This is an academic paper that summarizes over one hundred community plans to address the opioid crisis in the United States and Canada. These were found in both the peer-review and grey literature. According to this paper, most community opioid-related plans were provincially/state-funded, public health-led efforts that involved an average of seven partners, with law enforcement, healthcare, and public health sectors commonly represented in partnerships.

This is an academic paper that explored the support and attitudes of emergency department (ED) personnel in Nevada towards using a mobile outreach team following the presentation of an opioid overdose to the ED. Findings suggest strong support and enthusiasm for this type of intervention. Giving ED personnel an approach to manage patients after a nonfatal overdose, through the use of reaching out to a mobile outreach team, is promising and will likely be utilized. 

This is an academic paper published by the Harm Reduction Journal that discusses the relationship between syringe service programs and law enforcement in the state of Colorado. Through a review of syringe service programs in the state, the authors identified barriers and suggest effective strategies that would improve the relationship between syringe service programs and law enforcement. This positive relationship can have positive impacts on syringe service clients.