Substance Use Tools & Resources    

SCOPE of Pain is a series of continuing medical education/continuing nursing education activities designed to help you safely and effectively manage patients with acute and/or chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics.

Offers continuing medical education/continuing nursing education activities, which help providers learn to safely and effectively manage patients with chronic pain, when appropriate, with opioid analgesics.

Assesses substance use disorder (SUD) risk among adolescents 12-17 years old.

Provides information for healthcare professionals about the tools and resources they need to help patients with prescription drug misuse, abuse, and addiction.

Supports face-to-face training to review results from research conducted by the NIDA CTN comparing detoxification with buprenorphine versus clonidine. Provides instruction for implementing this protocol in treatment settings, including methods of evaluation and induction, the taper schedule, and use of ancillary medications during treatment.

Provides training resources related to opioids and MAT, that reflect prominent themes and topics that surfaced during the few first years of the Innovation Accelerator Program.

Guides physicians to incorporate screening, brief interventions, and referrals to treatment for use of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drugs among adolescent patients.

Provides resources for practitioners who supervise peer workers.

Provides a form for recording important information about prospective patients, including drug use history, treatment history, criminal history, and health history.

Aims to expand public understanding about addiction and replace the myths and misinformation that keep substance use disorders (SUDs) from being treated like any other medical condition.