Lakin signed a standing prescription allowing anyone in the state to go into a pharmacy and get naloxone. Recommendations include establishing permanent funding sources for various programs, increasing awareness and use of the stateâs prescription drug monitoring program, expanding medication-assisted treatment and promoting the use of naloxone, an overdose antidote. The Governorâs Task Force made 34 recommendations in five focus areas: provider education, prevention, treatment and recovery, law enforcement, and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. But funding, which comes in âsomewhat haphazardly,â has been a source of frustration for treatment providers, Lakin said. This represents a 20% decrease from the 88 opioid prescriptions per 100 persons in 2011.The rate of opioid involved overdose deaths has not changed overall since 2004Īccording to, âKansas has received about $30 million in federal grant funding, which has supported prevention, awareness, education and treatment to combat the opioid crisis. rate of 58.7 prescriptions for every 100 persons (CDC). Research also revealed that in 2017, Kansas providers wrote 69.8 opioid prescriptions for every 100 persons compared to the average U.S. Drug overdose deaths involving heroin or synthetic opioids (mainly fentanyl) did not change overall during the same three-year period. Deaths decreased from 122 in 2014 to 89 in 2017. The greatest change in the number of opioid-involved deaths occurred among cases related to prescription opioids. State of Kansas Drug Testing NewsĪccording to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, in 2017, there were 144 overdose deathsÂÂÂ involving opioids in Kansasâa rate of 5.1 deaths per 100,000 persons which is about 1/3 the national rate of 14.6 deaths per 100,000 persons. Our laboratories are SAMHSA certified and all test results are verified by our in house licensed physicians who serve as Medical Review Officers (MRO). However, you must complete the donor information section and pay for the test at the time of registration. No appointment is necessary in most cases. Take this form with you or have it available on your smart phone to provide to the testing center. A donor pass/registration form with the local testing center address, hours of operation and instructions will be sent to the e-mail address you provided.
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To schedule any type of drug test at our Kansas locations, call our scheduling department at (800) 219-7161. You can also schedule your drug test online utilizing our express scheduling registration by selecting your test and completing the Donor Information/Registration Section.
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