Resources
Strategies to reduce drug overdose deaths include promoting evidence-based solutions in prevention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery efforts. These sharable resources explore these areas and offer evidence-based solutions from prevention to recovery.
Data resources from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics/NIHCM Foundation.
Guide for Seniors Struggling with Addiction
Addiction in seniors isn’t a widely discussed issue, and as a result, most assisted living facilities do not openly advertise their ability to help those who are struggling. However, assisted living communities can be great environments for individuals battling addiction. VISIT SITE
Free Support Groups
• Suicide Loss Support group. VISIT PAGE
• Overdose Support Group for families who share the experience of a loved one who has died of an opioid overdose, survived an overdose, or are at high risk for overdose. VISIT PAGE
• Grief Support Group for those who have lost someone to a substance use disorder. VISIT PAGE
Health & Opioid Prevention Education (HOPE) Curriculum
WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY – The HOPE Curriculum is a kindergarten through high school opioid prevention curriculum. It is designed to provide developmentally appropriate lessons to build students’ skills and functional health knowledge that leads to healthy behaviors. VISIT SITE
Speaking Through Me – Warren Center
Our passion at the Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery (WCNDD) is to educate the young on how to build healthy brains and self-compassionate minds as a means of substance use, substance use disorder, and mental illness prevention. VISIT SITE
Protecting Children From Online Drug Dealers
SUPE is an online drug education and prevention platform to help educate people of all ages and fields of work on drug and alcohol use. Today’s youth spends an enormous amount of time online, every parent or guardian should know that drug dealers use social media to target minors. VISIT SITE
Opioid Addiction
The Recovery Village at Baptist Health has created an in-depth guide on substance misuse to help educate the public that addresses the following: How Are Opioids Misused?, Opioid Addiction Signs, Side Effects of Opioid Misuse, Causes of Opioid Addiction & more. VISIT SITE
Rural Community Toolbox
The Rural Commumity Toolbox website includes resources to address substance use disorder (SUD) and the opioid crisis, as well as Federal resources that can help rural communities become strong, healthy, prosperous, and resilient places to live and work. VISIT SITE
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline offers Spanish Text and Chat Service
America’s three-digit Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a life-saving program that connects Americans with real support in times of crisis. 988 also includes specialized services for LGBTQI+ youth and young adults. LEARN MORE
Program Models – Brandeis Opioid Resource Connector
A curated collection of community-focused programs, tools, and resources to help stakeholders choose, design, and implement essential interventions. VISIT SITE
Operation Prevention
Never Use Alone Inc. 800-484-3731
Parents & Educators | National Institute on Drug Abuse
PFLAG
Charting the Overdose Crisis
Very significant portions of stimulant deaths involve an opioid. Over the 2012-2020 period, as the number of stimulant overdose deaths increased almost sixfold from 6,860 to 40,568, the share of these deaths that involved one or more opioids rose from 43% to 68%.
The impact of the opioid crisis continues to increase across all age groups. In the early years when opioid abuse was primarily associated with prescription pain medications, the crisis was initially felt most acutely by adults in their 40s. Beginning around 2007 overdose deaths began to affect all age groups more equally. By the end of the period, when synthetic opioids had come to dominate the crisis, younger adults aged 25 to 40 were the hardest hit by overdose deaths.
More than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year – a record high. There is a need to increase access to treatment and support recovery for people struggling with substance use disorder. Evidence-based prevention and harm reduction solutions can lower the risk of death or acquiring infectious diseases.