Email UpdatesMedication First Approach for the treatment of Opioid Use Disorder
This fact sheet provides an overview of the Medication First (or low-barrier maintenance pharmacotherapy) approach to the treatment of opioid use disorders.
Social Determinants of Health
Low Barrier Medication for Opioid Use Disorder at Community Health Centers and Primary Care Clinics: Recommendations for Implementation
This issue brief makes implementation recommendations for low-barrier medication for opioid use disorders.
What Clinicians Need to Know About Trauma
This webinar teaches practical trauma-informed strategies to engage with and enhance care for patients with SUDs.
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.
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.
SAMHSA Behavioral Health Equity Program
This page from SAMHSA's Office of Behavioral Health Equity includes information on the drivers of behavioral health inequities and resources for several underrepresented populations.
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.