This is an academic paper that discusses the important role that pharmacies can play in the opioid crisis, from safe dispensing to patient counseling on safe storage and disposal of prescription opioids to naloxone distribution. Two program models, a collaborative pharmacy practice agreement for naloxone in Rhode Island and a pharmacy standing order in Massachusetts, are highlighted. 

This is an academic paper that identifies and classifies digital technologies being developed, implemented, and evaluated for overdose prevention. These technologies include monitoring vital signs for an overdose, alerting first responders of an overdose, or a combination of both. 

Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program (ODMAP) is a tool that communities can use to implement a real-time overdose surveillance system that supports public safety and public health efforts to mobilize immediate responses to overdose spikes. More information can be found in this presentation on ODMAP. 

This is a toolkit from SAMHSA that provides guidance on the role of opioid overdose reversal medications and how to respond to an overdose and is tailored to specific populations, like people who use drugs, people who take prescription opioids, and first responders. 

This report details an environmental scan which evaluates the extent to which overdose prevention and response efforts are implemented among those under community supervision following release from incarceration. The scan included a literature review, interviews, and discussions with experts on the topics of overdose prevention and harm reduction. 

This is a report from the National Council for Mental Wellbeing that provides local and state health departments with information, resources, and tools to implement effective strategies to support linking people who are at risk of opioid overdose to care. It is organized by seven strategies aligned with health department essential functions. There are examples of successful initiatives implemented throughout the United States. This resource can help communities implement interventions that can reduce the gap between individuals who have opioid use disorder and those receiving treatment for this condition. 

This issue brief from Trust for America's Health and Well-Being Trust provides national and state data from 1999-2017 on deaths of despair, which are defined as deaths attributed to drug overdoses, suicides, and alcohol poisoning/alcohol-related liver disease. 

This is an issue brief that provides an update on the first two "Pain in the Nation" reports. Opioid overdose deaths have declined but deaths involving alcohol, suicide, synethetic opioids, and psychostimulants continue to rise. Prior responses to the opioid crisis are highlighted, experts are interviewed, and recommendations are made. 

This is a report from the Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care that summarizes the Patient and Family Advisor (PFA) Summit on the opioid crisis, held in 2018. Characteristics of meaningful partnerships with patients and families are discussed and several promising partnerships are highlighted. Recommendations are made to strengthen these partnerships. 

This is a website providing tools, information, and other resources to help communities develop and implement post-overdose response teams. 

This toolkit from the Harm Reduction Coalition provides examples of policies and practices from current peer-delivered syringe exchange (PDSE) programs. It gives an overview of points to consider in starting a PDSE program and is intended to generate new ideas for revising and improving existing PDSE programs.

This is a report from the Center for Public Safety Initiatives that provides a catalog and summaries of programs, approaches, and interventions to respond to the opioid crisis. These entries include responses that are local, national, and international.