Getting A Fix: Mapping Drug Overdoses

The Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program, or ODMAP, helps first responders collect drug overdose data in real time.

“Getting a Fix” is an in-depth series that explores the opioid epidemic gripping the United States.

Jeff Beeson is deputy director of the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. Beeson’s team has a way for first responders to enter overdose data in real time, to help bridge the data gap plaguing the opioid epidemic.