Better Together

Nevada Opioid Treatment Association (NOTA) is 6 united organizations at 12 locations providing medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and other treatment resources.

NOTA’s member leaders have hundreds of years of combined experience and provide services to over 4,000 Nevadans daily.

Our Mission

The mission of the Nevada Opioid Treatment Association (NOTA) is to unite and empower opioid treatment providers in Nevada. Through these efforts, NOTA will make a positive impact on the lives of those affected by opioid use disorders, creating healthier and more resilient Nevada communities.

The Problem We Face Together

Each year, opioid overdose, misuse, and dependence account for:

$35 billion in health care costs¹

Patients who experienced an opioid overdose accounted for $1.94 billion in annual hospital costs.²

$14.8 billion in criminal justice costs³

Each dollar invested in addiction treatment reduces drug-related crime, theft, and criminal justice costs by $4-$7.⁴

$92 billion in lost productivity⁵

The losses stem from premature death due to overdose, “productive hours” lost to OUD, and opioid-related incarceration.

Information and copy sourced from “The High Price of the Opioid Crisis, 2021.” The Pew Charitable Trusts, 27 Aug. 2021, www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/data-visualizations/2021/the-high-price-of-the-opioid-crisis-2021.

Citations

  1. C. Florence, F. Lui, and K. Rice, “The Economic Burden of Opioid Use Disorder and Fatal Opioid Overdose in the United States, 2017,” Drug and Alcohol Dependence 218 (2021), https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33121867/.
  2. Premier Inc., “Opioid Overdoses Costing U.S. Hospitals an Estimated $11 BillionAnnually,” news release, Jan. 3, 2019, https://www.premierinc.com/newsroom/press-releases/opioid-overdoses-costing-u-s-hospitals-an-estimated-11-billion-annually.
  3. Florence et al., “The Economic Burden of Opioid Use Disorder.”
  4. National Institute on Drug Abuse, “Principles of Effective Treatment,” accessed July 8, 2021, https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/principles-drug-addiction-treatment-research-based-guide-third-edition/principles-effective-treatment.
  5. Florence et al., “The Economic Burden of Opioid Use Disorder.”

We’ve seen about a 5x increase in fentanyl deaths in Nevada between January 2020 and December 2023.

12 Month-ending Provisional Number of Drug Overdose Deaths by Drug or Drug Class in Nevada

Source: NCHS, National Vital Statistics System. Estimates for 2023 are based on provisional data. Estimates for 2015-2022 are based on final data (available from: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/mortality_public_use_data.htm).

Who is Involved

John Firestone
President
John Firestone MSW, MBA
Dinita Smith
Treasurer
Dinita Smith PhD, MSW
Stephanie Mapula-Magdaleno
Secretary
Stephanie Mapula-Magdaleno
Regional director BHG
See the list of our members