Request Technical Assistance
Need help planning a local response, interpreting data, or connecting with resources? OHA staff are here to support.
TA Request Form - Use this form to request resources, data support, or a meeting to talk through your needs.
Communities of Practice – Join recurring statewide meetings for all overdose prevention partners.
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OHA's Substance Use & Overdose Continuum Digest to stay up-to-date with resources, information, and upcoming events.
Fact Sheets
Disparities & trends
Overdose touches every community in Oregon, but some are impacted more than others. Black/African American and American Indian/Alaska Native communities have the highest overdose death rates. Learn more about overdose disparities and trends below.
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Save Lives Oregon
Save Lives Oregon provides:
Who can get free supplies?
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Community-serving organizations – 501©3 nonprofits, harm reduction and syringe service programs, Tribal health organizations, clinics, jails, first responders, and treatment programs that hand out supplies directly to the people they serve.
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Schools and school-based health centers - to public, private, and charter schools, colleges, universities, and health centers in Oregon and Tribal communities.
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Save Lives Oregon for more information about free naloxone and supplies.
Regional Substance Use & Overdose Prevention Coordinators
OHA supports Local Public Health Authorities to reduce substance use and drug overdose. Regional Substance Use & Overdose Prevention Coordinators bring together different partners - like medical providers, law enforcement, and community leaders - to create action plans designed to fit their community's needs.
Oregon-Idaho HIDTA & ODMAP
OHA partners with the Oregon-Idaho High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program to enhance public health and public safety response to the overdose crisis. The Oregon-Idaho HIDTA program leads the following initiatives:
- 2027 Drug Threat Assessment is an annual report that details the changes in drug supply landscape across Oregon. It can be a valuable tool for planning local and regional overdose response strategies.
- Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program (ODMAP) is a free, web-based tool for public health and public safety partners that shares near real-time suspected overdose data across jurisdictions. ODMAP helps public health and public safety partners identify and quickly respond to overdose spikes.
Youth and Overdose
Friends for Life
Friends for Life is Oregon’s youth overdose prevention communications campaign. It provides resources related to:
- Preventing teen opioid use
- Encouraging conversations between young people and trusted adults
- Preventing and Responding to an opioid overdose
- Supporting recovery and providing medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) information
Visit the
toolkit page for free resources or to request technical assistance.
Schools
OHA works with the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) to prevent youth substance use and overdoses.
Youth Overdose Reporting
Required under House Bill 2395 (2023), this guidance helps Local Mental Health Authorities notify partners and share information when someone 24 or younger dies of a suspected overdose.
Note: this document covers youth overdose deaths, a sensitive and difficult subject for many Oregon communities.