Regina LaBelle, Chief of Staff Office of National Drug Control Policy

April 23, 2014

Vision Session

National RX Drug Abuse Summit

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Source of Prescription Pain Relievers

Source: SAMHSA, Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2009-2010

•  Coordinated effort across the Federal Government

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Monitoring Programs 3)  Proper Disposal of

Medication 4)  Enforcement

Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Plan

Source: PDMP Training and Technical Assistance Center, Brandeis University, 2013

Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs

How to Recognize and Respond to an Opioid Overdose

•  The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) has created a card explaining how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose.

•  The card, called “Opioid Overdose Resuscitation,” is available for download on the ASA Web site.

•  To download the card, go to: http://www.asahq.org/WhenSecondsCount/resources

•  There are signs that efforts to reduce and prevent prescription drug abuse are working.

o  National data show the rate of past-month nonmedical use of prescription medicines among young adults aged 18 to 25 over the past two years is lower than the rate from 2003 - 2010.1

•  State public health and public safety professionals can take steps to promote safer prescribing practices; improved prescription monitoring; safe disposal; and effective monitoring, intervention, treatment and overdose prevention.

•  Long-term success will come from coordination and collaboration at the Federal, state, local, and tribal levels, particularly among public health and public safety leaders.

Conclusion

1 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Results from the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Summary of National Findings. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [September 2013]. Available: http://www.samhsa.gov/data/NSDUH/2012SummNatFindDetTables/NationalFindings/NSDUHresults2012.htm

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