Substance Use Tools & Resources    

This toolkit focuses on structural stigma oriented toward health care professionals and systems-based approaches.

This is the first in a series of articles on state policies that support or inhibit postpartum women’s (PPWs’) access to long-term recovery from opioid-use disorders (OUDs). It reviews current federal and state policies on mandatory reporting by health care professionals of a patient's substance use during pregnancy and their implications

This study attempts to answer two core questions: how many lives and how many dollars could be saved if the mental and behavioral health care system became more equitable?

SAMHSA's SIM model details how individuals with mental and substance use disorders come into contact with and move through the criminal justice system, and helps communities identify resources and gaps in services at each intercept and develop local strategic action plans.

This report describes changes in drug overdose death rates from 2019 to 2020, stratified by sex, age group, and race and ethnicity. In addition, it examines differences in circumstances surrounding drug overdose, and assesses differences in overdose death rates by county-level income inequality and availability of mental health treatment providers and providers of medications for opioid use disorder.

This resource offers background information and tips for providers on how to use person-first language and on which terms to avoid using to reduce stigma and negative bias when discussing addiction or substance use disorder with pregnant women and mothers.

This document offers robust guidance on language for promoting health equity, explores how narratives (the power behind words) matter, and provides a glossary of key terms, defining key concepts, and whenever possible acknowledging debates over definitions and usage.

This is one of a series posters to help organizations teach their employees adopt patient-centered, respectful language when talking to and about individuals with substance use disorder.

This toolkit helps users evaluate their organization's diversity and cultural competence through a step-by-step process.

These tests measure thoughts about mental and physical health that are difficult to consciously control, including anxiety, depression, alcohol, exercise, eating, or persons with mental illness.