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Posted 11/21/2019 (updated 3/28/2024)
This is a briefing for law enforcement personnel around the world on how to incorporate, support, and create space for approaches that aim to increase public safety and health, reduce harm to people who use drugs, and provide law enforcement alternatives to common punitive models.
Posted 11/21/2019 (updated 3/28/2024)
This report was developed as part of an initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office on Women’s Health (OWH) to examine prevention, treatment, and recovery issues for women who misuse opioids, have opioid use disorders (OUDs), and/or overdose on opioids.
Posted 1/22/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
How Science Has Revolutionized the Understanding of Drug Addiction. PDF version of this resource is available in English and Spanish.
Posted 1/28/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
Bridge (formerly CA Bridge) has training for care navigators, prescribers, and nurses. There is no cost for the trainings. You must create a free account to access the trainings.
Posted 4/24/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Part 1: Immunization of Infants, Children, and Adolescents
Posted 5/11/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
Behavioral health integration, or BHI, requires that the health and mental health systems are organized through integrated care models that address the full spectrum of health needs.
Posted 5/18/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
Overreliance on opioid medications is emblematic of a health care system that incentivizes quick, simplistic answers to complex physical and mental health needs.
Posted 6/30/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
This Clinical Guide provides comprehensive, national guidance for optimal management of pregnant and parenting women with opioid use disorder and their infants. The Clinical Guide helps healthcare professionals and patients determine the most clinically appropriate action for a particular situation and informs individualized treatment decisions.
Posted 12/29/2020 (updated 4/4/2024)
An analysis of emergency department data shows a rise in nonfatal drug overdoses for youth under 15, from 2016 to 2019. Overdoses among the youngest kids aged 0-14 are relatively rate. However, risk increases with age, as the rate of all drug overdoses among youth aged 15-24 was more than double that of 11-14-year olds. Stimulant overdoses increased for all age groups, while heroin decreased for 15-24-year olds.
Posted 12/29/2020 (updated 4/4/2024)
Whereas outpatient treatment with medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) is evidence based, there is a large network of inpatient facilities in the US that are reimbursed by commercial insurers and do not typically offer MOUD. This study is a comparison of rates of overdose and hospitalization after initiation of medication for Opioid Use Disorder in the inpatient vs outpatient setting.