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....
Public Health
Crisis Assistance Helping Out on the Streets (CAHOOTS)
August 27, 2020
| Controlled Substances, Innovative Initiatives, Public Health, Public Safety, Recovery, Substance Abuse
The CAHOOTS (Crisis Assistance Helping Out on the Streets) mobile crisis intervention program responds to non-police emergencies in the cities of Eugene and Springfield, Oregon. CAHOOTS teams are staffed by a medic and a mental health crisis worker, and receive over 500 hours of training, which includes education on de-escalation and crisis intervention. ...
Mobile Outreach Vans
This Fact Sheet provides information about mobile outreach vans and the services they provide to at-risk communities....
The Opioid Crisis and the Black/African American Population: An Urgent Issue
This report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Behavioral Equity aims to convey the devestating impact the opioid crisis in having on African Americans....
Covid-19 and the Changes to Policies and Guidelines for Treating Substance Use Disorders
This document reviews COVID-19’s impact on American drug policy and how individuals with SUD will be able to receive treatment and services in the age of social distancing....
HOPE Initiative
March 24, 2020
| Criminal Justice, First Responders, Innovative Initiatives, Law Enforcement, Opioids, Public Health, Public Safety, Recovery, Substance Abuse, Treatments
The HOPE Initiative provides a daylong training program on substance use disorders, treatment, and recovery for state and local law enforcement officers, enabling them to help people obtain and sustain long-term recovery. All 39 Rhode Island law enforcement agencies have completed the training...
Adverse Childhood Experiences and the Benefits of Trauma-informed Care
February 26, 2020
| Controlled Substances, Fact Sheets, Public Health, Recovery, Substance Abuse, Treatments
This fact sheet provides information about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) and the benefits of trauma informed care....
Rural Community Action Guide
February 11, 2020
| Controlled Substances, Opioids, Public Health, Reports & Studies, Substance Abuse
The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)’s Rural Community Action Guide helps communities address the problem of drug and opioid use in rural communities. ...
2020 ONDCP National Drug Control Strategy
February 7, 2020
| Controlled Substances, Criminal Justice, Opioids, Public Health, Public Safety, Reports & Studies, Substance Abuse
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy has released this year's National Drug Control Strategy, which outlines efforts to reduce illicit drug use and its consequences in the United States....
Prevalence of Recovery Homes, and Selected States’ Investigations and Oversight
This statement describes (1) what is known about the prevalence of recovery homes across the United States; and (2) investigations and actions selected states have undertaken to oversee such homes. It is largely based on GAO’s March 2018 report (GAO-18-315). For that report, GAO reviewed national and state data, among other things, and interviewed officials from the Department of Health and Human Services, national associations, and five states—Florida, Massachusetts, Ohio, Texas, and Utah. GAO selected these states based on their rates of opioid overdose deaths, their rates of dependence or abuse of alcohol and other drugs, and other criteria....