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 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that reviews strategies to increase retention in treatment for opioid use disorder, which research has shown to significantly improve long-term outcomes. This document provides a literature review, summarizes stakeholder interviews, and highlights five successful existing models. 

This is a toolkit from the Centre of Excellence for Women's Health that is tailored for service providers and health system planners who offer services to, or design services with, pregnant individuals and new mothers who use substances, with an emphasis on addressing stigma. The toolkit includes many useful tools and fact sheets. 

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.

This is a website that offers states resources on best practices, innovative policies, and emerging issues related to opioid use disorder treatment, with a particular focus on telehealth, expanding harm reduction services, and serving marginalized populations during the coronavirus pandemic. 

This comprehensive website provides links to resources for the intersection of the opioid crisis and the coronavirus pandemic, makes available previously reported webinars on supporting addiction treatment during the pandemic, and lists several commentaries in academic journals written by experts in the field. 

This is the website of the National Academy of Medicine's Opioid Collaborative, which provides webinars, discussion papers, and other resources on addressing the opioid crisis.

This is a 2020 report from the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) that discusses the strategic priorities of the federal government in relation to the supply and demand of drugs and how these will be operationalized. There is a focus on prevention, treatment, and recovery strategies. 

This report describes model criteria for certifying peer support workers to ensure their competence in providing substance and/or mental health peer support services. Such criteria include providing evidence of understanding of lived experience with substances, training in core competencies, formal education in relevant disciplines, and having supervised work experience. 

This is a report from the American Medical Association and Manatt Health that examines the response to the opioid crisis in four different states. Within this document, state-level efforts in six key areas were analyzed to identify best practices and provide a road map for all states to follow to mount a comprehensive response to the opioid crisis. 

A national survey of treatment providers done every year which can help assess the nature and extent of the services provided and in forecasting treatment resource requirements as well as analyze general treatment services trends.

This editorial highlights the consequences of a lack of real time data on drug overdose deaths. The authors discuss how with access to reliable and timely data, healthcare policymakers can implement strategies that identify and target specific at risk populations.