Opioid Overdose Prevention
Authorized in April 2006, the NYS Opioid Overdose Prevention Initiative trains non-medical persons to recognize opioid overdoses. The initiative supports naloxone access into two main ways: community and pharmacy. Registered programs offer community overdose training and naloxone at no cost or refer to a local pharmacy to trained persons.
Pharmacy & Naloxone Co-Payment Assistance Program (N-CAP)
Individuals with prescription drug coverage as part of their health insurance have their co-payments of up to $40 covered, resulting in no or lower out-of-pocket expenses.
What's New?
- Comparison of Administration of 8-Milligram and 4-Milligram Intranasal Naloxone by Law Enforcement During Response to Suspected Overdose - New York, March 2022-August 2023 Weekly/February 8, 2024 / 73(5);110-113;
- Data Brief on Use of Naloxone by Law Enforcement (Oct. 2022)
- New York State Announces Drug Checking Programs
Information for Providers (Clinical and Non-Clinical)
- Becoming a registered Opioid Overdose Prevention Program in New York State
- Standing Order for Naloxone in Pharmacies
- New York Statewide & County Data
- Overdose Prevention Community Strategies
(PDF)
- Toolkit (PDF)
- Naloxone Co-payment Assistance Program (N-CAP)
- Considerations for Deployment of Naloxone Housings (NaloxBoxes) (PDF)
- Interactive Dashboard on Naloxone Use by Law Enforcement
Information for the Public
Post Overdose Response Team (PORT)
Navigates services to individuals who have survived an overdose including services to family, friends and associates of people who have died of an overdose and whom are also at risk of experiencing a fatal overdose.
- Post-Opioid Overdose Intervention Resources
Drug Checking
- What is New York's Drug Checking Service?
- Drug User Health Drug Checking (DUHDC Program)
- Rapid Drug Analysis and Research (RaDAR Program)
- Data on New York's Unregulated Supply
- Frequently Asked Questions
- September 2023 Press Release: Rate Opioid Contamination of Products Known as K2, Spice
- Resources
