In 2020, 173 opioid prevention events included training, technical assistance, community outreach and engagement efforts.
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Rural America and the American Indian communities have been deeply and disproportionately affected by the rise in opioid-use disorders and overdose fatalities.
In 2018, a call to action by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for Extension systems to address the opioid crisis nationally propelled colleagues and partners into action. They include University of Minnesota Extension; the College of Pharmacy; tribal health and county health agencies in Itasca, Aitkin, St. Louis and Pine counties; and the four tribal communities of Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, Bois Forte Band of Chippewa in Minnesota, and Lower Brule and Crow Creek in South Dakota.
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