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Escambia County, Florida is receiving funding from the National Opioid Settlement and has formed an Opioid Abatement Funding Advisory Board. The board values your opinion and wants to ensure the money is spent on programs you feel will most benefit our community.

Please complete only one survey per person.

 

What is your relationship to Escambia County, Florida? [select all that apply]
What sector describes you? [select all that apply]

Step 1: Four main categories are identified to help address the opioid epidemic. Indicate what percentage of funds you think should be spent on each category [total should equal 100%].

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Step 2: Programs within each of the four categories can vary. Using each number once within the category, rank programs in order of importance – 1 being the most, 6 being the least

PREVENTION

Rank 1-6

Improve and increase use of Minnesota’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP). This system is used by health care providers to track controlled substance prescriptions, identify prescribing trends, and prevent overprescribing.

 

Rank 1-6

Training and funding to use screening tools to identify substance use, offer ways to prevent substance use disorder, and refer to treatment.

 

Rank 1-6

Training for health care providers on non-opioid pain treatment, non-addictive ways to treat chronic pain, and the safest ways to prescribe opioids.

 

Rank 1-6

Funding for schools, child care, family services, and job training to prevent drug use.

 

Rank 1-6

Programs and strategies shown to prevent drug use, including family and youth programs, that promote healthy behavior and relationships and reduce risk factors, as well as adult education programs and public education campaigns.

 

Rank 1-6

Expand drug take-back programs to allow drugs and medications to be returned to any pharmacy on any day and distribute safe storage containers for at home use.

 

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Step 2 continued: Programs within each of the four categories can vary. Using each number once within the category, rank programs in order of importance – 1 being the most, 6 being the least

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Rank 1-4

Funding and training for local police, drug task forces, and efforts that prevent illegal drugs from getting to their destination.

 

Rank 1-4

Develop or expand drug or family courts and other law enforcement programs that help people using drugs find treatment and stay in the community.

 

Rank 1-4

Expand addiction treatment in jails and prisons.

 

Rank 1-4

Programs that help people recovering from substance use disorders reunite with their communities following jail/prison time.

 

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Step 2 continued: Programs within each of the four categories can vary. Using each number once within the category, rank programs in order of importance – 1 being the most, 6 being the least

TREATMENT & RECOVERY

Rank 1-4

Expand substance use disorder treatment, i.e., detox, inpatient/residential and outpatient treatment, and medications for opioid use disorder.

 

Rank 1-4

Programs that promote recovery, like access to housing and health care, employment and job training, and peer support programs.

 

Rank 1-4

Expand treatment options in rural and underserved areas, including mobile programs and telehealth/telemedicine programs.

 

Rank 1-4

Funding to research different treatments, evaluate treatment and recovery programs, and research the impact of policy changes on drug use/overdoses.

 

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Step 2 continued: Programs within each of the four categories can vary. Using each number once within the category, rank programs in order of importance – 1 being the most, 6 being the least

HARM REDUCTION

Rank 1-5

Track drug-related death and overdoses. Funding for law enforcement, medical examiners, and coroners to improve accuracy and timeliness of autopsy drug-testing.

 

Rank 1-5

Screening, early detection, vaccines, and treatment for HIV, hepatitis, and other medical issues that may occur among people who use drugs.

 

Rank 1-5

Increase availability of naloxone and training on how to give naloxone.

 

Rank 1-5

Distribute test strips for fentanyl, plus other drug-checking services.

 

Rank 1-5

Support services for children and families affected by substance use disorders, including training for professionals such as teachers, law enforcement, and others.
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Which best describes your yearly household income?
What is your age?
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If you, or a family member, needs help with a mental or substance use disorder, call SAMHSA’s National Helpline at 1(800) 662-HELP (4357) or TTY: 1(800) 487-4889, or text your zip code to 435748 (HELP4U).

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