Opioids

Opioids including prescription pain medication, heroin, and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl—are causing a serious public health and community crisis across the nation. Each day about two people die of an opioid-related overdose in Washington; thousands more struggle with substance use disorder. Opioid use can cause serious medical, social and financial problems.

The Department of Health is joining with partners across the state to implement a State Opioid Response Plan (PDF) focusing our efforts on four priority goals: Prevent opioid use disorder - Identify and treat opioid use disorder - Prevent deaths from overdose - Use data to detect opioid use disorder, monitor illness, injury and death, and evaluate interventions.

Department of Health Opioid Information

• Drug Response Team
• Opioid Overdose Prevention
• Opioid Prescribing Rules for Practitioners
• Prescription Monitoring Program

Washington State Opioid Data

• Interactive Dashboards for Opioid Data - prescriptions and overdose