A three-pronged approach to reduce opioid-related harms in Michigan through prescriber recommendations, community education, and safe disposal of prescription opioids

A local coalition in rural Minnesota addressing drug prevention by holding community forums and education sessions and collaborating with schools

Dissemination of opioid prescribing guidelines in a rural county reduced diversion of prescribed opioids

A public education campaign targeting youth and young adults in Rhode Island to reduce stigma and prevent the misuse of opioids among young people

Access to an evidence-based continuum of care for youth in Southern California who are at risk or have an opioid use disorder

Primary prevention strategies in Michigan targeted towards children and adolescents to promote cautious opioid prescribing and increase appropriate disposal of unused prescription opioid medications

A toolkit developed in Oregon to raise awareness among pharmacists about the opioid crisis, increase their access to PDMP data, and facilitate safe opioid dispensing

An educational intervention developed in Pennsylvania aimed at providing a better understanding of the opioid crisis targeted to public health and healthcare professionals in training

A culturally competent substance use prevention intervention targeting Native American youth in three different tribal communities 

Widely replicated outside Maryland, local multi-disciplinary teams review data behind overdose deaths to inform programs across the continuum of care

A state initiative that works with community organizations to expand the availability of naloxone in Alaska

An initiative in Ohio that uses a community-driven, collective impact approach to respond to the opioid crisis with a focus on social determinants of health

A statewide program provides community-level support to reduce overdose deaths via coalition building and technical assistance

A substance use prevention program targeted towards youth aged 10-14 and their families

A collaboration of stakeholders in California targeting prescription opioid misuse

A statewide network of 16 local coalitions in 23 counties focused on safe opioid prescribing, expanding use of medications for opioid use disorder, and wider access to naloxone

A program, implemented in Massachusetts, that addresses trauma and parenting challenges for mothers in treatment and recovery services for substance use disorders and includes their young children

An in-class, one-hour prevention program for grades 6-12 on the risks of using prescription and illicit opioids

A youth prevention model implemented in rural Massachusetts that has substantially reduced substance use, including prescription drug misuse

A comprehensive public health response to the opioid crisis in Montgomery County (Dayton, OH)