Stigma

Address and seek to change stigmatizing attitudes towards substance use disorders and MAT services among patients, providers, other staff, community members, and policymakers.

Fentanyl Drug Checking and Screening: Roundtable on Community Perspectives Summary Report

These proceedings summarize the discussion from the harm reduction community roundtable and supplemental individual interviews, inclusive of representatives from national and local harm reduction organizations, state and local government agencies, tribal organizations, and researchers who have experience distributing fentanyl test strips (FTS) or are knowledgeable about FTS specifically or drug checking more generally.

2022 National Drug Control Strategy

This inaugural National Strategy proposes bold, targeted, and consequential actions to bend the curve on overdose deaths in the immediate term and reduce substance use and its damaging consequences in the US over the longer term.

Sitgma and OUD

Nurse Practitioner Vanessa Loukas, a PCSS expert, discusses the issue of stigma in treating patients with opioid use disorder (OUD)—from the patients to the providers who treat them.

Words Matter: How Language Choice Can Reduce Stigma

This resource examines the role of language in perpetuating substance use disorder stigma, followed by tips for assessing when and how we may be using stigmatizing language, and steps for ensuring that the language we use and messages we deliver are positive, productive, and inclusive.

Toward an Addiction-ary: Language, Stigma, Treatment, and Policy

These are presentation slides which demonstrate the impact of stigma with facts and figures. They were presented by John F. Kelly, Ph.D. at the National Association of Drug Court Professionals Conference in Anaheim, CA in June 2016.

Advancing Health Equity: A Guide to Language, Narrative and Concepts

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.

Peer Support Toolkit

This toolkit was developed to assist administrators, directors, and supervisors of treatment organizations who have recently hired (or plan to hire) peers into new support roles with the agency. It is an interactive PDF that presents key information in brief reads, yet preserves the opportunity to delve deeper into subjects.

Reducing Stigma Toward Families Impacted by Opioid Use Disorder

The purpose of this resource guide is to share practical strategies and resources implemented by the Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Investment Program awardees for addressing opioid use disorder (OUD) stigma in hospitals treating pregnant and parenting women with OUD.

Language Matters Infographic – Addiction

This infographic shares guidance on avoiding stigimized language when discussing addictions.

Shatterproof Stigma Information Sheet

This information sheet provides stigmatized words to avoid when speaking about substance use disorder, and words to use instead.

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