Polysubstance Use

Referring to the co-occurring or simultaneous use of multiple substances.

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.

State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS)

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

DAWN 2022 Non-Fatal Overdoses Short Report

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.

DAWN Findings from Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits, 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.

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.

2019 National Survey On Drug Use And Health: Women

These reports and detailed tables present estimates from the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), specifically pertaining to substance use among women.

Checklist of Evidence-Based Recommendations for Caring for Pregnant Women with Opioid Use Disorder

The following checklist intends to support health care teams in providing evidence-based recommendations for treating pregnant and postpartum patients with OUD. The checklist is divided into five sections, sequenced by timing of presentation to care.

A Practical Research Agenda for Treatment Development for Stimulant Use Disorder - Meeting Summary: May 2022

This document summarizes a discussion from a workshop where experts examined the evidence for candidate endpoints and study design strategies for clinical trials of stimulant use disorder treatments.

A Practical Research Agenda for Treatment Development for Stimulant Use Disorder

This was a virtual public workshop to discuss a practical research agenda toward treatment development for stimulant use disorder. Meeting participants responded to a proposed practical research agenda that focuses on innovation in clinical trial design and candidate endpoints for the evaluation of potential treatments for stimulant use disorder.

Safe Use of Benzodiazepines: Clinical, Regulatory, and Public Health Perspectives

This two-day public workshop convened regulators, academic researchers, clinicians, patient advocates, and other stakeholders to share information underlying this action and gather input related to the safe use of benzodiazepines.

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