This discussion paper from researchers affiliated with the National Academy of Medicine identifies strategies to increase access to evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) in health care settings. Effective OUD treatment includes access to medications such as methadone, buprenorphine, or extended-release naltrexone as well as opportunities to receive additional services such as behavioral counseling, case management, and peer support.
This report on state strategies to support substance use disorder (SUD) treatment in Federally Qualified Health Centers(FQHCs) describes policy innovations and lessons learned from FQHCs in 5 states: Alabama, Illinois, South Dakota, Virginia and Wisconsin.
This 2019 report from the Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) presents the recommendations of ASPPH’s Task Force on Public Health Initiatives to Address the Opioid Crisis. The report provides recommendations for policy officials to address the crisis in 8 subject areas:
The Harm Reduction Coalition spoke to diverse group of people who use drugs in San Francisco to inform a public health campaign the City planned to raise awareness about risks associated with fentanyl and the use of naloxone to treat opioid overdose.
This 2019 report provides evidence based responses to common objections to using medication assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder.
This 7 minute video titled “Polysubstance Use: The Norm Not The Exception” from a clinician at Boston Medical Center’s Grayken Center for Addiction explains that health care providers are likely to encounter poly-substance use in their patients and describes how and why patients might use multiple substances.
This 2018 publication by the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists presents the concept of harm reduction and presents strategies for pharmacists to adopt harm reduction concepts in their practices.
This website, BASIS, from the Cambridge Health Alliance’s Division on Addiction, provides weekly summaries of addiction science research for patients and their caregivers, policy makers, and clinicians. Users can subscribe to a weekly update of research summaries. BASIS stands for The Brief Addiction Science Information Source.
This one page infographic provides 8 strategies to enable family and caregivers to continue loving and supporting someone with an addition.
This video highlights the risks of opioids from the perspective of a mother who lost her son to an overdose after he became addiction following an opioid prescription for a sports injury. The video emphasizes that many patients do not understand the risks of opioid addiction. Produced by the National Safety