The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that federal funding may be used to purchase rapid fentanyl test strips (FTS). FTS can be used to determine if drugs have been cut or mixed with fentanyl which greatly increases the risk of overdose death. Continue reading
Resource Tag: State Government
Syringe Services Programs: A Technical Package of Effective Strategies and Approaches for Planning, Design and Implementation
This resource supports successful planning, design, implementation, and sustainability of syringe service programs (SSPs). The document describes 5 main strategies for SSP implementation and service delivery that are know to be effective: Continue reading
Needle Exchange Resources: Infectious Disease Elimination Act of Florida
This document produced by the Florida Department of Health provides a list of resources to support syringe exchange programs as part of implementation of the Florida Infectious Disease Elimination Act. Continue reading
Fact Sheet: Infectious Disease Elimination Act of Florida
This 2 page fact sheet explains the state of Florida’s Infectious Disease Elimination Act (IDEA), which allowed counties in the state to establish syringe exchange programs for people who use drugs. The resource describes the problem IDEA is intended to solve, explains the legislation, and describes the benefits of syringe exchange programs. Continue reading
Faces & Voices of Recovery
Faces & Voices of Recovery is a non-profit organization that organizes individuals in recovery and their allies to support recovery through advocacy, education, and leadership. Continue reading
Prevent Overdose RI
The website for Prevent Overdose Rhode Island serves as a centralized source for information about Rhode Island’s multifaceted response to the drug overdose crisis. The site includes the state action plan, information about prevention, overdose rescue efforts including naloxone, treatment services, and recovery support services. Continue reading
Medicaid Delivery System Reforms to Combat the Opioid Crisis
This report provides an overview of Medicaid delivery system reform efforts aimed at addressing the opioid crisis. The report describe 2 models of delivery system reforms: adoption of the Medicaid health home model for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment and innovations that improve warm handoffs and care transitions from different levels of substance use disorder treatment. Continue reading
Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program
The website for the Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program (ODMAP) provides real-time data on suspected fatal and non-fatal overdose events to support public safety and public health efforts to mobilize response to sudden increases or spikes in these events. Continue reading
Pharmacists’ Insights into Their Role in Preventing Opioid Overdose
This 4-page issue brief explores pharmacists’ insights into their role in preventing opioid overdose. Continue reading
National Roadmap on State-Level Efforts to End the Nation’s Drug Overdose Epidemic
The 2020 national roadmap for state strategies to address the nation’s drug overdose epidemic updates the 2019 publication and focuses on 6 strategic areas: increasing access to evidence-based treatments for substance use disorders (SUDs); enforcing mental health and SUD parity laws; ensuring access to physician care; improving access to multi-modal pain care; expanding harm reduction efforts; and improving monitoring and evaluation. Continue reading