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The Georgia Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Initiative (GPDAPI) of The Council on Alcohol and Drugs (The Council) focuses on four priority areas and eleven objectives in order to prevent and reduce prescription drug abuse in Georgia.

Opioid-involved Overdose Surveillance in Georgia 

The Drug Surveillance Unit monitors overdose trends in Georgia and provides drug surveillance data to the public and to partners working to end the opioid epidemic. This data is also used to detect and respond to rapid increases, or clusters, of overdoses, such as the Counterfeit Percocet-Related Overdose Cluster in Macon during June 2017.

In the United States, fentanyl is one of the most common drugs involved in fatal overdoses. These resources provide data, tools, and strategies for child welfare, substance use treatment, and courts. 

Fatal Opioid Overdoses are

Preventable with Naloxone

Over 100,000 Americans lose their lives to overdoses each year. This is the highest number of Americans lost to overdoses ever recorded.

The Council on Alcohol and Drugs is a 50 year-old nonprofit, 501(c)3 substance abuse prevention and education agency that develops programs and materials based on the most current research on drug use and its impact on community.