This is a toolkit from SAMHSA that provides guidance on the role of opioid overdose reversal medications and how to respond to an overdose and is tailored to specific populations, like people who use drugs, people who take prescription opioids, and first responders. 

This report details an environmental scan which evaluates the extent to which overdose prevention and response efforts are implemented among those under community supervision following release from incarceration. The scan included a literature review, interviews, and discussions with experts on the topics of overdose prevention and harm reduction. 

This is a report from the National Council for Mental Wellbeing that provides local and state health departments with information, resources, and tools to implement effective strategies to support linking people who are at risk of opioid overdose to care. It is organized by seven strategies aligned with health department essential functions. There are examples of successful initiatives implemented throughout the United States. This resource can help communities implement interventions that can reduce the gap between individuals who have opioid use disorder and those receiving treatment for this condition. 

This issue brief from Trust for America's Health and Well-Being Trust provides national and state data from 1999-2017 on deaths of despair, which are defined as deaths attributed to drug overdoses, suicides, and alcohol poisoning/alcohol-related liver disease. 

This is an issue brief that provides an update on the first two "Pain in the Nation" reports. Opioid overdose deaths have declined but deaths involving alcohol, suicide, synethetic opioids, and psychostimulants continue to rise. Prior responses to the opioid crisis are highlighted, experts are interviewed, and recommendations are made. 

This is a report from the Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care that summarizes the Patient and Family Advisor (PFA) Summit on the opioid crisis, held in 2018. Characteristics of meaningful partnerships with patients and families are discussed and several promising partnerships are highlighted. Recommendations are made to strengthen these partnerships. 

This is a website providing tools, information, and other resources to help communities develop and implement post-overdose response teams. 

This toolkit from the Harm Reduction Coalition provides examples of policies and practices from current peer-delivered syringe exchange (PDSE) programs. It gives an overview of points to consider in starting a PDSE program and is intended to generate new ideas for revising and improving existing PDSE programs.

This is a report from the Center for Public Safety Initiatives that provides a catalog and summaries of programs, approaches, and interventions to respond to the opioid crisis. These entries include responses that are local, national, and international. 

This paper describes Interact for Health, a foundation working to address the opioid crisis in Cincinatti, OH, with particular focus on funding strategy, outcomes, and lessons learned from 2008 to 2018. As an organization that awarded grants and helped build a community response to address the opioid crisis in an area that was hit hard and early, this paper offers lessons learned for communities and foundations currently implementing action plans. 

This is a report from the Open Society Foundation for law enforcement personnel on how to incorporate, support, and create space for approaches that aim to increase public safety and health, reduce harm to people who use drugs, and provide law enforcement alternatives to common punitive models.

This study sought to understand important changes in co-occurring opioid and nonopioid drug use (i.e., polysubstance use) within the opioid crisis in the United States. Past-month use of at least 1 nonopioid drug occurred in nearly all participants (> 90%) in this study.

This paper emphasizes that viewing opioid trends in a “silo” ignores the fact that polysubstance use is ubiquitous among those with opioid use disorder and that significant changes in polysubstance use should be monitored alongside opioid trends.