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.

This is a report from Facing Addiction that highlights the multiple pathways of recovery (e.g. SMART, LifeRing, 12-Step, Medication-Assisted Recovery, etc.) and is an accessible resource for individuals, families, and treatment professionals seeking information by outlining and describing…

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 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…

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. 

This is a guiding document from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) that provides standard operating procedures to help address the operational challenges of implementing, managing, evaluating, and monitoring a syringe service program (SSP).