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Opioid Settlement Planning Survey

Colonial Heights is receiving opioid settlement dollars over the next 18 years from the National Opioid Settlement. We value your input in helping us determine how the city should spend this funding. Please take a few minutes and complete the survey to share your opinion.
1.What is your relationship to Colonial Heights, Virginia? [select all that apply]
2.Please tell us about your professional or personal connection to substance use [select all that apply]
3.Please indicate the extent to which the following are your priorities when considering how this funding should be spent.
Not a priority
Low priority
Medium priority
High priority
Very High priority
Prevention: Fund programs and strategies designed to prevent drug or alcohol misuse, including family and youth programs that promote healthy behavior.
Drug Take Back and Storage: Expand drug take-back programs to allow unused medications to be returned to any pharmacy and distribute safe storage containers for at-home use.
Training: Provide training for professionals such as teachers, law enforcement, and families to help them respond to drug or alcohol misuse.
Connections to treatment and services: Expand resources to help connect people who need services to treatment and other supports.
Support for individuals involved in the justice system: Expand access to treatment and support services for people who have been arrested as a result of their substance use.
Overdose prevention: Increase support for people who have overdosed on drugs and/or people who are at risk of overdosing.
Family Support: Support services for children and families impacted by alcohol or drug misuse.
4.Are there any additional funding suggestions you would like to offer?
We would like to know more about your first or second-hand experiences with drug or alcohol misuse. Answers to this question help us better understand who is taking the survey. This information can help us develop recommendations that may address more specific needs. It may also help us understand where individuals are being left out.
5.Please check all that apply.
6.What is your age?
If you or a family member needs help with drugs or alcohol misuse, please call District 19 at 804-862-8002.
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