The California Department of Public Health has created a webpage in Spanish that features information on naloxone.

The new Drug Overdose Surveillance and Epidemiology (DOSE) dashboard is an interactive data visualization tool that displays current nonfatal drug overdose-related ED and hospital discharge data. DOSE data can be used to compare US nonfatal overdose trends for any of the four drug overdose types (i.e., all drugs, all opioids, heroin, and all stimulants); by participating state and by county (county-level data are only available for nonfatal all drug overdose ED visits); and by sex and age group.

Through rigorous, data-based analysis, researchers and analysts can add to our understanding of societal shortcomings and point toward evidence-based actions to address them. But when data are collected and communicated carelessly, data analysis and data visualizations have an outsized capacity to mislead, misrepresent, and harm communities that already experience inequity and discrimination. This guide and its associated toolkits focus on how data practitioners can approach their work through a lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

For many data communicators, presenting data disaggregated by race or ethnicity can pose a tricky problem. It’s not uncommon to place the data for each group in a single graph, but this presentation can lead the reader to compare the performance of each group to the best performing group, creating a “horse race effect.” As a result, a reader may negatively perceive the experiences of one group relative to another.

This website provides clinically supported advice on substance use management for healthcare providers

This resource provides data on recovery ecosystems through the U.S. Examples of key features include treatment services, recovery residences, harm reduction organizations, employment opportunities, and prevention organizations

This data resource provides state level data that is maintained by the UCLA Williams Institute. The data interactives provide information on LGBTQ+ people in the United States in a dynamic and customizable visual format.

The California Interagency Council on Homelessness’ Statewide Action Plan pursues a vision for the Council and state’s work to prevent and end homelessness focused on purposeful, action-oriented coordination and alignment among state departments. By providing data that allows California to measure progress towards the goal of preventing and ending homelessness, the Homeless Data Integration System (HDIS) plays a pivotal role in the state’s comprehensive strategy to get more Californians into affordable, stable living environments and to connect them with the supportive services they need to succeed.

QuickFacts provides statistics and demographics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more.

The goal of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Non-Fatal Opioid Overdose Tracker is to track non-fatal opioid overdose in the pre-hospital setting using nationally submitted Emergency Medical Services (EMS) data. NEMSIS is the official EMS Data Collection Standard for EMS agencies, it is an Information Systems Compliance Architecture which allows the transfer of data between systems, and it is the National EMS Database

This tool provides current data and statistics on overdoses in California providing data that can be sorted on the state-level, county-level, and with advanced filters.

In this podcast episode, the Drug Policy Alliance’s Maritza Perez speaks with FRS expert and criminal defense attorney Patricia Richman to explain more about what classwide drug scheduling means, and why we are fighting against it.

Harm Reduction Hacks is a comprehensive microsite and resource to guide organizations developing new and/or with existing syringe services programs (SSPs) in program design, implementation, and organizational sustainability. This resource was developed through the CDC-funded National Harm Reduction Technical Assistance Center.

The DEA recently issued a warning about xylazine, a veterinary drug. This "Dear Colleague" letter from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides a report on the risks of xylazine.

The California Department of Public Health provides an informational page on xylazine, a veterinary drug. Xylazine has been linked to an increasing number of overdose deaths nationwide.

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According to the data, teens growing up in Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz counties have easy access and opportunity to use drugs and alcohol. This is a reality. But as parents and caregivers, we can help them navigate through these tough decisions. Where can we start? Know the facts, communicate openly, and listen to our teens.

This research letter analyzes a cohort study comparing buprenorphine treatment initiation, response, and follow-up treatment engagement between patients who did and did not report fentanyl use at CA Bridge EDs (CA Bridge is an implementation facilitation program for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment in California emergency departments (EDs)).

This report analyzes research on harm reduction practices in the context of disasters such as climate-related and systems-disrupting disasters.

The research presented in this article examines the extent to which naloxone dispensation at public health vending machines (PHVMs) was associated with changes in opioid-involved overdose fatalities in Clark County, Nevada.