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Substance Use Tools & Resources   

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This collection of tools and resources is for providers, staff, and patients who offer or use services to address substance use, and other interested stakeholders. This collection was originally established following an environmental scan on implementing medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD) in rural primary care. (See PDFs of Volume 1 (PDF - 609 KB) and Volume 2 (PDF - 1.3 MB) of that scan). Items have been continuously added to this collection since then, and the collection has expanded to cover substance use more broadly, rather than just MAT for OUD.

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The Role of Low-Threshold Treatment for Patients with Opioid Use Dusirder (OUD) in Primary Care

This Topic Brief provides an overview of what constitutes low-threshold treatment for patients with OUD, the state of the evidence and patient perspectives on low-threshold OUD treatment, and key steps and strategies for providing low-threshold treatment for patients with OUD in primary care settings.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Agency of Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ) Integration Academy
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

What are Opioids?

This fact sheet includes a basic description of opioids, a brief explanation of the risks, ways to prevent misuse, and strategies to helped loved ones who may be struggling with substance use disorder.
Format
Fact Sheet/Brochure
Audience
Patients
Families
Communities
Schools
Source
Partnership to End Addiction
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

What are Stimulants?

This fact sheet includes a basic description of stimulants, a brief explanation of the risks, ways to prevent misuse, and strategies to helped loved ones who may be struggling with substance use disorder.
Format
Fact Sheet/Brochure
Audience
Patients
Families
Communities
Schools
Source
Partnership to End Addiction
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

What is Fentanyl?

This fact sheet includes a basic description of fentanyl, a brief explanation of the danger, and strategies to helped loved ones who may be using or at risk of using fentanyl.
Format
Fact Sheet/Brochure
Audience
Patients
Families
Communities
Schools
Source
Partnership to End Addiction
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Xylazine Wound Care Factsheet (PDF - 395 KB KB)

Basic patient handout describing xylazine wound care from the California Department of Public Health

Format
Fact Sheet/Brochure
Audience
Communities
Families
Other Team Members
Patients
Source
California Department of Public Health
Year
Resource Type
PDF

College-Age & Young Adults and Substance Use

This NIDA web page incudes resources for students, parents, educators, dorm supervisors, counselors, clinicians, and researchers related to substance use in college-age adults ages 19 to 22.
Format
Web Page
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Patients
Families
Communities
Schools
Graduate Education
Source
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Criminal Justice and Substance Use

This NIDA web page includes resources to help decrease substance use, address barriers to care, and improve outcomes among people in jail and prison systems.
Format
Web Page
Audience
Other Team Members
Behavioral Health Providers
States
Communities
Source
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page