Substance Use Tools & Resources
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 0.69 MB] and Volume 2 [PDF 1.28 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.
What Happens When an Opioid-Dependent Person Seeks Treatment for the First Time?
Advisory: Sublingual and Transmucosal Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder: Review and Update
Gives an overview of data on the use of sublingual and transmucosal buprenorphine for MAT of OUD. Discusses the implications of using MAT in recovery support.
Blending Initiative Motivational Interviewing CME/CE and Patient Simulation
Decisions in Recovery: Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders Handbook
Provides patients and families who are thinking about seeking help for an opioid problem or considering medications that help with recovery from OUD with information to support these decisions.
Drug Diversion: How To Avoid Becoming an Unwitting Participant
These are slides from a webinar which provided an overview of how drug diversion is a significant risk for patients and institutions and addresses why institutions should have a program in place to detect diversion.
Effective Treatments for Opioid Addiction
Myths and Misconceptions of Medication-Assisted Treatment
This web page discusses the myths and misconceptions of medication-assisted treatment for individuals with a substance use disorder.