Trainings and Resources

IMPORTANCE Polysubstance use is a concern for patients treated for opioid use disorder (OUD). While buprenorphine can curtail harmful opioid use, co-occurring use of nonprescribed substances, such as cocaine, methamphetamine, and other opioids, may negatively affect treatment outcomes. OBJECTIVE To characterize factors associated with urine drug positivity for nonprescribed substances among patients prescribed buprenorphine

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

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.

The analysis examined syndromic surveillance data from 2018–2019 in 29 states for suspected nonfatal drug and polydrug overdoses treated in emergency departments.

The National Harm Reduction Coalition is thrilled to announce our new name, new look, and new website! The Harm Reduction movement has changed over the course of 25 years and so has our organization. More than 900,000 people access the resources on harmreduction.org each year. Our website is a valuable resource to people who use drugs and their loved ones, harm reduction programs, public health departments, health care workers, researchers, students, and drug treatment providers across the country.

Lessons Learned From Listening Sessions With Five Tribes in Minnesota.

This guide was created for harm reduction medical staff and volunteers as a resource about the types of wounds common with injection drug use and also to increase knowledge about treatment modalities for this population. Skin and soft-tissue infections are the most common cause of hospitalization among people who inject drugs.

This RSV Breakout Session was held in the Supreme Court Room on Wednesday, March 5, 2020, at 2:30 PM

The United States is currently in the midst of 2 public health emergencies: COVID-19 and the ongoing opioid crisis. In an attempt to reduce preventable harm to individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD), federal, state, and local governments have temporarily modified law and policy to increase access to OUD treatment and divert some individuals at high risk away from the correctional system.

Virtual Self-Management And Recovery Training (SMART) are available in Spanish.