Region 10 Rise Up Task Force consists of providers from prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery from substance use. Activities and events from the task force include a prevention campaign focused on educating the community of the addictive nature of prescription medication.
91 Americans Die Every Day From Opioid Overdose
Region 10 Rise UP Task Force
1-844-PRC-TX10
Visit Online: lockyourmeds.org
Rise Up Campaign
The Prevention Resource Center is spearheading a collaborative task force to combat the issue of Prescription drug misuse.
Texas HHSC goals for their State Campaign includes:
Prescribing
Promote safe and effective prescribing and dispensing policies and practices
Guidance
Guide appropriate patient use, storage, and disposal of prescription drugs
Support
Support proper pain management methods
Prevention
Minimize the unintended consequence of increased heroin use
Education
Promote the expansion of medically assisted treatment opportunities
Important Facts
Important Links
Drug Disposal Information and to learn Where and how to dispose of unused medicines
OPIOID DATA
26,852
Falling
31,672
Guns
33,687
Traffic Accidents
38,329
Drug Overdose
*30,006 of which were unintentional.
Source: CDC Wide-ranging OnLine Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER) on Mortality: http://wonder.cdc.gov/mortsql.html(2010)
