InApril of 2015,Maryland’sHeroin& OpioidEmergencyTaskForceheldaCentral MarylandRegional SummitwhereTask Forcemembersmet inpreparation for the InterimReport inAugust. Dr.LeanaWen, HealthCommissioner forBaltimoreCity, Chair forBehavioral SystemsBaltimore,and ERPhysicianproposed the following recommendations.... 1.Decreasebarriers toNaloxone –Governor should signbills passedallowing immunity and standingorders. 2. Improvedaccess in jails: start treatment as soonas addict gets in jail (ODis the endof the line). 3.UseHot-Spotting (GeospatialMapping) to look for trends inODdeathdata:almost all patientswhodiedof overdosehavebeen through jail system.
MARYLAND’S HEROIN & OPIOID EMERGENCY TASK FORCE In August of 2015,Maryland’s Lieutenant Governor Boyd K.Rutherford issued the 2015 Heroin &Opioid EmergencyTask Force InterimReport toMaryland’s current Governor,Larry Hogan. e InterimReport highlighted state and regional-based statistics, clinical research,workgroup updates from the Heroin &OpioidTask Force, and included 10 outlined proposals/recommendations to the state agency, an additional 10 updated state-funding announcements, 7 allocations from the Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, and 3 grant proposals for the Governor’s Oce of Crime,Control, and Prevention to support law enforcement eorts. e Final Report fromMaryland’s Heroin&OpioidEmergencyTaskForce is set for December 1, 2015.
What isNaloxoneHydrochloride? Naloxone is an Opioid Antagonist. It is prescribed for reversal of respiratory depression and other opioid eects in patients receiving opioid analgesics and in patients who have abused heroin, morphine, or other synthetic opioids.
Dr.LeanaWen Health Commissioner -Baltimore City Chair for Behavioral Systems Baltimore
BoydK.Rutherford Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
" ere aremore people every year here inBaltimoreCitywho die fromdrug andalcohol overdoses thandie from homicide. erewere 303people last yearwho died fromdrug andalcohol overdose.Andwhatwe're teaching is that there's onemedication callednaloxone that can literally save someone's life,"
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