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Preventing Unintentional Prescription Drug Poisoning Project: 2012 Annual Report, Center For Interventions, Treatment & Addictions Research

Unintentional Prescription Drug Poisoning Project

This narrative addresses the three broad categories of project objectives for 2012:

(1) Transition of the Prescription Drug Poisoning Coalition to the Montgomery County Opiate Task Force.

(2) The continued development and operation of a Poison Death Review process focusing on prescription drugs.

(3) The facilitation and conduct of targeted Information, Training and Educational Activities to help address and prevent prescription drug overdoses.

Montgomery County Poisoning Death Review - 2012, Center For Interventions, Treatment & Addictions Research

Unintentional Prescription Drug Poisoning Project

In 2012, 162 unintentional drug overdose deaths, the highest number on record, occurred in Montgomery County, Ohio. This finding comes from the Poisoning Death Review (PDR), a process involving the compilation and interpretation of multiple data sets from the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office. The PDR is carried out by faculty and staff at the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine in collaboration with the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office. The designation of deaths being either unintentional (accident) or intentional (suicide) is made by the Montgomery County Coroner. This is the third year the PDR has been conducted. In 2011, 130 …