Fentanyl Test Strips
This Fact Sheet sets forth how fentanyl test strips work as a drug checking tool, their harm reduction benefits, and the current challenges surrounding their legality....
Fact Sheets
Fentanyl Cleanup
This Fact Sheet provides information about the synthetic opioid fentanyl, and the complex cleanup process required in areas where fentanyl contamination has occurred....
New and Emerging Drugs of Abuse
March 21, 2021
| Controlled Substances, Fact Sheets, Opioids, Prescription Drugs, Public Health, Public Safety, Substance Abuse, Synthetic Drugs
This Fact Sheet provides information about new and emerging drugs of abuse, which are not controlled by international drug conventions, but nonetheless can pose a significant threat to public health and safety....
Pill Press Laws: A Forgotten Aspect of Counterfeit Drug-Making
March 21, 2021
| Controlled Substances, Fact Sheets, Opioids, Prescription Drugs, Public Health, Public Safety
This Fact Sheet provides information about pill presses, devices that can be easily purchased on the Internet, that are responsible for flooding the United States market with untold doses of counterfeit medication....
Pay for Success Funding Initiative
February 24, 2021
| Controlled Substances, Fact Sheets, Public Health, Public Safety, Recovery, Substance Abuse
This Fact Sheet provides information about Pay for Success Funding Initiatives, which involve, at a minimum, four parties: (1) the service provider/social program; (2) an investor or investors; (3) an independent evaluator; and (4) a traditional funder or “outcomes payor,” usually a branch of federal, state, or local government....
Peer Respites as an Alternative to Hospitalization
February 8, 2021
| Controlled Substances, Fact Sheets, Public Health, Public Safety, Recovery, Substance Abuse
This fact sheet examines peer respites, which are voluntary, short-term programs, usually overnight, that provide community-based, non-clinical support to individuals experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, a psychiatric crisis....
Polypharmacy and the Elderly: Reducing the Risk of Adverse Events Through Monitoring and Communication
January 13, 2021
| Controlled Substances, Fact Sheets, Pharmacy, Public Health, Public Safety, Substance Abuse
This fact sheet examines polypharmacy, which is defined as the concurrent use of several prescribed medications. ...
Recovery High Schools
This Fact Sheet provides information about Recovery High Schools, which are schools specifically designed for students recovering from a substance use disorder....
Privacy of Treatment Records
August 19, 2020
| Electronic Health Records, Fact Sheets, Health Data, Recovery, Substance Abuse, Treatments
This Fact Sheet provides information about federal laws related to privacy protections for treatment records....
Mobile Outreach Vans
This Fact Sheet provides information about mobile outreach vans and the services they provide to at-risk communities....