Email UpdatesAlcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
This website provides data and additional resources about the misuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs in the United States, including data from the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).
MAT Tools and Resources
The MAT Tools & Resources Collection is a searchable database of tools and resources available to help those who offer or use MAT services. The tools can be filtered by a number of factors, including use, topic, format, audience, and terms of use. Related to the MAT for OUD Environmental scan publications.
Adapting Evidence-Based Practices for Under-Resourced Populations
This guide focuses on research supporting adaptations of evidence-based practices (EBPs) for under-resourced populations. Adaptations involve tailoring care, programs, and services to the cultural, social, gender, and demographic contexts of the people served to yield positive outcomes.
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.