States May Soon Have to Provide Medication-Assisted Treatment to Inmates, Here’s How to Fund It

State policymakers on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic understand that treating justice-involved individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) offers a critical opportunity to expand access to treatment. While there is strong evidence that medicati

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Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Playbook

The AHRQ Academy developed the Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Playbook (referred to as the MAT for OUD Playbook), a practical guide for implementing MAT in primary care and other ambulatory care settings. While the Playbook aim

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Deterra Drug Deactivation System

Minneapolis based Verde® Technologies, Inc., is a privately owned company committed to developing research based scientifically proven solutions to reduce drug abuse, misuse and negative environmental impact. The patented Deterra® Drug Deactivation S

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Local Health Department Approaches to Opioid Use Prevention and Response: An Environmental Scan

Despite these efforts, there is a lack of information about how Local Health Departments (LHDs) are conducting opioid prevention and response activities and a lack of access to case studies and evidence-based best practices to guide LHDs seeking exam

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Templates for LHD Opioid Prevention & Response: A How-To Guide

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is dedicated to increasing local health department (LHD) capacity to respond effectively to the opioid epidemic. This How-To Guide is a reference document to support LHDs as they p

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CDC Vital Signs

About 48,000 US drug overdose deaths involved opioids in 2017. Naloxone is a life-saving medication that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Pharmacists and other healthcare providers play a critical role in ensuring patients receive nalox

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The Opioid Epidemic Practical Toolkit: Helping Faith Based and Community Leaders Bring Hope and Healing to Our Communities

The U.S. Department of Health andHuman Services (HHS) recognizes that faith-and community-based partners eagerly andwillingly step in to meet the needs of their communities...This HHS Partnership Center toolkit is segmented into seven key areas that

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Preventing Opioid Misuse in the States and Territories Framework

This framework recognizes the critical role of public health leaders and partners in carrying out a comprehensive, cross-sector response to the opioid crisis. With effective leadership and cross-sector partnerships, states and territories can leverag

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National Drug Control Strategy

The drug crisis our country faces today is unprecedented. It has evolved over the past several decades and has steadily worsened with time. Every state and county, and every socioeconomic group in our country, is directly affected by the negative con

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Map of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Among Newborn Hospitalizations

This HCUP Fast Stats interactive heat map visualizes the rate of births diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) by State. Each State's NAS rate is reported per 1,000 newborn hospitalizations. States are color-coded in quintiles using 2015 a

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Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution in the San Francisco County Jail

People leaving incarceration are at high risk of opioid-related overdose. Overdose fatalities are preventable with administration of naloxone. In response to this risk, overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) programs have been implemente

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Public Libraries Respond to the Opioid Crisis with Their Communities: Summary Report

In response to the growing opioid crisis in the United States, OCLC—a global library cooperative— and the Public Library Association (PLA) sought to better understand how public libraries are responding to the opioid crisis locally with partners. Eig

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Mapping the Opioid Epidemic: How Local Governments are Taking the Lead on a National Challenge

For all the national media attention it has attracted, the opioid crisis remains a local problem, demanding that local governments try innovative strategies to fit their communities’ unique needs. Many do this through the Opioid Mapping Initiative (O

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Tracking Federal Funding to Combat the Opioid Crisis

The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) presents a comprehensive report which documents 57 federally funded opioid programs in the fiscal years 2017 and 2018. The programs span prevention, treatment and recovery efforts. The objective of this document is

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Opioids: Policy to Practice

Recorded presentations, panels and resources from the University of Michigan - Harvard University Summit.

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A Stakeholder-driven Action Plan for Improving Pain Management, Opioid Use, and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Through Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support

Opioid use for managing pain and non-medical purposes has reached epidemic proportions and has created a national crisis that causes staggering mortality, costs, and shattered lives. Patients and care teams could better address these challenges throu

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Global Opioids

Global Opioids: As the U.S. fights to undo the damage from the opioid epidemic, pharmaceutical companies are expanding around the world. The Associated Press, supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, is investigating this gl

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Medications for Opioid Use Disorder: For Healthcare and Addiction Professionals, Policymakers, Patients, and Families

TREATMENT IMPROVEMENT PROTOCOL (TIP) 63: This TIP reviews three Food and Drug Administration-approved medications for opioid use disorder treatment—methadone, naltrexone, and buprenorphine—and the other strategies and services needed to support peopl

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Expanding Our Response: The NH Governor’s Commission on Alcohol and other Drugs Action Plan

This three-year (January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2021) strategic plan is based on recommendations made by the Governor’s Commission and Task Force members and other key stakeholders. In developing this plan each Task Force reviewed relevant alcohol a

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States May Soon Have to Provide Medication-Assisted Treatment to Inmates, Here’s How to Fund It

Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Playbook

Deterra Drug Deactivation System

Local Health Department Approaches to Opioid Use Prevention and Response: An Environmental Scan

Templates for LHD Opioid Prevention & Response: A How-To Guide

CDC Vital Signs

The Opioid Epidemic Practical Toolkit: Helping Faith Based and Community Leaders Bring Hope and Healing to Our Communities

Preventing Opioid Misuse in the States and Territories Framework

National Drug Control Strategy

Map of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Among Newborn Hospitalizations

Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution in the San Francisco County Jail

Public Libraries Respond to the Opioid Crisis with Their Communities: Summary Report

Mapping the Opioid Epidemic: How Local Governments are Taking the Lead on a National Challenge

Tracking Federal Funding to Combat the Opioid Crisis

Opioids: Policy to Practice

A Stakeholder-driven Action Plan for Improving Pain Management, Opioid Use, and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Through Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support

Global Opioids

Global Opioids: As the U.S. fights to undo the damage from the opioid epidemic, pharmaceutical companies are expanding around the world. The Associated Press, supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, is investigating this gl

Medications for Opioid Use Disorder: For Healthcare and Addiction Professionals, Policymakers, Patients, and Families

Expanding Our Response: The NH Governor’s Commission on Alcohol and other Drugs Action Plan

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