Overdose First Responders

Use the form linked below to submit your Naloxone Report Form

Overdose Victims

Recovery is possible and Waiting for you! Contact Tabatha Moss , Peer Support Specialist, by phone at 706-887-9220 or by email with the button below to submit your Request for Treatment.

P.O.R.C.H.

The PORCH Project is Providing Overdose Reversal to Give Columbus Hope. PORCH is educating, training, and distributing NARCAN nasal spray to our local first Responders and our community at large.

The PORCH Project is a partnership between the Columbus Consolidated Government and SAMHSA in an effort to save lives.

PORCH is overseen by Project Director Dayna Solomon and Project Coordinator Dr. Barry Poyner.  Other vital personnel include Officer Tony Newton, Peer Support Specialist Tabatha Moss, Evaluator Dr. Andrew Cox, and  Substance Use Disorder Counselor Todd Wilson

Porches transitionally take us from public to private spheres, from the chaos and cares of the world to the comforts of home and sometimes vice versa.  They convey a sense of nostalgia and a longing for simpler times.  Porches offer a sanctuary to enjoy solitude, to connect with nature.  Porches also allow us to engage in social interactions:  sometimes pleasant, even romantic as on the porch swing, and sometimes confrontational by not bringing conflict into the house. 

You don’t normally live on the front or back porch, unless you are in trouble.  So leave your dirty shoes on the porch as you explore our web page and find reasons for hope, not a whimful wish but a confident expectation!  Recovery is possible and waiting for you! 

Learn About Addiction

• The U.S. has seen a 200% increase prescription opioid overdose (OD) deaths increase since 2000.
• 80 percent of heroin users reported using prescription opioids for non-medical reasons before beginning to use heroin.
• Jan. 8, 2019 - According to the CDC, overdose deaths related to synthetic opioids increased more than 45 percent in 2017, likely driven by illicitly manufactured fentanyl.
• The state of Georgia had 549 opioid-specific drug ODs in 2015.
• There are 29 counties in Georgia where drug OD rates outpace U.S. average.
• Georgia ranks among top 11 states with most prescription opioid OD deaths.