Opioid Information

​​To develop the City's first opioid response plan, the City is partnering with the Maricopa County Department of Public Health to support a substance use needs assessment. The assessment will aim to:

• Improve understanding of underlying causes of and experiences with substance use in Maricopa County
• Identify the perceptions, successes, and challenges to addressing substance use disorder/opioid use disorder (SUD/OUD)
• Provide a summary of the current state involving opioid/substance use overdose deaths and opioid/substance use prevalence in the county and the City of Phoenix

Results of the assessment and resident survey will be used to inform the development of the City's opioid response plan, activities, and investment areas for opioid settlement dollars.

​​The Office of Public Health has recommended the adoption of a Four-Pillar framework to guide opioid response planning in alignment with the One Arizona abatement strategies. A Four-Pillar approach assists in organization interventions and acknowledges that to address the complex issues related to the opioid crisis, local actions must be equitable and integrated across all pillars. ​

Prevention and Education

Efforts aim to prevent problematic substance use and improve community knowledge and awareness of substance use-related issues and harms.

Treatment and Recovery

Includes a broad range of services aimed to support people who use substances to manage harmful substance use and gain stability.

Harm Reduction

Combination of public health-focused services intended to “meet people where they are at". The goal of harm reduction strategies is to reduce harms and adverse health effects of substance use including injury, infectious disease (i.e., HIV/Hepatitis C), overdose, and stigma.

Community Safety

Includes a broad range of interventions including law enforcement and judicial systems. Intended to increase public safety.