Recovery Ohio, a group composed of state officials and community representatives, issued this March 2019 report with recommendations to improve the state’s substance use and mental health services continuum of care. The report includes more than 50 recommendations in 8 categories: stigma and education, parity, workforce development, prevention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery supports, specialty populations including justice-involved individuals and youth, and data measurement and system linkage. Continue reading
Resource Tag: Justice-Informed
Monitoring and Changing Behavior: The Role of PMP Data in Kentucky Drug Courts
A 2011 report about how Kentucky’s drug courts access and use data from the state’s prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) from the PDMP Center of Excellence at Brandeis University.
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The Court’s Role in Reshaping the Child Welfare System to Focus on Prevention
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 Continue reading
National Judicial Opioid Task Force – Research Center for 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. Continue reading
Promising Strategies in Providing Opioid Use Disorder Treatment to Rural, Frontier, and other Underserved Communities.
This briefing paper from the National Judicial Opioid Task Force describes effective strategies to improve access to treatment for opioid use disorder in rural regions. The article discusses barriers to treatment in rural areas, particularly stigma against medication assisted treatment, and describes successful programsin rural communities across the country, including programs in Indian Country. Continue reading
Drug Court Practitioner Fact Sheet: Understanding and Detecting Prescription Drug Misuse and Misuse Disorders
This 2016 report by the National Drug Court Institute is an educational publication about prescription drug misuse for court professionals. It includes discussions about commonly misused or addictive prescription drugs including opioids, sedatives, and stimulants; how to identify individual who may have a prescription drug misuse problem; and an overview of treatment options. Continue reading
Words Matter: Judicial Language and Substance Use Disorders
A briefing paper by the National Judicial Opioid Task Force describing how judicial personnel can reduce the stigma associated with substance use disorder and improve engagement in and success with treatment by making conscious choices about the language used. A list of commonly used stigmatizing words Continue reading
Understanding the Basics of Addiction
This briefing paper from the National Judicial Opioid Task Force provides a brief overview of the science of addiction and fundamentals of substance use disorder treatment for judicial personnel. The paper includes specific information about opioid use disorder (OUD) in the criminal justice system and provides Continue reading
Tribal-State Court Forums: Addressing the Opioid Crisis
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 Continue reading
Tribal Cultural Competency Information for Judges
This briefing paper from the National Judicial Opioid Task Force provides information intended to improve judicial personnel’s cultural competence when working with American Indian/Alaska Native individuals and communities. The information updates the Substance Abuse and Health Services Continue reading