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Opioid Resources: Online resources

Consumer Health

Decisions in Recovery: Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General's Spotlight on Opioids - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Finding Quality Treatment for Substance Use Disorders - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

For Patients & Families - American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP)

Managing Pain: Moving Beyond Opioids - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Opioid Addiction - American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)

Opioid Addiction Treatment: A Guide for Patients, Families and Friends - American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)

Opioid Overdose Crisis - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

What Are Opioids - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

What is the Opioid Crisis (video) - HarvardX

Coronavirus/COVID-19

COVID-19 Pandemic is Fueling the Opioid Crisis! - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

COVID-19 Recovery Resources - Grayken Center for Addiction - Boston Medical Center

COVID-19 Resources - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Impacts of COVID-19 on Substance Use - Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)

Online/Phone Recovery Support During COVID-19 - Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute (ADAI) - University of Washington

Counseling/Psychiatry/Therapy

Addiction Psychiatry - American Psychiatric Association (APA)

Substance-Related & Addictive Disorders - American Counseling Association (ACA)

Criminal Justice

Use of Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Criminal Justice Settings - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Dentistry

Dentists Play a Vital Role in Addressing Opioid Crisis - National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)

Educational/Training Resources

Guidelines

Drug Misuse: Opioid Detoxification - National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH)

Healthcare Providers

ATTC Products and Resources Catalog - Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network (ATTC)

CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain (Factsheet) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Clinical Guidance - Indian Health Service (IHS)

Drug Information Portal - U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)

National Core Formulary - Indian Health Service (IHS)

Opiod Crisis - Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

Opioid Epidemic - American Nurses Association (ANA)

Opioids - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

The Rx of Pain Medications: Know the Options, Get the Facts (Series of 13 fact sheets) - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Safe Opioid Prescribing - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

TIP 63: Medications for Opioid Use Disorder - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Indigenous Communities

Differences in Rates of Drug Overdose Deaths by Race - Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)

Essential Training on Pain and Addiction - Indian Health Service (IHS)

Opioid Crisis: Impact on Native American Communities - Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center (AASTEC)

Opioid Stewardship in the Indian Health Service - Indian Health Service (IHS)

Legal

Opioid Industry Documents Archive - University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Johns Hopkins University

Obstetrics

Clinical Guidance for Treating Pregnant and Parenting Women with Opioid Use Disorder and Their Infants - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Healthy Pregnancy Healthy Baby Fact Sheets - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Older Adults

Older Adults' Experiences with Opioid Prescriptions - University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging (NPHA)

Opioid Overdose Reversal

How to Respond to an Opioid Overdose - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Peer Recovery

AMERSA is Pleased to Share a New Resource "Medication Opioid Use Disorder Tool Kit for Peer Recovery Specialists." - Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance use and Addiction

Rural Health

Opioid Misuse in Rural America - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Rural Response to the Opioid Crisis - Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub)

School/Education Resources

Spanish (EspaƱol)

Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit (Spanish) - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Teens

Tips for Teens: The Truth About Opioids - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Telehealth

Telehealth for the Treatment of Serious Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Texas

TMA Opioid Resource Center - Texas Medical Association (TMA)

Texas Administrative Code - Texas Secretary of State (SOS)

Texas Opioid Epidemic - The Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR)

Texas Prescription Monitoring Program - Texas State Board of Pharmacy (TSBP)

Texas Substance Use Symposium (TxSUS) - UT Health San Antonio/UT Austin

Veterinary

The Opioid Epidemic: What Veterinarians Can Do - Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - Angell Animal Medical Center (MSPCA-Angell)

The Opioid Epidemic: What Veterinarians Need to Know - U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

The Role of Veterinarians in the Opioid Crisis - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Top 5 Tips About Opioids & Your Practice - American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)

Women

About Opioid Use During Pregnancy - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Effects of Opioid Abuse on Women - American Addiction Centers (AAC)

Information for Parents and Families - Indian Health Service (IHS)

Opioid Use During Pregnancy - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Women Bear Greater Burden of Opioid Epidemic - American Medical Assocation

Women of Childbearing Age and Pregnant Women Who are Taking Opioids - North Carolina Pregnancy & Opioid Exposure Project (NCPOEP)

Workplace

Opioids & Substance Use: Workplace Prevention & Response - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

Opioids and the Workplace - National Safety Council (NSC)

Opioids in the Workplace - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (DC)

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