Email UpdatesLinking People with Opioid Use Disorder to Medication Treatment
This technical package presents strategies that can help state, local, and tribal leaders and healthcare professionals link persons living with OUD to evidence-based care.
Medication Considerations
Provide information or materials on the three medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat opioid use disorder.
San Francisco Department of Public Health Low Barrier Buprenorphine Pilot Program
These are slides from a 2019 presentation on the results of a low barrier buprenorphine pilot program conducted by the San Francisco Department of Public Health.
National Harm Reduction Coalition Resource Center
This page is an access point to harm reduction resources that support safer drug use, including a Naloxone Finder for people who use drugs to access naloxone in their community.
Fentanyl Testing to Prevent Overdose - Information for People Who Use Drugs and Healthcare Providers
This fact sheet provides healthcare providers and people who use drugs with an overview of fentanyl and fentanyl test strips to prevent overdose. Other harm reduction strategies are also provided.
Academic Detailing Services - Opioid Overdose Education & Naloxone Distribution (OEND)
The VA Opioid Overdose Education & Naloxone Distribution (OEND) Program aims to reduce harm and risk of life-threatening opioid-related overdose and deaths among Veterans. This resource hub includes implementation toolkits, patient & provider guides, overdose education & naloxone distribution vidoes, and additional related VA resources.
Medication First Approach for the treatment of Opioid Use Disorder
This fact sheet provides an overview of the Medication First (or low-barrier maintenance pharmacotherapy) approach to the treatment of opioid use disorders.
Trauma-Informed Care for Opioid Use Disorder
The purpose of this document is to introduce the principles and practices of trauma-informed care (TIC) to substance use navigators. TIC is a helpful way to understand and connect with patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) and can help improve the experiences and outcomes of care for both patients and the team members providing care to them.
Harm Reduction as a Trauma-Informed Approach to Substance Use - A Guide for Primary Care Providers
This guide provides information and strategies to primary care providers on harm reduction as a trauma informed approach to treating individuals with substance use disorder.
Practical Tools for Prescribing and Promoting Buprenorphine in Primary Care Settings
This resource document provides practical, evidence-based information for primary care providers and practices on prescribing buprenorphine to individuals in need of intervention, including implementation considerations and strategies for primary care providers and primary care organizations.
SAMHSA Training Requirements (MATE Act) Resources
This SAMHSA page includes information on 2023 training requirements that eliminated the DATA waiver that was previously needed to prescribe buprenorphine and expanded the number of DEA-registered practitioners able to treat people with opioid use disorder.