This is an academic paper that provides commentary on the emergence of fentanyl in opioids, creating an unsafe illicit drug supply. The benefits of innovative and controversial policies, such as low-threshold opioid distribution programs and safe injection facilities, are discussed. 

This is a report from the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) that explores innovative approaches Louisiana, New York, and West Virginia have taken to address co-occurring HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV) infections and substance use disorder (SUD) – providing both rural and urban…

This is an academic paper that provides an overview of naloxone take-home programs implemented across the United States and best practices for these programs as well as a summary of their effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. 

This is an academic paper that gives a review on primary prevention interventions delivered during childhood and adolescence to reduce individuals’ later risk for opioid and other drug use disorders. Different types of evidence-based prevention strategies are discussed. 

This is an academic paper that documents the currently available opioid-related smartphone apps and reviews past and existing technology solutions that address opioid use disorder (OUD), including educational apps for prescribers, wearable sensors, and GPS locator apps. 

This paper analyzes the current state of telehealth services at the federal and state levels, as well as the benefits and limitations of telehealth technology use. It also offers public policy recommendations to improve telehealth services in the United States. 

This is a report from SAMHSA that reviews the literature on the effectiveness of telehealth modalities for the treatment of severe mental illness (SMI) and substance use disorder (SUD), distills the research into recommendations for practice, and provides examples of how practitioners use these…

This is a CADTH Rapid Response Report that gives a critical appraisal on providing medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) via telemedicine. The report summarizes the evidence for telehealth-delivered MOUD and provides evidence-based guidelines, a cost-effective analysis, and guidance on…

This is a brief report from the US Dept. of Health and Human Services that provides clinical scenario examples that are compliant with current DEA policies around using telehealth to deliver medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). 

This is an academic paper that provides commentary on leveraging telehealth to increase the capacity of medications for opioid use disorder (OUD). Current evidence, existing state laws, barriers, and policy recommendations are discussed. 

This is an academic paper that provides commentary on the importance of telemedicine as a tool to address the opioid crisis. Applying telehealth to delivering medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) has the potential to overcome barriers that keep people with opioid use disorder (OUD) from…

This is a report from Unity Recovery that provides guidance on how this recovery community organization provides digital recovery support services to their clients, with a special emphasis on recovery coaching…

This is a report from the Police Executive Research Forum, which convened public safety and public health experts to provide recommendations as standards of care for police departments in addressing the opioid crisis. Additionally, successfully implemented models are highlighted in this document…

This is a report from the Center for Court Innovation and reflects the cumulative effort of a working group of more than more than thirty criminal justice system practitioners, subject matter experts, researchers, and government officials. The history of opioid intervention courts are discussed…

This is a report from the National Academy of Medicine that describes the impact of the opioid crisis and promising approaches for five specific subpopulations: justice-involved populations, rural populations, veterans, adolescents and young adults, and persons who inject drugs.

This is an academic paper that provides a scoping review of policies that states have implemented to prevent opioid misuse and opioid use disorder, such as prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMP), pain clinic laws, and laws restricting opioid prescribing. The evidence for these policies is…

This is an academic article from an expert in adolescent treatment of opioid use disorder that discusses the results of a previous trial of youth and young adults randomized to either extended-release naltrexone or buprenorphine. Outcomes were worse in youth, and this commentary discusses the…

This is a report from Children and Family Futures that defines and provides examples of collaborative practice in each of the ten system linkage elements, focused in the child welfare, substance use treatment, and juvenile court dependency systems. State and community collaborative groups can…

This is a report using the Communities That Care (CTC) model to combat risky youth behaviors. In rural western Massachusetts, a CRC coalition with members from many sectors of the community has been working for more than a decade to support youth well-being and reduce youth substance use. In…

This is an editorial in an academic journal about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on different aspects of the opioid use disorder treatment system, including opioid treatment providers, buprenorphine prescribing, bridge clinics, telemedicine, and delivery of harm reduction.