widely available • Expand treatment and recovery oriented systems of care • Measure our impact

  5. NC Opioid Action Plan Goal? Reduce the number of unintentional opioid-related deaths by 20% by 2021.

  6. What is our story? • What do the numbers tell us? • Who is impacted by this? • Who is paying for this? • Who do we need at the table? • How are we going to sustain the work?

  7. Gaston County Facts • Ranks 74th of 100 NC counties in geographical size, but 7th in population • About 217,000 residents, 13 municipalities, home to more than 700 churches • Once a leading textile manufacturer, Gaston County’s mill system largely disappeared by 1990, but the influences of this culture remain a powerful force

  8. History of Gaston County • Tough manual labor, higher rates of injury and disability, higher unemployment & poverty, lower rates of education • Gaston gained national attention in the 1980s as the Dilaudid capital of the US (most per capita prescriptions) • Multigenerational use of pain killers and benzodiazepines

  9. County Medication & Drug Overdose Deaths by Intent Source: N.C. State Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics-Deaths, 1999-2016 Medication and drug overdose: X40-X44, X60-X64, Y10-Y14, X85. Analysis by Injury Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit

  10. Gaston County’s Opioid Crisis • Something changed in 2016: the number of deaths grew, opioid misuse and abuse moved from the shadows to a visible communitywide health problem

  11. How will Gaston County respond? • Gastonia Town hall Meeting – March 2016 • Over 100 citizens attended • Senior staff from our local hospital and the Gaston Community Healthcare Commission • Healthcare Commission decided to focus on the opioid epidemic

  12. Community support • Four key stakeholders: • one hospital system • one LME-MCO • one FQHC • one Health Department • Stakeholders have a history of collaboration that continues to grow • Stakeholders agreed to provide resources to the Coalition

  13. Todd Davis, MD • What causes someone to become addicted to opioids? • What is going on in their body and how does this impact their behavior? • How is this impacting your hospital?

  14. Sheriff Alan Cloninger • How is the opioid crisis impacting first responders? • What training are first responders receiving to deal with overdoses or with someone who has an addiction? • What impact is this having on the justice and penitentiary system?

  15. The Chowdhury Family • Austin’s Story • What should parents be looking for? • What can the average person do to help address the issue of opioid abuse?

  16. Gaston Controlled Substances Coalition’s Strategic Plan • Created a coordinated infrastructure • Reduce oversupply of prescription opioids • Reduce diversion and flow of illicit drugs • Increasing community awareness and prevention • Make naloxone widely available • Expand treatment and recovery oriented systems of care • Measuring our impact

  17. What is Next for You? Educate yourself on the signs and symptoms of drug use. Talk to your family members. Empty out your drug cabinets. Review the NC Opioid Action Plan Get involved. Support a cause.

  18. Questions? velma.taormina@gastongov.com

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