Research and Resources

Facts about Heroin
• Drug Facts: Heroin National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2014
Facts about Opioid Medications
• Prescription Opioids: What You Need to Know, CDC and American Hospital Association
Resources for Parents and Families
• Partnership for Drug Free Kids
• Drugs and Your Kids, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2014
• Preventing Teen Prescription Medicine Abuse, The Medicine Abuse Project and Partnership for Drug Free Kids (fact sheet)
• Understanding Naloxone, Harm Reduction Coalition
Resources for Teens
• It’s My Life, Drug Abuse PBS (part of a larger youth education platform with online information, activities, and resources)
• PEERx, NIDA for Teens (online information, activities, and adult partner materials)
• Opioid Medication Drug Facts, NIDA for Teens
• Heroin Drug Facts, NIDA for Teens
Resources for Health Care Providers
• New guidance on Medicaid-reimbursed Naloxone prescriptions, effective September 7, 2016
  
• TIP:45 Detoxification and Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA, September, 2015
• Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Center of Excellence, Brandeis University
• CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain (fact sheet and in-depth information)
• Non-Opioids for Pain Management CDC, (fact sheet)
• Providers’ Clinical Support Program for Opioid Therapies, SAMHSA (free online CME on safe, effective use of opioids to treat chronic pain, opioid use disorder)
• Prescribe to Prevent (clearinghouse of information on prescribing and dispensing naloxone, not affiliated with any pharmaceutical manufacturer)
Medication Assisted Treatment
• Providers’ Clinical Support Program for Medication Assisted Treatment, SAMHSA (free online CME on medication assisted treatment of opioid disorders)
• Probuphine: A Game Changer in Fighting Opioid Dependence, NIDA May 26, 2016
• Advisory: Sublingual and Transmucosal Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder, SAMHSA, May, 2016
Community Coalition Resources
• Medicaid: States' Most Powerful Tool to Combat the Opioids Crisis, Bachrach, D.et al., Manatt Health and State Health reform Assistance Network An overview of how Medicaid can help states fund prevention and treatment for people at risk for or experiencing opioid addiction, and how states can create strategies that meet their specific needs.
  
• Medicare Part D Opioid Drug Mapping Tool - The CDC provides and interactive mapping tool to show geographic comparisons, at the state, county, and ZIP code levels, of de-identified Medicare Part D opioid prescription claims from 2013.
  
• CADCA (Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America) (resources and support for community coalitions)
• Parents360 Rx Action Toolkit, Police and Communities Together (program to increase awareness about prescription abuse)
• Harm Reduction Coalition (national organization focused on education and advocacy related to drug use and harm reduction)
• A Collaborative Approach to the Treatment of Pregnant Women with Opioid Use Disorder: Practice and Policy Considerations for Child Welfare and Collaborating Service Providers
  The Administration on Children, Youth, and Families and SAMHSA are partnering to provide this guide to promote collaborative efforts among agencies and providers serving pregnant and postpartum women experiencing opioid dependence and their children. It provides:
• An overview of the extent of opioid use by pregnant women and the effects on the infant
• Evidence-based recommendations for treatment approaches
• An in-depth case study
• A guide for collaborative planning
• Tools to conduct a needs and gap analysis and to develop a collaborative action plan.

Documentaries
• Chasing Heroin, Frontline, PBS
• Chasing the Dragon: The Life of an Opiate Addict, Department of Justice
• Addiction, HBO and the National Institute on Drug Abuse