Overdose

This report provides an update on the present state of coverage, availability of, and access to, medications for treating ongoing alcohol use disorder and opioid use disorder, and reversing an opioid overdose within state Medicaid plans.

This web page is a resource center for social media, video, print, radio, FAQs, messaging, and other marketing materials that can be used to promote the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. It is designed for states, territories, tribes, crisis centers, communities, emergency service providers, and other partners to speak with one voice.

These recommendations from TFAH, primarily aimed at federal and state governments, aim to reduce alcohol, drug, and suicide deaths and to improve mental health and well-being for all Americans.

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.

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.

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.

This web page includes workplace first aid training courses from the NSC, which includes training on naloxone administration.

This chart includes workplace data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on unintentional overdose deaths involving the nonmedical use of drugs or alcohol from 2011-2021.

This overview of opioids from the NSC includes information on opioid misuse, recognizing signs of an overdose, prescription painkillers and chronic pain, and more.

SUDORS provides comprehensive data on unintentional and undetermined intent drug overdose deaths collected from death certificates and medical examiner/coroner reports.