Policymakers and community leaders play an important role in addressing opioids in our communities. This page highlights the most recently added resources specifically targeting elected and appointed government officials and staff members, members of the law enforcement community and first responders, and employees and volunteers of organizations. These resources, identified with orange tiles, include policy roadmaps, implementation guides, toolkits, education materials, sample legislation and other materials that can help you design and implement effective programs to prevent and address the consequences of opioid crisis.
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This website for the SAFE Project (Stop the Addiction Fatality Epidemic) provides evidence-based information, resources, and speakers to help individuals and groups address addiction in their communities. The Project has special focus campaigns to work with SAFE Campuses, SAFE Communities, and SAFE Veterans.
Young People in Recovery (YPR) was founded in 2010 by a group of young people, ages 18 to 30, who wanted to help others achieve and sustain recovery from addiction. YPR helps local communities create YPR chapters to provide education and support around recovery. They also develop life skills curriculum for individuals seeking or sustaining recovery and advocate for additional resources and programs for individuals in recovery, particularly youth and young adults.
In 2015, the Minnesota Legislature directed the Department of Human Services to implement a pilot program to improve birth outcomes – the Integrated Care for High Risk Pregnancies (ICHRP) Initiative. The pilot program was designed to reach two demographic groups: African Americans at risk for low birth weight births in the Twin Cities metropolitan area and American Indians at risk for opiate use during pregnancy.
This website is for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s opioid data dashboard and provides data behind Pennsylvania’s response to the opioid crisis.
This 3 minute video describes Project IMPACT (Improving Addiction Care Team) operating at Oregon Health and Science University. The video includes program director Honora Englander, M.D., Melissa Weimer, D.O. and peer-recovery counselor O’Nesha Cochran.
State officials participating in the Medicaid Evidence-based Decisions Project requested this rapid evidence review on the role of inpatient or residential detoxification for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD). As this 2-page document states, research is clear and addiction experts agree that detoxification alone is not a stand-alone treatment for OUD, but is merely the first step in a providing an individualized treatment plan which may include medication assisted treatment.
The Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH) created this provider implementation guide for their Medication First opioid use disorder treatment model. The Medication First treatment model was developed by DMH staff with assistance from staff from the Missouri Institute of Mental Health at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, and is based on the successful Housing First model used to address homelessness.
This report examines the use of illegal pill presses to create counterfeit medications that have been linked to overdose deaths in 29 states. Written by professionals from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators, and the Partnership for Safe Medicines, the report looks at the extent of the problem and considers possible legislative and law enforcement options to address the risk.
The National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors, Inc. (NASADAD) published this issue brief about how states use geographic information systems (GIS). GIS and other data visualization technologies enhance the way that state substance use agencies plan, implement, monitor, and communicate about substance use, including opioid misuse and overdose prevention, treatment, and recovery activities.
Link to the Northwest Technology Transfer Center ( ATTC) Network website which provides training and technical assistance to addiction treatment and recovery service providers who serve clients in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.