Subject: Substance Use
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Screening for Unhealthy Drug Use
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released a final recommendation statement on screening for unhealthy drug use. That Task Force found that clinicians should ask adults about their drug use and connect people who have a problem to care.
Local Opioid Prevention and Response: A Primer for Local Health Departments
Local Opioid Prevention and Response: A Primer for Local Health Departments serves to inform local health departments about the domestic opioid epidemic and share success stories from LHDs currently engaged in opioid-related efforts.
Van Asher’s Fentanyl Test Strip Video
Informative video on the correct way to use test strips to detect Fentanyl in drugs.
U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration Diversion Control Division’s Controlled Substance Public Disposal Locations
Use this search utility to find public disposal locations for controlled substances.
How to Get Rid of a Sharps Container
Safe disposal of needles and other sharps used at home, at work, or while traveling.
Getting Off Right: A Safety Manual for Injection Drug Users
A comprehensive manual on safer injection practices
COVID-19 Harm Reduction Toolkit
The COVID-19 Harm Reduction Toolkit, created by Higher Ground Harm Reduction, Reynolds Health Strategies and global health organization Vital Strategies, provides informative fact sheets, tips and guidance for people who use drugs, engage in sex work, those who are unhoused, and the stakeholders who work with these communities.
Understanding Drug Overdoses and Deaths
Drug overdose deaths continue to increase in the United States. Learn more about the opioid overdose epidemic.
The American Opioid Epidemic in Special Populations: Five Examples
This manuscript identifies segments of the population that are disproportionately affected by the opioid epidemic.
Opioid death rates soared in communities where pain pills flowed
Death rates from opioids soared in the towns, cities and counties that were saturated with billions of prescription pain pills from 2006 through 2012, according to government death data and a previously undisclosed database of opioid shipments.