This is a report from Optum that describes how peer support services can be employed across the continuum of care for behavioral health, with a special focus on programs already implemented and their results. 

This report discusses the role of peer support workers and models of care that are available to assist individuals who are experiencing a crisis. This document highlights specific models of peer support services and features key resources.

This is a report from the National Council for Behavioral Health that highlights how recovery community organizations and programs are employing peer support workers in the emergency department after opioid overdoses. Several program models are discussed in this document. 

This is a report from ASAM, Faces and Voices of Recovery, and Community Catalyst that aims to identify what outcomes matter most to people with substance use disorders (SUD) to ensure their voices guide future research and action to improve the system. Nationally, the researchers surveyed nearly…

This document provides jail and prison administrators, program managers, medical staff in correctional settings, and reentry staff with a performance management framework to monitor medication-assisted treatment (MAT) in correctional settings.  Twelve core performance measures are described,…

This is a report from the Center for Public Safety Initiatives that provides a catalog and summaries of programs, approaches, and interventions to respond to the opioid crisis. These entries include responses that are local, national, and international. 

This paper describes Interact for Health, a foundation working to address the opioid crisis in Cincinatti, OH, with particular focus on funding strategy, outcomes, and lessons learned from 2008 to 2018. As an organization that awarded grants and helped build a community response to address the…

This is a report from the American Medical Association which gives an overview on actions that the medical community has taken in combating the opioid epidemic, as well as data surrounding its impacts. The report also gives recommendations on further steps the medical community can take to…

This academic paper discusses a model of treating patients with substance use disorder (SUD) who are hospitalized. The authors performed a needs assessment and then convened academic and community partners, including a hospital, community SUD organizations, and Medicaid accountable care…

This is a report from the Open Society Foundation for law enforcement personnel on how to incorporate, support, and create space for approaches that aim to increase public safety and health, reduce harm to people who use drugs, and provide law enforcement alternatives to common punitive models…

This is a report from the Pew Institute that highlights the barriers to expanding access to buprenorphine and makes recommendations to state policymakers to overcome these barriers with a focus on increasing access and affordability, increasing retention in treatment, and addressing social…

This study sought to understand important changes in co-occurring opioid and nonopioid drug use (i.e., polysubstance use) within the opioid crisis in the United States. Past-month use of at least 1 nonopioid drug occurred in nearly all participants (> 90%) in this study.

This paper…

These are new guidelines issued by Health and Human Services that gives an exemption from certain statutory certification requirements for prescribing buprenorphine among physicians and non-physicians, thus relaxing waiver requirements and  increasing access to buprenorphine. 

This is an academic paper which compares the impact of different overdose prevention site locations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The authors did this comparison through the use of a mathematical model that predicts the behavior and demographic information of users. This paper also highlights…

This is an academic paper that gives an overview of the literature on prescriber education interventions to reduce opioid use and optimize prescribing in acute settings, such as primary care, surgical, and emergency department settings.

This is an academic paper that gives an overview of best practices for buprenorphine dosing, follow-up care, and reducing implementation barriers in the emergency department. Different models are discussed, such as "hub and spoke" and "warm handoff" models. 

This report, written by researchers from the Institute for Behavioral Health, Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University in collaboration with The Pew Charitable Trusts, describes eight evidence-based practices aimed at increasing prescriber utilization of prescription…

This study surveyed US adults about the prevalence of alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems, whether they were resolved, and if so by what means, including assisted (treatment, medication) and unassisted resolution pathways.

The paper found that tens of millions of Americans have…

This is a report from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction that provides both practitioners and policymakers with an analysis of the current evidence base on take-home naloxone. Specific programs and initiatives in Europe are highlighted in this document. 

This is a rural health policy brief from the CDC, as a companion to its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report article Illicit Drug Use, Illicit Drug Use Disorders, and Drug Overdose Deaths in Metropolitan and Non-…