Santa Barbara Opioid Safety Coalition worked with Santa Maria Joint Union High School District to recently amend a local school policy surrounding medication administration to additionally include naloxone into the policy. This policy allows for the superintendent or designee, or any trained district staff member, to administer naloxone during an opioid overdose. This is an excellent showcase on how COPN coalitions are implementing policy change at the local level.

CDPH has issued a statewide standing order to help reduce morbidity and mortality associated with opioid overdose by facilitating the distribution and administration of Naloxone Hydrochloride (Naloxone) in California.

In the U.S., drug overdose deaths have increased substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Synthetic opioids are implicated as the primary drivers of this increase. Naloxone is recommended for use and distribution by health professionals and laypersons to address this crisis. Given the relative potency of many synthetic opioids, it has been theorized that higher doses of naloxone may be required to effectively reverse overdoses. This study tests that theory and provides recommendations related to naloxone prescriptions.

There are many reasons a person under the age of 18 may wish to obtain the life-saving overdose reversal medication naloxone or another opioid antagonist. In 2020, over 15 percent (874 out of 5,502) overdose deaths in California occurred in individuals under the age of 25. Additionally, individuals under the age of 18 may be able to intervene in the overdose of an adult, such as a friend or family member. This fact sheet examines the legality of dispensing naloxone to minors in California.

Within the past two years, 93 California hospital emergency departments have ordered 63,816 units of free, take-home naloxone using CA Bridge’s Guide to Naloxone Distribution. Learn about the top 10 hospital naloxone programs and the life-saving impact these hospitals have on their communities.

Naloxone is a life-saving medication that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose when administered in time. By increasing naloxone access and awareness in our communities, we can help save lives. Check out the CDC's new resources to help promote naloxone dispensing in your community.

This is an example of a local naloxone policy implementing by a county office of education. This policy allows for the superintendent or designee or any trained district staff member to administer naloxone during an opioid overdose and includes language to ensure the superintendent or designee to train and distribute naloxone kits to district staff and replace if used or expired.

Learn more on Cal Poly’s DxHub and how it applies Amazon’s human-centered, ‘Working Backwards’ innovation methodology to tackle challenges facing government, education, and non-profit organizations.The DxHub team leads public sector organizations through innovation and solution workshops structured to generate big ideas and impactful solutions such as helping to create the San Luis Obispo Opioid Safety Coalition’s Naloxone Now Web App.

The San Luis Obispo Opioid (SLO) Safety Coalition, collaborated with the Cal Poly Digital Transformation Hub (DxHub) and a team of university students to develop Naloxone Now! Using Naloxone Now online or through the app on a phone, SLO community members can find the nearest location to get naloxone or have it delivered at no cost. Visit SLO Opioid Safety Coalition’s Web App as an example of how other communities can develop a similar innovation.

This fact sheet gives an overview of Naloxone, and answers frequently asked questions about Naloxone.

Use this fact sheet to learn more about the basics of naloxone, who can carry it and how to use it.

Use this fact sheet to learn more about using opioids safely, as well as using naloxone.

This commentary describes how four rural and/or Appalachian communities quickly pivoted their existing THN (take home naloxone) programs to respond to community need.

This page is an access point to resources that support safer drug use, such as access to naloxone and syringe services.

This is an example of a local school district naloxone policy. This tool is able to be used as an example of the legal language and codes that are used within California's school system surrounding naloxone use and administration.

This is an example of a local overdose prevention response plan and naloxone policy and procedures guide. This tool is able to be used with organizations that are trained and adopt this policy and procedures guide to be prepared in an overdose incident.

This catalog of data indicators was compiled by Accelerator 3.0 subject matter expert, Andy Krackov, data coach and analyst. It compiles a list of indicators that participating COPN Accelerator 3.0 coalitions are using for their data analysis.

This operations manual is to provide those interested in implementing the HAVEN Project or a harm reduction vending machine project with a framework and additional tools to guide the process of establishment of a local program.

This fact sheet is a pocket resource for knowing rights to possession of overdose prevention materials, such as syringes, naloxone, or potentially other substance use materials.