This website describes Kentucky treatment, recovery, and harm reduction programs and their availability to expedite access by those with substance use disorder

An EMS-based program in Maryland that gives naloxone to individuals who have experienced a nonfatal opioid overdose and refuse to go to the hospital

A recovery community organization in South Florida that supports both peer-driven recovery and harm reduction services

A New Mexico program trains prisoners as Peer Leaders able to educate on the risks of illicit substance use

An organization providing comprehensive services to people who use drugs, including routine medical care, a syringe service program, overdose prevention, and access to medications for opioid use disorder

A jail-based overdose prevention intervention that reaches a previously unengaged and high-risk population for opioid overdose

Peer recovery specialists in Rhode Island provide harm reduction and treatment services to high-risk populations in emergency departments and communities

A local coalition in rural Minnesota addressing drug prevention by holding community forums and education sessions and collaborating with schools

A harm reduction program model offering a variety of services largely aimed at educating and aiding those who inject drugs

A pre-arrest diversion program, first implemented in Seattle, for those committing low-level law violations driven by unmet behavioral health needs

A project training North Dakota pharmacists to screen and talk to patients about opioid use disorder

A statewide initiative in Ohio to provide opioid overdose education and increase naloxone distribution at clinics and hospital emergency departments

A door-to-door harm reduction initiative targets high-risk overdose areas (‘hotspots”) in several Illinois counties

A law enforcement initiative, begun in Gloucester, MA and now expanded nationwide, that aims to make police departments a point of entry for treatment, providing early intervention and treatment on demand for those with substance use disorders

The first syringe service program in Florida, which is staffed predominantly by medical students from the University of Miami

A Madison, Wisconsin diversion program offers substance use disorder treatment for those committing non-violent addiction-related offenses

A program in New York City to address opioid overdoses with naloxone distribution to non-traditional settings, such as bars and nightclubs 

An effective overdose prevention model in San Francisco that distributes naloxone to the most at-risk populations in the community

A rapidly expanding referral program connecting those with opioid and substance use disorder to medication for addiction treatment

Communities can encourage adoption of overdose detection technologies that enable timely medical intervention