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Posted 11/19/2019 (updated 3/28/2024)
Posted 12/30/2019 (updated 3/28/2024)
Opioid overdose continues to be a major health problem. This toolkit will provide information on disorder facts, steps for First Responders, information for Prescribers, safety advice, and recovering from opioid overdose.
Posted 2/10/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
ONDCP released a new tool to assist rural community leaders in building an effective local response to the crisis of addiction, the Rural Community Action Guide: Building Stronger, Healthy Drug-Free Rural Communities. The Guide also has a companion supplement, a listing of promising practices, included.
Posted 4/24/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
This webinar was hosted by the SAMHSA GAINS Center on January 14, 2020. The webinar slides and supplemental resources are now available.
Posted 9/1/2020 (updated 3/29/2024)
To raise awareness of increasing overdose events and deaths related to cocaine and other stimulant use, and to provide guidance to health care providers on clinically managing and preventing harm from cocaine and stimulant use disorders.
Posted 9/22/2020 (updated 3/29/2024)
The Post-Overdose Response (PORT) Toolkit was developed as a resource for North Carolina communities who are interested in creating a post-overdose response team (PORT) in their jurisdiction.
Posted 3/3/2021 (updated 4/5/2024)
The National Governors Association and the American Correctional Association recently released a new toolkit on "Expanding Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Corrections and Community Settings: A Roadmap for States to Reduce Opioid Use Disorder for People in the Justice System."
This roadmap highlights existing state efforts and serves as a policy development tool for Governors and state officials seeking to improve coordination and bolster existing efforts across state agencies to address OUD among people involved in the justice system by expanding access to evidence-based medications. The following are key steps for supporting MOUD in corrections settings.
Posted 3/30/2021 (updated 4/5/2024)
This toolkit provides correctional administrators and health care providers the information necessary to plan and implement MAT programs within jails and prisons.
Posted 4/21/2021 (updated 4/5/2024)
This News Brief defines psychostimulants; explains why psychostimulant use disorder is under-addressed, particularly in rural areas; reviews the reasons why people use psychostimulants and the harms they can cause; and addresses the impact of COVID-19 on psychostimulant use.
Posted 4/21/2021 (updated 4/5/2024)
This News Brief describes the need for harm reduction and treatment services in rural areas for people who use psychostimulants and how those services can be provided by the opioid treatment program