Substance Use Tools & Resources    

This NIDA resource includes talking points written in plain language as a suggested way to communicate concepts of drug use and addiction to adults or teens.

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 Advisory is based on TIP 27, Comprehensive Case Management for Substance Abuse Treatment. It surveys the underlying principles and models of case management, discusses reasons substance use disorder (SUD) treatment providers might consider implementing or expanding the use of case management, and lists some case management-related resources and tools.

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.

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

This handout provides definitions for the most common terms used in discussing why health equity matters in prevention.

Based on 2020 and earlier NSDUH data, this report contains findings on a wide variety of key substance use and mental health indicators in the United States.