This Spanish language guide from Partnership at DrugFree.org provides parents and caregivers with specific advice on how to talk to kids to prevent drug and alcohol misuse. It includes age appropriate scripts for starting conversations, guidance on what to say to teens about prescription drugs, advice on how to address
This report from the National Council on Behavioral Health provides policy makers with an overview of substance use disorder prevention models and strategies. The report also includes a list of resources to access additional information and provides examples of evidence-based prevention programs endorsed by SAMHSA. Funding Source: Unknown
This 2016 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study looked at data to identify counties in the United States that were vulnerable to HIV or hepatitis C outbreaks in persons who inject drugs. The study identified 220 counties in 26 states with heightened vulnerability to HIV and hepatitis C outbreaks and encouraged state and local health departments to implement prevention strategies.
A 2018 guide for state and local health departments on how to manage HIV and hepatitis C outbreaks among people who inject drugs from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Includes guidance on how to prepare for an outbreak, how to detect an outbreak, how to manage a public health investigation, and how to manage a multi-agency outbreak response. Funding Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This 2012 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention summarizes all federal agency guidance related to preventing HIV, hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis in persons who use drugs and recommends implementing integrated prevention strategies in the community and treatment facilities. Funding Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration provided a grant to the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry and their partners to support states and communities implementing their federal State Targeted Response grants. This is the website for the Technical
A 2017 strategic plan for addressing the opioid crisis in the City of Huntington, West Virginia designed by key stakeholders and the Mayor’s Office of Drug Control Policy. The plan highlights the need to coordinate efforts and proposes a focus on three key areas: prevention, treatment and recovery, and law enforcement.
Oregon law requires the creation of a comprehensive addiction, prevention, treatment, and recovery plan. This 2018 document from the Oregon Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission summarizes the commission’s recommendations for the plan to the Oregon governor.
Oregon law required the Oregon Alcohol & Drug Policy Commission to develop a comprehensive addiction recovery strategic plan and Oregon Recovers, a community organization dedicated to creating a recovery-based, continuum of care for treating addiction, provided recommendations
This 2016 comprehensive report includes detailed information on the prevalence of substance use and misuse in America, an overview of the science of addiction, information about the continuum of care from prevention through treatment to recovery, and a discussion of how health systems are changing to meet the growing need for addiction services.