This is an academic paper that examines the quality of evidence for prevention strategies related to both preventing opioid misuse and opioid use disorder as well as opioid overdoses. Topics such as PDMPs, safe storage and disposal, insurance strategies, naloxone distribution and education, and community coalitions are explored within this paper.
Haegerich, T. M., Jones, C. M., Cote, P.-O., Robinson, A., & Ross, L. (2019). Evidence for state, community and systems-level prevention strategies to address the opioid crisis. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 204, 107563. doi:0.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107563