This is a publication by the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) that highlights strategies states are using to better deploy emergency intervention to reduce opioid overdose deaths, improve access to care, and provide better treatment services in rural areas.

This report…

This is an academic paper that provides an overview of interventions for incarcerated people in the United States with opioid use disorder (OUD). There is also a specific focus on addressing the social determinants of health within this study.

This is a policy brief from the Harvard Institute of Politics that provides an overview of how the state of Massachusetts uses civil commitments to coerce people with substance use disorders into treatment. The different problems of this approach are discussed and potential solutions are…

This is an issue brief which provides an overview of the coverage and cost of several forms of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) for individuals with private insurance, Medicare, or Medicaid. The report also provides inconsistencies in policy among private and public health insurance…

In this academic paper, the authors investigated how syringe service programs can prove their cost effectiveness by calculating how many HIV infections the program would need to prevent in order to be considered cost-saving. The study concluded that the syringe service program would only need to…

This is a free curriculum offered by the National Harm Reduction Coalition and aims to provide a structured course for providing harm reduction in communities and building community support for harm reduction interventions. The course includes information on drug-induced homicide, syringe access…

This report, from the National Sheriff's Association and the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, gives an overview with deeper exploration of general tenets and best practices associated with developing, implementing, and sustaining a jail-based treatment program using medications…

This academic paper describes a qualitative study analyzing the barriers and facilitators to implementing MOUD treatment in a sample of New Jersey jails. The investigators interviewed and surveyed jail staff and found that MOUD delivery practices varied on a number of factors. This included…

This compendium of best practice recommendations and resources from the Bureau of Drug and Alcohol Services at the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services was developed to provide guidance and support to initiate and expand medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) for patient…

This is an academic paper that uses a survey among law enforcement officers in High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTAs) to explore knowledge and attitudes towards responding to opioid overdoses. Though most officers have access to naloxone and been trained to respond to an opioid overdose…

This report from the Bureau of Justice Assistance outlines 5 pathways that first responders and law enforcement can utilize though deflection and diversion of patients with opioid use disorder to treatment services. They are an alternative to traditional approaches taken by law enforcement and…

This is a report from Priority Criminal Justice Needs Initiative that summarizes the high-priority needs for law enforcement to address the opioid crisis, identified through a workshop of stakeholders.

This is a report from the SAFE Project and the Police, Treatment, and Community Collaborative that highlights law enforcement diversion models to address the opioid crisis, such as self-referrals to treatment with police departments as entry points, active outreach, overdose education and…

This is an academic paper that discusses the feasibility of using a smartphone app to increase the response to opioid overdoses. Volunteers can signal an apparent overdose to other volunteers using the app to expand access and availability to naloxone. The first naloxone dose was provided by a…

This report details the lived experiences of individuals with an Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) in order to give a better understanding of the barriers to treatment that exist within Massachusetts. A few of the barriers discussed in the report include racially inequitable access to treatment, lack of…

This is an issue brief from the Network of Public Health Law that provides an overview of naloxone access and Good Samaritan laws. There is a table that shows the legal status of these laws for each state. Laws that encourage the prescription and use of naloxone and the timely seeking of…

This is a website that provides summary documents on how pharmacists are responding to the opioid crisis, including preventing opioid misuse, increasing access to medications of opioid use disorder, and providing harm reduction services. These documents describe success stories as well as…

This report from the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH)  summarizes the lessons learned from the Rural Opioid Overdose Reversal (ROOR) Program.

The program funded 18 awardees to develop community partnerships in an effort to combat the opioid crisis at the…

This is a report supported by the CDC which provides an overview of relevant legal, health, and equity considerations in collecting, using, and sharing overdose related data. Relevant resources are included throughout the document. 

This is a report from the Urban Institute that provides an overview of the role Maine's Medicaid program is playing and could play in addressing Maine’s opioid crisis and substance use disorders (SUDs) more broadly, in the context of the recent expansion of Medicaid.

This analysis…