Are you, or someone you know, a recent survivor of an unintentional drug overdose?
CALL 740-901-1598

YOU ARE NOT ALONE - DON'T FACE CRISIS ALONE
HELP IS AVAILABLE
24 Hour Crisis Lines: TEXT 4HOPE to 741741
CALL: 740-687-8255 (TALK)

LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES

Lutheran Social Services will still be accepting donations after November 17th

Online Donations

New Anxiety Group

Certified Community
Behavioral Healthcare Center
1550 Sheridan Dr. Ste. 202
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Meeting Dates

Family Support Group

St. John’s Episcopal Church
134 N. Broad Street
3rd Thursday of each month
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Meeting Schedule

Our Emergency Team offers:

A pre-arrest diversion quick response team model
Meetings with survivors who unintentionally overdosed within 24-72 hours
Detox, treatment, and recovery resources OUTSIDE of the criminal justice system
Support for families along with various support systems for those in need
On-Call treatment clincians
Identifiction of barriers to treatment along with solutions
Consultation at 740-901-1598 or fort@fairfieldcountyohio.gov

The state of Ohio ranks 2nd for opioid-related overdose death in the United States.

In 2018, there were 3,237 identified opioid overdose deaths.

If you are a person who uses drugs or if you are around people who use drugs, please consider learning how to respond to an opioid overdose and carrying naloxone (intranasal brand name: Narcan). Naloxone is a medication designed to reverse an opioid overdose. Opioids slow down the activity of the central nervous system. This can cause slowed or stopped breathing which may lead to death. Naloxone displaces the opioids from the opioid receptors in the brain which allows the person who is experiencing an opioid overdose to begin breathing normally. We have a helpful FAQ and are constantly updating it with questions from our site visitors. If you don’t find what you’re looking for, let us know.

OHIO NARCOTICS INTELLIGENCE CENTER (ONIC)

OHIO.GOV

Six different physical forms of fentanyl have been reported to ONIC, including powder, tablet, chalk, rock, black tar, and gum. The various forms reported in Ohio contained fentanyl primarily mixed with other substances.

FAIRFIELD COUNTY SHERIFF WARNS OF COUNTERFEIT OXYCODONE LACED WITH FENTANYL SOLD IN OHIO

ABC6: Article

Ohio authorities are warning of an increase in overdose deaths related to counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl.

OHIO ON PACE TO SET RECORD FOR DRUG DEATHS IN 2020

Columbus Dispatch: Article

Health officials and drug treatment experts were alarmed this fall to learn that 548 Ohioans had died of drug overdoses in May, the most in any month in at least 14 years.

Project F.O.R.T. is primarily funded through a two-year QRT grant obtained through the Ohio Attorney General's Office, supplemental funding from the Ohio Department of Public Safety, and the Fairfield County Commissioners with additional funding from Bureau of Justice Assistance and Ohio HIDTA. It is the hope of all those involved that through this progressive approach we will not only change the course of lives of people suffering from the substance use disorder, but reduce the number of unintentional overdoses, provide support for their families, lessen the burden on the criminal justice system, change the stigmas associated with addiction, and ultimately SAVE LIVES.

PROJECT FORT PARTNERS