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Substance Use Tools & Resources  

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A collection of tools and resources for providers, staff, and patients who offer or use services to address substance use. See the full environmental scan (PDF 0.69 MB) and resources collection (PDF 1.28 MB) in PDF format.

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2022 National Drug Control Strategy

This inaugural Strategy proposes bold, targeted, and consequential actions to bend the curve on overdose deaths in the immediate term and reduce drug use and its damaging consequences over the longer term.
Format
Guide
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Policymakers
States
Communities
Source
The White House / Executive Office of the President / Office of National Drug Control Policy
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
2.6 MB

A Practical Research Agenda for Treatment Development for Stimulant Use Disorder - Meeting Summary: May 2022

This document summarizes a discussion from a workshop where experts examined the evidence for candidate endpoints and study design strategies for clinical trials of stimulant use disorder treatments.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
674 KB

NIH HEAL Initiative

The Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative, is an aggressive, trans-agency effort to speed scientific solutions to stem the national opioid public health crisis.
Format
Campaign
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Policymakers
Source
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Year
Resource Type
Website

A Practical Research Agenda for Treatment Development for Stimulant Use Disorder

This was a virtual public workshop to discuss a practical research agenda toward treatment development for stimulant use disorder. Meeting participants responded to a proposed practical research agenda that focuses on innovation in clinical trial design and candidate endpoints for the evaluation of potential treatments for stimulant use disorder.
Format
Webinar/Video
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
Year
Resource Type
Video

Checklist of Evidence-Based Recommendations for Caring for Pregnant Women with Opioid Use Disorder

The following checklist intends to support health care teams in providing evidence-based recommendations for treating pregnant and postpartum patients with OUD. The checklist is divided into five sections, sequenced by timing of presentation to care.

Format
Other
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program (MCPAP) for Moms
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
181 KB

FDA Public Workshop on Opioid Prescriber Education

This was a two-day virtual public workshop (which can now be re-watched) that convened regulators, clinical researchers, providers, patient advocates, and other stakeholders to exchange information and obtain input by discussing prescriber education's potential role in alleviating the evolving opioid and substance use crisis.
Format
Webinar/Video
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Communities
Policymakers
Source
Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy / Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Year
Resource Type
Video

Helping People Who Use Opioids and Stimulants

This brief describes research documenting the added challenges stimulant use contributes to those who use opioids and patient-centered approaches for working with people who use stimulants that are enrolled in medication treatment for opioid use disorder.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Communities
Policymakers
States
Source
Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute, University of Washington
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
212 KB

Opioid Use in the Context of Polysubstance Use: Research Opportunities for Prevention, Treatment, and Sustained Recovery - Executive Summary

A summary of a workshop from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) HEAL (Helping to End Addiction Long-Term) Initiative, discussing opioid use in the context of polysubstance use.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Policymakers
Source
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
199 KB