Substance Use Tools & Resources    

Guides users on how to navigate the process of connecting an electronic health record (EHR) to PDMP data through five steps: environmental scan, connection models, project plan, training and implementation, and evaluation and optimization.

This updated TIP includes the latest evidence on motivation-enhancing approaches and strategies. It describes how substance use disorder treatment providers can use these approaches and strategies to increase participation and retention in substance use disorder treatment.

Provides patients with tips for early recovery so they can increase their chances of success.

Addresses concerns about prescription drug abuse and maternal-fetal exposure to opioids.

Highlights criteria and patient history for those requesting to transfer from methadone to office-based buprenorphine treatment.

Presents a comprehensive core curriculum for primary care providers in treating chronic pain and addressing concerns about opioid use disorder.

Trains providers on medications to manage patients with addiction involving opioid use. Allows participants to qualify for the authority to prescribe buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid dependence under DATA 2000.

Offers a two-item version of the Graded Chronic Pain Scale intended for brief and simple assessment of pain severity in primary care settings.

This webinar recording from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) National Hispanic and Latino Addiction Technology Transfer Center on the implications of the opioid crisis in the U.S. Latino population is now available. This webinar discussed the implications of the opioid crisis in the Latino population in the US. It discussed social and cultural factors that cause substance misuse in Latinos. Additionally, barriers to services and treatments are discussed, along with strategies on how to increase engagement and use of services.

This guide focuses on using medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder in jails and prisons and during the reentry process when justice-involved persons return to the community.