Open AccessAddressing the Rural Opioid Addiction and Overdose Crisis Through Cross-Sector Collaboration: Little Falls, Minnesota
Author(s) -
Caroline M Au-Yeung,
Lynn A. Blewett,
Kathy M. Lange
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2018.304789
Subject(s) - medicine , law enforcement , addiction , poison control , suicide prevention , drug overdose , opioid overdose , injury prevention , substance abuse , occupational safety and health , psychiatry , family medicine , opioid , medical emergency , environmental health , political science , law , (+) naloxone , receptor , pathology
Morrison County Community-Based Care Coordination is a collaborative, cross-sector effort in Little Falls, Minnesota, that began in 2014 to reduce the use and abuse of opioids among patients at the local hospital and clinic and within the broader local rural community. As of March 2018, 453 clinic patients discontinued use of controlled substances (a reduction of 44 952 doses each month), and law enforcement stakeholders have reported a decrease in drug crimes related to the sale of narcotics.