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CDC Publications 

2021 – Using Taxes to Fight the Opiod Epidemic (Article)

2021 – State-Level Economic Costs of Opioid Use Disorder and Fatal Opioid Overdose — United States, 2017 (CDC)

2021 – Drug Misuse: Most States Have Good Samaritan Laws and Research Indicates They May Have Positive Effects (GAO Report)

2021 – Medical Use of CANNABIDIOL (CBD) in Older Adults: A focused Discussion on Safety

2020 – Evidence Based Strategies for Abatement of Harms from the Opioid Epidemic

2020 – Reducing barriers and getting creative – 10 federal options to increase treatment access for opioid use disorder and reduce fatal overdoses (Brookings)

2020 – Policy Changes Could Bolster Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PEW Charitable Trust)

2020 – Impact: A Socio-Economic Review of Supervised Consumption Sites in Alberta (Alberta Health)

2020 – Polysubstance Use: A Broader Understanding of Substance Use During the Opioid Crisis (AJPH Open-Themed Research)

2020 – Ownership—But Not Physical Movement—of Selected Drugs Can Be Traced Through the Supply Chain (OIG/HHS)

2020 – National Interdiction Command and Control Plan (ONDCP)

2020 – National Drug Control Strategy – Office of National Drug Control Policy

2020 – GAO Report – Drug Control – Actions Needed to Ensure Usefulness of Data on Suspicious Opioid Orders

2019 – Review of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Regulatory and Enforcement Efforts to Control the Diversion of Opioids (OIG/DOJ)

2019 – Summary and Impact Analysis of State Laws Addressing Predatory and Unethical Substance Use Disorder Treatment Practices (NAMSDL)

2018 – American Medical Association Opioid Task Force 2018 Progress Report

2018 – AMA Fact Sheet: PDMP use increases from 61M to more than 300M from 2014-2017 

2018 – Self Compliance Tool for the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA)

2017 – Fentanyl Briefing Guide for First Responders

2017 – Trends in Substance Use Disorders Among Adults Aged 18 or Older – The CBHSQ Report

2017 – Inventory of HHS Research on Pain and Opioid Misuse and Overdose

2017 – Prescription Opioid Exposures Among Children and Adolescents in the United States: 2000–2015

2017 – International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) – Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control pdf  

2016 – SAMHSA – Facing Addiction in America – The Surgeon General’s Spotlight on Opioids

2016 – SAMHSA – Facing Addiction in America – The Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drug, and Health

2016 – Medication-Assisted Treatment Improves Outcomes for Patients With Opioid Use Disorder

2016 – National Drug Threat Assessment Summary (US DOJ DEA)

2016 – United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime – World Drug Report

2016 – Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit (SAMSHA)

2016 – The Opioid Epidemic by the Numbers – HHS Fact Sheet

2016 – HHS Opioid Research Portfolio Brief – Translating Science into Action – Research Portfolio Brief

2016 – HHS Research on Pain Treatment and Opioid Misuse and Overdose – Translating Science Into Action – Infographic

2016 – 2015 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers’ National Poison Data System (NPDS): 33rd Annual Report

2016 – Decisions in Dentistry – Taking on Prescription Opioid Abuse

2016 – National Safety Council – Prescription Nation 2016 – Addressing America’s Drug Epidemic pdf

2016 – PDMP-TTAC Technical Assistance Guide – Prescriber Report Cards pdf

2016 – CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report – Increases in Drug and Opioid Overdose Deaths — United States, 2000–2014

2016 – Coverage of Substance-Use Disorder Treatments in Marketplace Plans in Six Cities pdf

2015 – Georgia Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Initiative Objectives – Year 05 (October 1, 2015 – September 30, 2016) pdf

2015 – PDMP-TTAC Controlled Substance Agency Resource Directory pdf

2015 – Internet Drug Outlet Identification Program – Progress Report for State and Federal Regulators by NABP pdf 

2015 – Washington University Survey pdf 

2015 – Prescription Pain Medications: A Fatal Cure for Injured Workers (NSC)

2015 – Poison Center Data Snapshot (AAPCC)

2015 – Obama Administration Announces Public and Private Sector Efforts to Address Prescription Drug Abuse and Heroin Use – Fact Sheet

2015 – Today’s Heroin Epidemic – CDC Vital Signs

2015 – How State Health Departments Can Use the Spectrum of Prevention to Address Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (ASTHO – Companion Report)

2015 – Reducing Fatal Opioid Overdose: Prevention, Treatment and Harm Reduction Strategies (Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine)

2014 – Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: How States Can Help Advance the Knowledge Base for Primary Prevention and Best Practices of Care (ASTHO)

2014 – Preventing Misuse and Diversion of Medication – Facts for Families (AACAP)

2014 – Behavioral Health Trends in the United States: Results from the 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health pdf  

2014 – New Challenges for Police: A Heroin Epidemic and Changing Attitudes Toward Marijuana (Police Executive Research Forum 2014) 

2013 – Prescription Drug Abuse: Strategies to Stop the Epidemic – Trust for America’s Health – State-by-State Information 

2013 – Prescription Drug Abuse: Strategies to Stop the Epidemic – Trust for America’s Health – Report

2013 – Under Treatment of Pain: A Prescription for Opioid Misuse Among the Elderly? (NIH-PA Author Manuscript)

2013 – Prenatal Substance Abuse: Short- and Long-term Effects on the Exposed Fetus (American Academy of Pediatrics)

2012 – Prescription Medication Misuse and Abuse Among Older Adults (HHS-AoA Brief)

2012 – Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Associated Health Care Expenditures United States, 2000-2009 (JAMA) pdf 

2011 – Epidemic: Responding To America’s Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis pdf

2011 – Comorbidity: Addiction and Other Mental Disorders (NIDA – Info Facts)

Last updated on 10/09/2019