This is a toolkit from the National Safety Council to help employers to address the opioid crisis in the workplace. It includes sample policies, fact sheets, presentations, 5-minute safety talks, posters, white papers, reports, videos, and other resources. 

This is a report from the National Association of Counties and the Appalachian Regional Commission that details the state of the opioid crisis in Appalachia and presents recommendations to help county leaders respond to this public health emergency. In addition, individual county case studies are featured highlighting the challenges and strategies. 

This is a report from The Sentencing Project that examines the sources of the opioid crisis, surveys health and justice policy responses at the federal and state levels, and draws on lessons from past drug crises to provide guidance on how to proceed. An overarching theme in this report is to end the War on Drugs, addressing addiction with public health and social services, not incarceration and punishment. There is also a focus on racial justice and equity. 

This is a consensus study report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on integrating prevention and treatment services at the intersection of opioid use disorder and infectious diseases. The need for and background of integration are discussed, recommendations are made to overcome barriers to implementation, and case studies of select programs are presented. 

This website from the RAND Corporation provides one-page summaries of published research tailored for policymakers and includes research on prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and special populations. 

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 website from the Pew Charitable Trusts provides the state policy landscape for opioid treatment programs (OTPs) and highlights policy barriers and facilitators in accessing methadone treatment in each state. 

This is a report from the Pew Research Center that gives a comprehensive overview of regulations and other policies at the state level that affect opioid treatment programs that primarily deliver methadone treatment. These policies are visually depicted using U.S. maps.  

This website has an interactive map that looks at deaths from alcohol, suicides, and drugs for each state. A downloadable report offers an extensive national resilience strategy. 

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 guidebook from the Urban Institute has been developed to provide community-based organizations with an overview of jail reentry work and to help them develop and sustain a partnership with their local jail. It discusses how to build a partnership with the local jail and includes concrete steps to develop and sustain this partnership. In addition, there are examples of existing strong partnerships and links to reentry resources.