This 2019 report provides an analysis of the state of North Carolina”s efforts to address the opioid crisis by providing a focused look at state efforts in 3 areas: substance use disorder treatment, pain management, and harm reduction. Part of a series looking at efforts in 4 states prepared by the American Medical Continue reading
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Spotlight on Mississippi: Best Practices and Next Steps in the Opioid Epidemic
This 2019 report provides an analysis of the state of Mississippi”s efforts to address the opioid crisis by providing a focused look at state efforts in 3 areas: substance use disorder treatment, pain management, and harm reduction. Part of a series looking at efforts in 4 states prepared by the American Medical Continue reading
Spotlight on Colorado: Best Practices and Next Steps in the Opioid Epidemic
This 2019 report provides an analysis of the state of Colorado”s efforts to address the opioid crisis by providing a focused look at state efforts in 3 areas: substance use disorder treatment, pain management, and harm reduction. Part of a series looking at efforts in 4 states prepared by the American Medical Continue reading
Spotlight on Pennsylvania: Leading-Edge Practices and Next Steps in Ending the Opioid Epidemic
This 2018 report provides an analysis of the state of Pennsylvania’s efforts to address the opioid crisis by providing a focused look at state efforts in 3 areas: substance use disorder treatment, pain management, and harm reduction. Part of a series looking at efforts in 4 states prepared by the American Medical Continue reading
Financing Recovery Support Services: Review and Analysis of Funding Recovery Support Services and Policy Recommendations
This 2010 report provides information about sources of funding for recovery support services in addiction treatment. Authors analyzed available federal and state funding streams for their requirements and highlighted 18 state examples of creative ways of funding recovery support services. The report concludes with Continue reading
Improvements to Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Can Inform Prescribing: PDMP Administrators Share Views on how Enhancements Can Be Implemented
This 2018 report from Pew Charitable Trusts reports on focus groups conducted with 21 administrators of prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) on ways to enhance patient PDMP profiles, barriers to PDMP use and implementation, and recommendations for improving the use of PDMPs. Continue reading
State Options for Promoting Recovery among Pregnant and Parenting Women with Opioid or Substance Use Disorder
This 2018 report from the National Academy for State Health Policy describes strategies state and local leaders can adopt to promote recovery among pregnant and parenting women with opioid use disorder. It also features descriptions of programs in place in Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Continue reading
End the Epidemic: A Digest of Resources
This website from the American Medical Association (AMA) is the home of their opioid task force and includes task force policy recommendations as well as information about topics such as naloxone, substance use disorder treatment, as well as the activities of state AMA chapters to address the opioid crisis. Continue reading
A New Path: Parents for Addiction Treatment & Healing
The website for A New Path, an advocacy group of parents, citizens, individuals in recovery, community leaders and health care professionals working to educate the public, media and policy makers about addiction and expand access to treatment. The group has a focus on reducing the stigma associated with Continue reading
Acupuncture for Chronic Pain in the Vermont Medicaid Population: A Prospective, Pragmatic Intervention Trial
This is a 2018 journal report of a pilot project to provide acupuncture for some Vermont Medicaid patients with chronic pain diagnoses. Continue reading