This is an academic paper that summarizes the evidence supporting medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). It provides an overview of the pharmacology of MOUD, and discusses clinical indications for each form of MOUD.…

This is an academic paper that provides a synopsis of the evidence for buprenorphine in treating opioid use disorder (OUD). The study concludes that buprenorphine is associated with improved outcomes compared with placebo for individuals and pregnant women with OUD and that buprenorphine…

This is an academic paper that provides a synopsis of the evidence for methadone as a medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD). The study concludes that methadone is associated with improved outcomes for individuals and pregnant women with opioid use disorders, and that methadone should be a…

This is a report from SAMHSA for a wide range of stakeholders (healthcare professionals, policymakers, patients, and families) that gives an overview of the three FDA-approved medications used to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) as well as other strategies and services needed to support recovery…

This is a consensus study report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine put together by a committee of experts in the field. It summarizes the evidence on medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), discusses the use of and evidence for these medications in different…

This report from SAMHSA provides an updated overview of three Food and Drug Administration-approved medications for opioid use disorder treatment—methadone, naltrexone, and buprenorphine—and other strategies and services needed to support people in treatment. It is targeted towards healthcare…

This academic paper investigates the impact of implementing harm reduction programs in a hospital care setting. The results indicate that the implementation was successful and that the authors' program was able to better educate and engage patients, staff, and clinicians in harm reduction…

This is an academic paper that describes the collaboration between a multidisciplinary team of university, state and federal agency, and community experts to create a unified database linking controlled substance prescribing, overdose, and treatment for opioid use disorder in Connecticut that…

This report examines the current federal regulatory and legal landscape around the provision of and access to methadone for the treatment of OUD. It explores potential policy changes to address federal, state, and local barriers to the provision of methadone treatment and consider opportunities…

This is a report from the Alliance for Addiction Payment Reform, a group advocating for employing a chronic disease model of treatment for substance use disorder, that gives an overview of the availability of digital technology options to improve treatment outcomes, such as telehealth, digital…

This is an academic paper that discusses the evaluation of an innovative tool, the Mobile Intervention Kit (MIK), in a street outreach syringe exchange program in the Bronx, NY. The MIK is a tablet-based intervention with three separate modules (HIV, Hepatitis C, overdose prevention) that can be…

This is an academic paper that is a quality improvement study in which the authors investigated whether medications used to treat opioid use disorder such as buprenorphine can be effectively provided to individuals living in rural areas via telemedicine in a mobile treatment unit. Findings…

This is a guide from the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) which provides strategies for rural communities to mobilize community partnerships for public health programming, including local examples and lessons learned. 

This is a report outlining a model policy to expand access to opioid antagonists such as naloxone. The act aims to address the issues surrounding the equitable delivery of this life saving medication into the hands of those who need it the most. Strategies such as requiring health insurance…

This is a report which outlines a model state legislation to create an opioid litigation fund and council. The prospective fund would ensure that money allocated to states through opioid litigation settlements and judgements solely be used to address the opioid crisis. 

This is a report on a suggested model policy that provides a framework for establishing county-level overdose fatality review teams in each state. The aim of overdose fatality review teams are to understand the who, what, when, where and how a fatal overdose occurs. The strategies this model…

This is a report describing a model policy to establish a service which allows for data collection of confirmed or suspected overdoses in order to support public safety and public health efforts to mobilize an immediate response to a sudden increase in overdoses. The model policy also outlines…

This is a report which outlines a new expansive model policy on syringe service programs. This model policy aims to authorize the establishment of comprehensive syringe service programs that include medications for addiction treatment, HIV and viral hepatitis testing and treatment, and expanded…

Within this academic paper, it is explained that building on earlier research (Case and Deaton, 2015), it is found that mortality and morbidity among white non-Hispanic Americans in midlife since the turn of the century continued to climb…

This is an abstract of an academic paper that describes the process and results of convening a multidisciplinary team in Rhode Island to address the opioid crisis with the goals of identifying gaps in policies and programming and developing recommendations to prevent future deaths.