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This section covers some commonly used substances and their risks. Learn more about these and others by reviewing the Drug Identification Chart. Also, see the DEA website for parents, educators, and caregivers at www.getsmartaboutdrugs.com. Nicotine More tha...

Researchers have tried for years to figure out how drug and alcohol misuse starts. They have identified risk factors that can increase a person’s chances for misuse, and protective factors that can reduce the risk. Of course, many people with risk factors do n...

The chart on the following pages covers some commonly used substances and accessories. Also, please go to the DEA website for parents, educators, and caregivers (www.getsmartaboutdrugs.gov/drugs). To learn more, see the DEA’s Drugs of Abuse Resource Guide (www...

Definitions Abuse is any crime committed against a person including those relating to prostitution or criminal sexual conduct, any non-therapeutic conduct that produces or could produce mental or emotional distress, any sexual contact between facility staff a...

Look for these potential signs and symptoms... Blue or purple fingernails and lips Unresponsiveness to voice or touch Pinpoint-sized pupils Recognizing an Opioid Overdose When a person overdoses, breathing will slow dangerously ...

Helping Faith-based and Community Leaders Bring Hope to Our Communities Every day, 130+ Americans die from opioid-related overdoses. In 2017, over 11.4 million Americans misused prescription opioids, 2.1 million had an opioid-use disorder due to prescription ...

Increase Awareness Addiction is a treatable, chronic, medical condition. Tap local health experts to help diminish the stigma surrounding the condition, it's symptoms, as well as any contributing factors. 62.6% of Americans misuse opioids for pain. Promote...

A West Virginia pastor wisely said, "Churches are not neutral bystanders: What they don't say is just as important as what they do say." Finding a supportive community is essential to recovery. However, old conventions, based on misunderstandings about substa...

Connecting to a supportive community and reestablishing strong relationships are essential elements to ongoing recovery. To foster recovery, communities can host or connect people to community-based, 12-step and other recovery support programs, such as Alcoho...

We can save lives by referring people to proper treatment and helping them navigate systems of continued care. In fact, leaders in faith and community organizations can be trained to: Respond to emergency situations, Make referrals to treatment and recover...

Addiction can leave the lives of individuals and their families dramatically altered by the loss of jobs, homes, or damaged relationships. For decades, faith and community-based organizations have been providing the kinds of wrap-around services that can help ...

A leader from the Boys & Girls Club of America said recently, "Children may make up 25 percent of our population, but they are 100 percent of our future." Children exposed to abuse, neglect, mental illness, substance-use disorders in the household - or any ot...

With lives being lost daily, the opioid crisis is an all-hands-on-deck epidemic. Across the U.S., treatment professionals, law enforcement, faith communities, service providers, drug courts, schools, recreation centers, media, businesses, policy-makers, famili...

The following are opioid-related resources from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA), and other HHS divisions. Resour...

Who is this document for? This document is to assist community leaders, local and regional organizers, non-profit groups, law enforcement, public health, and members of the public in understanding and navigating effective strategies to prevent opioid overdose...

Below are four overarching principles, lessons gleaned from previous public health emergencies, such as the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1980s and 1990s. These principles serve as a guide for the design and implementation of effective overdose prevention strategies....

Naloxone is an opioid antagonist that can quickly and safely reverse the potentially fatal effects of an opioid overdose. Targeted distribution programs seek to train and equip individuals who are most likely to encounter or witness an overdose—especially peop...

MAT is a proven pharmacological treatment for opioid use disorder. The backbone of this treatment is FDA approved medications. Agonist drugs, methadone and buprenorphine, activate opioid receptors in the brain, preventing painful opioid withdrawal symptoms wit...

“Detailing” is a structured educational strategy developed by commercial manufacturers of medical and pharmaceutical technologies to market these products to prescribers and pharmacists. “Academic detailing” consists of structured visits to healthcare provider...

In this scenario, health insurance providers cover the cost of MAT as a standard benefit and all requirements that a physician contact the insurance provider for approval prior to writing the prescription (a process called “prior authorization”) are removed. W...