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Georgia DBHDD State Opioid Response PSAs

Series of opioid public service announcements (US-GA) made by the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities' Office of Behavioral Health Prevention with federal State Targeted Response and State Opioid Response money, 2018-2022: Good Samaritan law and naloxone spots shown in more than 100 movie theaters ('Stop Overdoses Now'), then pain-pill, 'It Takes A Village' and 'Neighborhood Watch' spots.

Years
2018–2022
Country
United States
Topic
Harm reductionOpioids
Asks people to
RecognizeSeek helpStart
Strategy
Service linkSimple instruction
Channel
CinemaSocial (paid)TV
Audience
General public

Evidence

NoneUnknown

DBHDD reports the first two PSAs played in more than 100 movie theatres statewide; no reach or outcome data.

Sponsor (who paid)

Credits (who made it)

Not recorded yet.

Executions (individual ads)

Related campaigns

Sources

  1. DBHDD: Response to the Opioid Crisis sponsor
  2. GeorgiaDBHDD YouTube channel archive

Research notes

US-GA. Discovered 2026-10-22 for #17. Grouped as one case because the spots share sponsor and funding stream but carry no common campaign name. Years are estimated from YouTube's relative upload dates ('Stop Overdoses Now' about 7-8 years ago; State Opioid Response PSAs 6-7 years; 'Neighborhood Watch' about 4 years, so 2022) and are approximate. Funding: SAMHSA STR/SOR grants per DBHDD; no settlement funding found. Agency/production company not found. DBHDD also posted 'Safe & Secure' spots (eight cuts, 2026); their subject (medication or firearm storage) was not confirmed. DBHDD planned PSAs on self-advocacy and safe storage/disposal; not confirmed released. Ad library search: "Georgia DBHDD", "Georgia Department of Behavioral Health". Context, not a campaign result: the DBHDD Response to the Opioid Crisis page (https://dbhdd.georgia.gov/response-opioid-crisis, fetched 2026-10-22) reports State Opioid Response naloxone work of 3,255 citizens trained, 4,851 kits distributed and 435 self-reported overdose reversals (no period given); these figures belong to the training program, not the PSAs, so evidence is unchanged.

Record cases/ga-dbhdd-opioid-response-psas.json, updated 2026-10-22· Link to this campaign