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Chapel Hill Police Department drop box, which is the most frequently used, reports emptying the box every other week. HCOC and other community coalitions continue to educate that the drug drop boxes DO NOT accept: needles /syringes, thermometers, LsN`Sl° o IV bags, bloody or infectious waste, hydrogen peroxide, empty containers, or personal care products. They DO accept: expired and unused medications, over - the - counter meds, medication samples, pet meds, medicated ointments and lotions, and liquid meds. To obtain drug drop box informational cards, contact the HCOC Coordinator at hcoc(a)orangecountync.gov. Naloxone /Narcan Like counties across the state, OC has community concern with opioid use, misuse, abuse and overdose. Between 2009 -2013, OC recorded 46 opioid overdose deaths for a rate of 7.1 % per 100,000 population compared to 11.1% statewide . In partnership with HCOC, OCHD has taken a community approach to overdose prevention by increasing community access to Naloxone, a medication that can reverse an overdose caused by opioid medications and heroin if given in time. Following a change in state law in 2013, Orange County implemented the first health department naloxone distribution program in the state to get naloxone to people at risk of opioid overdose, as well as the friends and family members of those at risk. In addition, OCHD worked with Orange County Emergency Services to train and equip law enforcement officers with naloxone. This allows law enforcement, who are often first on the scene, to administer naloxone during a suspected overdose before emergency services arrives. In January 2015, the Carrboro Police Department became the first law enforcement agency in NC to use naloxone to successfully reverse an overdose, with the second reversal occurring in February. Tobacco Prevention & Control In response to hard work, dedication, partnerships and efforts around the Smoke Free k i Public Places (SFPP) Rule, OC received the National Association of Counties' 2014 Achievement Award. OCHD's Tobacco Prevention & Control program continues to make significant strides in increasing signage, raising awareness through regular Smoking Response Teams (SRT) and other 25 communications, providing expanding cessation services, and encouraging community enforcement around the rule. As of November 2014, 74 smoking complaints were received, 55 of which were valid. 80% of complaints were for Chapel Hill and around half of all complaints pertained to bus stops along Franklin St. OCHD partnered regularly with Chapel Hill Police Department to help address the submitted violations which resulted in 20 SRT deployments surveying over 2,000 people. The below chart shows the percent of residents now aware of the rule compared to awareness in 2013. %Residents Aware of SFPP Rule 80% 61% 60% 41 449 40% — 2036 - Hillsborough Chapel Hill Carrboro • 7013 (n =194( • 1014 (1529) Other achievements included contracting with UNC student -run business, Buzz Rides, an electric vehicle used to transport student's home from the downtown area in the late evenings. Not to mention the production of Employee and Resident compliance videos. These videos were produced to educate and empower residents and town /county employees to approach others about smoking in areas where smoking is prohibited. As a way to provide cessation and support to disparately affected populations through partnerships with local service providers, the OCHD piloted OC Partners for Tobacco Cessation. Cessation and trainings were offered to Freedom House Recovery Center, Inter -Faith Council Men's and Women's Shelter, Department of Social Services' Workfirst, El Futuro, and OCHD. To assist with cessation efforts approximately $50,000 has been spent on 2,100 boxes of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) with one -third already used. It is anticipated that OC Partners for Tobacco Cessation will increase the NRT demand in 2015 which caused OCHD to submit an agreement to NC Quitline to increase NRT availability. Learn more about our SFPP Rule at http: / /orangecountync.gov /health /smoke- freepublicplaces.asp.