The dashboards show data on drug overdose deaths, hospitalizations, and opioid prescriptions dispensed in Washington State. You can see the data at the state, county and Accountable Communities of Health (ACH) levels.

Opioids including prescription pain medication, heroin, and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl—are causing a serious public health and community crisis across the nation. Each day about two people die of an opioid-related overdose in Washington; thousands more struggle with substance use disorder.

Opioids including prescription pain medication, heroin, and synthetic opioids such as Fentanyl—are causing a serious public health and community crisis across the nation. The State's response is further complicated by a concurrent rise in stimulant use and overdose.

Opioid use, morbidity, and mortality have increased nationally and across Washington State. To provide insights into how and where changes are occurring, we visualize several data sources on this site.

On September 30, 2016, Governor Jay Inslee signed Executive Order 16-09, Addressing the Opioid Use Public Health Crisis, formally directing state agencies to implement key elements of the Washington State Opioid Response Plan.

Opioid overdose death rates in King and Pierce Counties more than quintupled between 2002-2004 and 2021-2023. Snohomish County's rate more than tripled and Spokane County's rate nearly tripled.

Deaths among Washington residents involving other synthetic opioids, mostly fentanyl, become more common than deaths from commonly prescribed opioids and heroin in 2020 and now account for 90% of opioid poisoning deaths.

A collective of Washington State OTP's working together to improve the lives of individuals and families battling opioid use disorder.

This site offers a series of interactive data charts and maps featuring Washington state data related to overdose deaths, statewide opioid sales, and police evidence testing data for opioids and other drugs.

This opioid dose calculator was developed by the Washington State Agency Medical Directors' Group to be used in conjunction with the Interagency Guideline on Prescribing Opioids for Pain. For more info, please refer to the guideline at: AMDG - 2015 Guideline http://www.agencymeddirectors.wa.gov/guideline.htm