During the Fall 2023 COPN Convening that focused on advancing youth overdose prevention, treatment and harm reduction in California, COPN Impact Coach Mary Maddux-Gonzalez reviewed recent policies (2023) that had been passed related to youth overdose prevention and treatment. This handout provides more information on the recent policies that have initiatives that emphasize naloxone accessibility, on-campus treatment, conservatorship updates, and fentanyl detection measures.

Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and Third Horizon Strategies (THS) launched the Opioid Abatement Needs and Investment (OANI) tool. This interactive resource, developed with support from the Elevance Health Foundation, aims to assist local, municipal and state level leaders working to address the opioid epidemic in their communities. The tool provides geographic-specific information on the potential need for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment and recovery services and the locality’s capacity to meet that demand. The 1.0 version of the tool uses publicly available data at the county and state level and enables users to investigate a county’s potential need for OUD treatment and recovery capacity across the Healthy People 2030 Social Determinant of Health Domains.

This campaign was created by the Santa Barbara County Department of Behavioral Wellness. It is an example of how a community has developed an awareness campaign discussing fentanyl, how to access naloxone and how and where to find local treatment options.

This webpage overviews the Contra Costa County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Pilot Project. It is the first in the country to launch a pilot project for paramedics to provide medication for addiction treatment (MAT) directly to patients in withdrawal from opioid use disorder. Lead by Dr. Gene Hern, the EMS Project Director of the CA Bridge program at the Public Health Institute, Dr. David Goldstein, of the Contra Costa County Emergency Medical Services Agency, and Dr. Ori Tzvieli, the Medical Director of Contra Costa County Public Health, the project has started serving patients in the region.

This document is to assist community leaders, local and regional organizers, non-profit groups, law enforcement, public health, and members of the public in understanding and navigating effective strategies to prevent opioid overdose in their communities.

This comprehensive guide provides information and recommendations regarding general health, safer use practices, common viral, fungal, parasitic, and other injection-related infections, overdose and overamp, tapering, withdrawal, medications for opioid use disorder, and seeking medical care.

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

"This Toolkit consists of a series of ""quick clinical tips""- bringing state-of-the-art resources and practical tools to busy clinicians addressing patient stimulant and fentanyl use in primary care

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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)).

In this study, CA Bridge identifies racial disparities in accessing medication-assisted treatment (MAT), specifically looking at buprenorphine, in California.

National Harm Reduction Coalition’s Medical Director Dr. Kim Sue joins various guests from programs across the country to highlight the importance of low-barrier access to medications for opioid use.

This toolkit was created for supporting pregnant and parenting people who use drugs, their loved ones, and their service providers. This toolkit was written in collaboration with the National Hard Reduction Coalition and the Academy of Perinatal Harm Reduction.

A practical and evidence-based podcast on how to think about, diagnose, and treat substance use disorders in the Emergency Department and Acute Care

This flyer is an example of a resource created by Sacramento County Opioid Coalition and is available in both English and Spanish. This resource is made available for use in clinics and offices.

Tribal MAT ECHO training from August of 2022 that discusses the benefits of linking Native traditional practices with substance use recovery.

The California Department of Public Health Overdose Prevention Initiative (CDPH OPI) shares recommendations and resources to statewide partners in response to increases in drug overdoses statewide. Each recommendation lists resources by partner type (public safety, public health departments, community-based organizations, health care providers and settings, harm reduction organizations, medical examiners and coroners, and public health and forensic laboratories). Identify your partner type and review the resources for local overdose prevention and response implementation. The CDPH OPI team will continue to update this webpage with new information and resources as needed.

Deaths due to illicit fentanyl and heroin are now leading drivers of the opioid epidemic. This document argues for stronger support from the federal government in providing resources to curb overdose-related deaths, such as MAT.

Despite data showing the success of MAT in treating drug addiction, objections are still common. This document helps clear up some common misconceptions about MAT, and brings evidence-based practice to the discussion around MAT.

This paper explores several options for expanding access to MAT (specifically, buprenorphine) for those who are addicted to opioids, and provides recommendations for California clinics and primary care practices.

This training will assist physicians and physician assistants (PAs) who wish to apply for a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid use disorders.