States Use Seven Strategies To Reduce Fentanyl Overdoses

The 11 states with the highest death rates from synthetic opioids like fentanyl (Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia) use seven strategies to reduce fentanyl overdose and death rates. An analysis of policy across the 11 states found seven key strategies to reduce the synthetic opioid overdose and death rate, as follows:

Overdose data collection & information sharing
Legalizing fentanyl test strips
Expansion of access to naloxone to counter opioid overdose
Adoption of robust Good Samaritan Laws (GSLs)
Offer public educational campaigns targeting fentanyl, Good Samaritan laws, and Naloxone
Reduce . . .