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Posted 11/21/2019 (updated 3/28/2024)
Address the myths and facts about discriminatory hiring practices and criminal background check.
Posted 12/30/2019 (updated 3/28/2024)
Reports between 1991 and 1997 found clean needle programs reduce HIV transmission, and none found that clean needle programs caused rates of drug use to increase.
Posted 5/11/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
This fact sheet describes changes to Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reimbursement for Medication-Assisted Treatment drugs administered to fee-for-service Oregon Health Plan members, effective January 1, 2019.
Posted 5/12/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
Corrections-Based Responses to the Opioid Epidemic: Lessons from New York State’s Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Program focuses on the efforts of NYS to implement an overdose education and naloxone distribution program that teaches all soon-to-be released people in state correctional facilities—as well as their families and corrections staff—about the risks of opioid use, trains them in the use of naloxone, and offers it to them free of charge at release.
Posted 8/11/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
Sonoran Prevention Works is an advocate for people in Arizona affected by drug use. Spanish language resources from Ssamaritan PAWZ are included.
Posted 3/2/2021 (updated 4/4/2024)
All materials and resources have been translated to Spanish.
Posted 8/19/2021 (updated 4/2/2024)
Have you ever felt too uncomfortable or weird (not in a nice way) after taking stims? You could have been “overamping.” Stimulants like crack/cocaine and meth can lead to side effects that are unwanted and uncomfortable or potentially dangerous. Knowing what it is and what to do can help you be prepared if it happens.
Overamping happens when the effects of a stimulant become overwhelming, distressing, and/or dangerous.Overamping is specific to “overdosing” on stims like crack, cocaine, or meth. Using the word “overamping” helps to differentiate from an opioid overdose since they are different in how it happens, how it appears, and how to respond.
Posted 8/25/2021 (updated 4/2/2024)
Created by the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB), the Psychology
Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT) is an interstate compact that facilitates the practice of
psychology using telecommunications technologies (telepsychology) and/or
temporary in-person, face-to-face psychological practice.
Posted 3/31/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
Stigma is a social process linked to power and control which leads to creating stereotypes and assigning labels to those that are considered deviate from the norm or behave “badly” -- stigma creates the social conditions that makes people who use drugs believe they are not deserving of being treated with dignity & respect, perpetuating feelings of fear and isolation. This resource also includes additional stigma documents.
Posted 9/14/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
This fact sheet discusses new amendments to Tennessee’s naloxone access laws that went into effect on July 1, 2022. These amendments increase access to naloxone in several ways and remove some confusing language that previously limited the impact of state efforts to increase access to lifesaving opioid antagonist medications