Introduction

The following pages have data that has been collected from our community partners on substance use disorder treatment, intervention, and prevention. We are hoping that you find this information valuable in understanding the challenges and effects of substance use within Jackson County. This data is valuable to social service agencies for the purposes of tailoring services to areas of the county without coverage, for supporting documentation for funding, and for the public to learn more about the challenges of preventing overdoses and the successes of intervention efforts like Adult Treatment Court, harm reduction and prevention efforts focused on our youth. As you scroll through, you will find embedded links (look for the bolded names) to more pages that dig deeper into demographic specific data or more detail on youth prevention issues.

Opioid Overdoses and Overdose Emergency Department Visits

In this section, Drug Free Jackson presents Jackson County statistics on the number of opioid overdose deaths and emergency department visits due to overdoses, using data from the Michigan Overdose Data to Action (MODA) Dashboard. We also look at who died or visited an emergency department by race and ethnicity, sex, and age by examining the rates and raw numbers of overdose deaths and emergency department visits within these parameters. To see the data on race and ethnicity, sex, and age click the “More Opioid Data” button below. The MODA Dashboard has much more data available for your interest.

Youth Substance use and prevention data

The Michigan Profile for Health Youth (MiPHY) survey is focused on the health and wellbeing of Michigan’s youth. The survey is conducted in 7th grade, 9th grade, and 11th grade every two years and both school district and student participation is voluntary and anonymous for students. The survey asks questions about risk behaviors such as substance use, violence, physical activity, nutrition, emotional health, and sexual behavior. The survey also asks questions that focus on the protective factors that can mitigate risky behaviors. Districts and schools have the option to include or exclude questions regarding sexual behaviors and suicide risk. This data help schools make decisions regarding the extent of local-level data on these risk and protective behaviors. Below, we identify the past 30-day use from 2019 to 2020 and 2021 to 2022 of multiple substances.among youth in Jackson County. For more county-leval data, you can go to the MiPHY County Tables here.

First Responder Substance related Data

The graph below focuses on City of Jackson Police Department substance use related crimes, such as operating under the influence of liquor or drugs, violations of the Controlled Substances Act, and drunkenness. The Violation of Controlled Substances Act covers the knowing or intentional possession of a controlled substance without a valid prescription. This section also looks at suspected overdose call by Jackson Community Ambulance.

Jackson Community Ambulance Suspected Overdose Calls, 2022

Jackson County Treatment Data

Jackson County, Michigan Adult Treatment Court statistics below, focus on the number of applications received and accepted and the number of graduates of this yearlong program. The Adult Treatment Court works with offenders identified as high-risk and high-need, and for whom traditional probation and routes of recovery have not worked. Jackson County also has limited access to substance use treatment, but the Henry Ford Health System provides support through the Henry Ford Addiction Treatment Center. The graph below illustrates the substances individuals were using when they entered treatment by overall total and then by gender. Finally, the last graph under the treatment heading is from JXN Harm Reduction and focuses on the number of Narcan informational trainings have been conducted and the number of Narcan kits distributed. Harm Reduction has a long history starting in the 1960s, when the Black Panthers created food programs for the children of the neediest in their community, but came into its main usage as a way to keep injectable substance users alive and HIV negative during the worst of the AIDS pandemic. Currently, most Harm Reduction programs focus on providing sterile needles, naloxone (Narcan), and fentanyl and xylazine test strips. Nalaxone can reverse the effects of an opioid or opiate overdose, is easy to administer, causes no physical side effects, and can buy time for first responders to arrive. The primary focus on Harm Reduction is to engage “a set of practical strategies and ideas aimed at reducing negative consequences associated with drug use. Harm Reduction is also a movement for social justice built on a belief in, and respect for, the rights of people who use drugs” (National Harm Reduction Coalition).

Health & Co-occurring Data

One of the risk factors of Hepatitis C infection is the sharing of drug-injection equipment such as needles, syringes and other equipment used to prepare substances for injection, Here, the Jackson County Health Department was able to track whether substance misuse was a factor in contracting Hepatitis C or not. The results are found below.