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Opioid Recovery Resources

Four women and two men standing next to each other with their arms around each other's backs.

Mesa County Public Health provides information about recovery, treatment, and overdose prevention in our community.

Anyone can struggle. Everyone can heal.

Mesa County residents share their journeys of recovery.

 

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Know what to do during a fentanyl overdose.

What are the symptoms of a fentanyl overdose?

  • Decreased breathing
  • Slow heart rate
  • Dizzy
  • Feeling tired
  • Pinpoint pupils
  • Confusion
  • Blue around lips or fingernails
  • Unconscious

What to do if someone is overdosing?

  • Call 911 immediately.
  • Administer naloxone, if available.
  • Try to keep the person awake and breathing.
  • Lay the person on their side to prevent choking.
  • Stay with them until emergency workers arrive.

What is naloxone?

Naloxone is a medicine that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose. Narcan is brand name for naloxone.

Image of a white naloxone cannister with a red button to administer.

How do you administer naloxone?

  • Call 911.
  • Peel back the tab. Place the nozzle into one nostril. Press plunger firmly.
  • Roll the person onto their side.
  • Stay until medical help arrives.

Learn to administer naloxone on the Narcan website. 

Substance use treatment and resources available.

Substance Use Treatment Resources.pdf

Contact Grand Valley Connects if you need help finding resources in Mesa County. Visit the Grand Valley Connects website or call 970-683-2663.

 

Mesa County Public Health partners with the Western Colorado Area Health Education Center to maintain kiosks in the community. Each kiosk contains naloxone and information about how to help someone who is overdosing. The kiosks are located at:

Image of white, metal kiosk with a handle at the top of a glass door. It includes a sticker on the side that reads naloxone saves lives.

Lighthouse Program

1060 Orchard Ave.

Mesa County Criminal Justice Services

636 South Ave.

Mesa County Public Clinic

510 29 1/2 Rd.

Colorado Health Network

1001 Wellington Ave.

Mesa County Workforce Center

512 29 1/2 Rd.

Amos Counseling or Hangout Spot

1131 N 21st St. 

Mesa County Libraries- Clifton

3270 D 1/2 Rd. Building A

Pathways Village Apartment

564 29 Rd.

Mesa County Detention Facility (lobby)

215 Rice St.

Western Colorado Area Health Education Center

2938B North Ave.

Peer 180

3rd and Ute Homeless Resource Center

  

Give feedback about a kiosk.

Take a short survey to help our team ensure these kiosks are well-stocked and serving the community in a meaningful way.