This is a chapter from the book Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic: Balancing Societal and Individual Benefits and Risks of Prescription Opioid Use that provides an extensive overview of the evidence on a wide array of interventions and policies to address the opioid crisis. 

This research report from the Urban Institute aims to provide input into a comprehensive community response through a systematic review and assessment of existing evidence to discern the effectiveness of interventions aimed to prevent and treat opioid use disorder (OUD) among adolescents in Ohio.

Through a targeted systematic literature review, this report identified and assessed promising interventions for addressing OUD among adolescents in three areas: (1) prevention, (2) screening and referral to treatment, and (3) treatment.

This is a report from Arnold Ventures and Carnevale consisting of a team of researchers that organizes what is known about public health-related services, programs, and strategies that have the strongest evidence for effectively putting abatement funds to work that may be the result of future opioid litigation settlements. Each intervention is classified by level of evidence and are represented across the continuum of care. 

This CDC report is designed to assist a wide range of stakeholders in understanding and navigating effective strategies to prevent opioid overdose in their communities. It provides evidence for specific opioid policies and strategies and discusses existing implementation of these interventions in communities. 

This report from Facing Addiction is targeted to community collaborations, providing an outline for organizing a forum in your community to promote effective youth prevention programs, demonstrating the necessity and efficacy of evidence-based prevention practices, and underscoring the necessity of SBIRT programming, citing both the latest research as well as examples of successful program implementation.

This comprehensive report from the Surgeon General addresses the entire continuum of care for substance use disorder (SUD) including chapters on prevention, early intervention, treatment, and recovery. There are also chapters on the neurobiology of SUD, the healthcare system, and specific suggestions for key stakeholders. The appendices at the end of the report contain many links to helpful resources. 

This special release by the Surgeon General is an extension of the previous comprehensive report on substance use disorders, highlighting extensive opioid-related information in one document. It provides the latest data on prevalence of substance use, opioid misuse, opioid use disorders, opioid overdoses, and related harms. There are additional resources embedded throughout the report. 

This is a report from the Center for Children and Family Futures and National Association of Drug Court Professionals that provides best practices in child welfare, treatment, the courts, and child and family well-being. Within this document, eight specific standards are discussed in detail. 

This report explores efforts to incorporate family-focused interventions to prevent adolescent substance use disorders into state health care policies. It describes barriers to implementing such interventions as well as lessons learned from successful efforts to scale up these interventions.

 An ONDCP/USDA document that provides a comprehensive and expansive list of resources organized by 26 different categories and also lists various funding opportunities to address the opioid crisis across the continuum of care.

This is a report from the Deloitte Center for Government Insights that describes a ecological approach to addressing the opioid crisis. A portfolio of policies, multi-sector collaboration, innovation, and feasibility/sustainability are features of this approach. 

This free six-week online class offered through the University of Michigan aims to empower non-prescribing providers to impact the U.S. opioid crisis through increased knowledge and tools that will transform practice and policies.