This preliminary statewide monthly count data is presented by substance and posted on the Overdose Prevention Initiative (OPI) Data webpage and is intended to provide death data to our partners more quickly.

The CDC NCIPC Budget & Impact webpage has been refreshed and now includes State Investment Snapshots on Overdose, Suicide, and ACEs that communicate funding and programmatic data across their three priority areas at the state-level.

This preliminary statewide monthly count data is presented by substance and posted on the Overdose Prevention Initiative (OPI) Data webpage and is intended to provide death data to our partners more quickly.

The CDC’s Division of Overdose Prevention developed an interactive data visualization tool, the SUDORS dashboard, which displays fatal overdose data from 2020. Participating jurisdictions provide data abstracted from multiple data sources including death certificates, medical examiner/coroner reports, and postmortem toxicology.

Let’s Talk began as a collaborative effort between Marin County Office of Education, Marin Health and Human Services and Marin Healthy Youth Partnerships, and has been adapted for the Tri-County Region by the Central Coast Tri-County Coalition. Let’s Talk is a parent toolkit for navigating teen substance use and this booklet has been adapted to include specific data and information for the Central Coast Tri-County Region.

The Lowell CO-OP is committed to reducing the number of deaths attributed to opioid overdose and is helping its clients towards the path to recovery by bridging the gaps in treatment services.

The CDC offers policies, programs, and practices that address the conditions of work that should be considered to protect workers and advance their health and well-being related to opioid exposure, use, and potential misuse.

Learn more on Cal Poly’s DxHub and how it applies Amazon’s human-centered, ‘Working Backwards’ innovation methodology to tackle challenges facing government, education, and non-profit organizations.The DxHub team leads public sector organizations through innovation and solution workshops structured to generate big ideas and impactful solutions such as helping to create the San Luis Obispo Opioid Safety Coalition’s Naloxone Now Web App.

The San Luis Obispo Opioid (SLO) Safety Coalition, collaborated with the Cal Poly Digital Transformation Hub (DxHub) and a team of university students to develop Naloxone Now! Using Naloxone Now online or through the app on a phone, SLO community members can find the nearest location to get naloxone or have it delivered at no cost. Visit SLO Opioid Safety Coalition’s Web App as an example of how other communities can develop a similar innovation.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst provides a free guide on motivational interviewing principles. Understanding the principles of motivational interviewing can be helpful in framing proper communication strategies towards and with youth.

This video promotes positive change and patience when addressing addiction treatment, and the importance of prioritizing mental health throughout the process.

OD2A-funded jurisdictions work to monitor and evaluate their surveillance and prevention efforts. The evaluation of these efforts is essential to ensure program fidelity, efficacy, and efficiency. This webpage provides resources aimed at making evaluation and change easier.

An overview of supervised consumption services (SCS), including the benefits and barriers.

This pragmatic and straightforward guide can serve as a valuable tool for new and established programs alike, offering practice suggestions and guidance in several areas.

This paper explores several options for expanding access to MAT (specifically, buprenorphine) for those who are addicted to opioids, and provides recommendations for California clinics and primary care practices.

Use this site to discover stories about opioid use all over the country.

This brief provides strategies for managing pushback to medication assisted treatment (MAT).

Use this locator to find Buprenorphine treatment.

Toolkits, evidence-based approaches, media campaign materials and other helpful information for use in prevention efforts to combat the opioid crisis.

This brief provides an overview of the developing but nascent landscape of organizations offering telehealth MAT.