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DESCRIPTION:Community Overdose Response and Recovery Effort (CORRE) is a UT
 MB-student led venture that wants to enable the Galveston community to pre
 vent opioid overdose deaths. CORRE is currently offering overdose assessme
 nt and naloxone administration training\n    and developing a communicatio
 n platform for individuals in Galveston County to respond to and report ov
 erdoses. Participants will learn how to recognize and respond to an opioid
  overdose. Naloxone kits will be provided.&nbsp\;Did you know?September 21
 \, 2022\, is National Opioid Awareness Day More than 932\,000 people have 
 died from a drug overdose since 1999\, with 107\,000 of those occurring be
 tween December 2020 and December 2021 Preliminary data for 2022 shows near
 ly 80% of drug overdose deaths involve an opioid Overdose is now the leadi
 ng cause of death in US adults aged 18-49 Four out of every 10 pills on ou
 r streets are contaminated with fentanyl and sold to unsuspecting victims 
 Only 39 states are funded to report and provide data on all drug overdoses
  to the CDC\; Texas is considered a non-responder CDC wants to expand acce
 ss to naloxone with community distribution and overdose training programs 
 How can you help? Be aware that most illegal drugs are contaminated with f
 entanyl Be aware that opioid overdose can be reversed with naloxone Get tr
 ained on Naloxone Administration Spread the word that Naloxone saves lives
 ! References Wide-ranging online data for epidemiologic research (WONDER).
  Atlanta\, GA: CDC\, National Center for Health Statistics\; 2021. Availab
 le at https://wonder.cdc.gov.\n Hedegaard H\, Mini&ntilde\;o AM\, Spencer 
 MR\, Warner M. Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States\, 1999&ndash\;202
 0. National Center for Health Statistics\, December 2021. Centers for Dise
 ase Control and Prevention. Drug Overdose Surveillance and Epidemiology (D
 OSE) System. Atlanta\, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services\, CD
 C\; [2022\, August\, 29]. Access at: https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/nonf
 atal/dashboard 
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LOCATION:TX\,US\,Galveston\,301 11th St
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SUMMARY:Opioid Overdose Assessment and Response Training
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 <p>Community Overdose Response and Recovery Effort (CORRE) is a UTMB-stude
 nt led venture that wants to enable the Galveston community to prevent opi
 oid overdose deaths. CORRE is currently offering overdose assessment and n
 aloxone administration training\n    and developing a communication platfo
 rm for individuals in Galveston County to respond to and report overdoses.
  </p><p>Participants will learn how to recognize and respond to an opioid 
 overdose. Naloxone kits will be provided.</p><p>&nbsp\;</p><h2>Did you kno
 w?</h2><ul><li>September 21\, 2022\, is National Opioid Awareness Day </li
 ><li><strong>More than 932\,000</strong> people have died from a drug over
 dose since 1999\, with 107\,000 of those occurring between December 2020 a
 nd December 2021 </li><li>Preliminary data for 2022 shows <strong>nearly 8
 0% of drug overdose deaths</strong> involve an opioid </li><li>Overdose is
  now the <strong>leading cause of death in US adults aged 18-49</strong> <
 /li><li><strong>Four out of every 10 pills</strong> on our streets are con
 taminated with fentanyl and sold to unsuspecting victims </li><li><strong>
 Only 39 states</strong> are funded to report and provide data on all drug 
 overdoses to the </li><li>CDC\; Texas is considered a non-responder CDC wa
 nts to expand access to naloxone with <strong>community distribution and o
 verdose training programs</strong> </li></ul><h2>How can you help? </h2><u
 l><li>Be aware that most <strong>illegal drugs are contaminated with fenta
 nyl</strong> </li><li>Be aware that <strong>opioid overdose can be reverse
 d</strong> with naloxone </li><li><strong>Get trained</strong> on Naloxone
  Administration </li><li>Spread the word that <strong>Naloxone saves lives
 </strong>! </li></ul><h2>References </h2><ul><li>Wide-ranging online data 
 for epidemiologic research (WONDER). Atlanta\, GA: CDC\, National Center f
 or Health Statistics\; 2021. Available at <a href="https://wonder.cdc.gov"
  title="View the CDC website" target="_blank">https://wonder.cdc.gov</a>.\
 n </li><li>Hedegaard H\, Mini&ntilde\;o AM\, Spencer MR\, Warner M. Drug O
 verdose Deaths in the United States\, 1999&ndash\;2020. National Center fo
 r Health Statistics\, December 2021. </li><li>Centers for Disease Control 
 and Prevention. Drug Overdose Surveillance and Epidemiology (DOSE) System.
  Atlanta\, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services\, CDC\; [2022\, 
 August\, 29]. Access at: <a href="https://wonder.cdc.gov/" title="View the
  CDC website" target="_blank">https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/nonfatal/da
 shboard</a> </li></ul>
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