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End the Epidemic: A Digest of Resources

Source: American Medical Association

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.

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Patients & Caregivers

A New Path: Parents for Addiction Treatment & Healing

Source: 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

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For New Governors: Snapshot of Major Federal Opioid Funding by State

Source: National Academy for State Health Policy

This interactive data feature from the National Academy for State Health Policy lists all of the federal funding grants provided to states to address the opioid crisis in FY 2018.

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Pain Treatment Guidelines

This website includes all of the pain treatment guidelines prepared by the Oregon Pain Guidance commission including guidelines on acute pain, chronic pain, low back pain, alternatives to pharmacological treatment of pain, treating pain in children and senior citizens, pain control for cancer and palliative care, opioid

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Tribal-State Court Forums: Addressing the Opioid Crisis

Source: National Judicial Opioid Task Force

Beginning in the 1980s, many states established tribal-state court forums to enable partnership and collaboration between tribal and state judicial systems. This briefing paper contains an overview of tribal-state court forums and discusses how these partnerships can enhance state and tribal nation’s efforts to

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Sample Court Transfer Agreement – State and Federal Courts

Source: National Judicial Opioid Task Force

Treatment courts have established themselves as a proven alternative to incarceration for individuals with substance use disorders and justice involvement. Unfortunately, individuals charged in federal court rarely have access to treatment court programs. In 2015, judges in Montana created an memorandum of understanding (MOU) to allow for

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Tracking PDMP Enhancement: The Best Practice Checklist

Source: Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice

In 2012, experts created a checklist of best practices for prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) as a way of improving the capability of PDMPs to produce data that is more accurate and useful.

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Expanding the Use of Medications to Treat Individuals with Substance Use Disorders in Safety-Net Settings – Creating Change on the Ground: Opportunities and Lessons Learned from the Field

Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

A 2014 report on the findings from a learning collaborative on how to implement medication assisted treatment in safety net settings including primary care, substance use treatment, and community mental health programs. Leaders from California, Maryland, and Ohio participated in the learning collaborative and this report shares their lessons learned.

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Getting Started with Medication-Assisted Treatment with Lessons from Advancing Recovery

Source: Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment

This 2010 report describes the experiences of grantees who participated in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State/Provider Partnerships for Quality Addiction Care program between 2005 and 2010. It describes lessons learned by grantees as they established medication assisted treatment programs in their organizations.

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