This 25 page document on heroin includes information of interest to patients and caregivers, policy makers, and state and local community leaders. Published by the National Institute on Drug Abuse in 2018, it covers topics such as scope of heroin use in the United States, the effects of heroin use including medical
The Court’s Role in Reshaping the Child Welfare System to Focus on Prevention
Source: National Judicial Opioid Task Force
Judges and judicial personnel discuss the role of the courts in improving the child welfare system by strengthening families and using trauma informed treatments in the judicial system. This is an hour long recording of a conversation between judges, officials from the Children’s Bureau, and the National Center
Behind Prescription Drug Overdose Statistics: Louie Miceli
Source: National Safety Council
Louie Miceli started using prescription opioids after a sports injury. In this video, Louie’s mother and friend speak of Louie and how his prescription eventually led to addiction, the use of heroin, and his death from overdose in 2012. Produced by the National Safety Council in 2014.
Alternatives to Opioid Pain Medications
Source: National Safety Council
This half hour video educates primary care providers about treating pain with an emphasis on assessing patients for their risks for opioid abuse and considering alternative non-opioid treatments for pain. Produced in 2015 by the National Safety Council, the video is a presentation by Dr. Don Teater, medical advisor at the Safety Council.
A National Safety Council Safe Community in Action
Source: National Safety Council
This 5 minute video from the National Safety Council describes the coordinated, collaborative response to opioid overdoses in Madison, Wisconsin. The video highlights how community collaboration created a multifaceted response to the overdose epidemic and briefly describes programs that local leaders could potentially adopt in their communities.
Drug Overdoses: An Interactive Table of Overdose Deaths by Select Drugs in the U.S. from 1999-2017
Source: National Safety Council
This website presents an interactive data chart on drug overdoses in the United States from the National Safety Council. Users can compare data on overdoses over time (1999-2017), by drug type, age, and gender.
Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Save Lives – Full Report
Source: National Academies of Science, Engineering, & Medicine
From this website, the National Academies of Medicine 2019 report “Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Save Lives” can be downloaded for free. Also available are a press release, executive summaries of the report’s conclusions and highlights, and a social media toolkit for dissemination.
National Judicial Opioid Task Force – Research Center for Courts
Source: National Center for State Courts
The website for the National Judicial Opioid Task Force sponsored by the National Center for State Courts includes links to publications, webinars, training modules, and other materials.
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.
STOP Playbook: How Health Plans Are Tackling the Opioid Crisis
Source: America's Health Insurance Plans
The STOP initiative from AHIP (America’s Health Insurance Plans) is intended to help reduce unsafe opioid prescribing by providing a system to measure adherence to opioid prescribing guidelines using insurance claims data. This report describes other strategies health plans may use to reduce inappropriate and unsafe prescriptions.