Prevention of Substance Use Disorder

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 training provides frontline supervisors, safety professionals and managers with the knowledge and skills to recognize and respond to perceived impairment in the workplace, no matter the cause.

This training series includes easy-to-follow lessons designed by experts to help participants feel more confident talking to their loved ones about drug use.

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

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.

This SAMHSA page provides guiding principles and resources on recovery and recovery support for people with substance use disorder.

This report from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) focuses on estimates and characteristics of non-fatal overdoses for emergency department visits from January, 2021–June, 2022.

This report provides national estimates from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) for 2022 data on drug-related emergency department visits, to inform programs to aid in preventing overdose and substance use-related health consequences.

This guide will serve as a compendium of key policies for the prevention of alcohol misuse that have been identified as evidence-based by robust scientific literature.