This preliminary statewide monthly count data is presented by substance and posted on the SAPB website and intended to provide death data to our partners more quickly.

This presentation focuses on innovative approaches to tracking and treating overdoses.

This panel discussion described ODMAP and its contribution to tracking and prevention overdose statistics.

This presentation discussed current issues in emergency room settings that prevent optimal treatment of overdoses, and strategies for improvement.

These are the findings from the 2020 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), released by The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

This dashboard and data is the result of ongoing collaboration between the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD), Department of Justice, and the California Health Care Foundation.

This study poses questions for what will happen in the future regarding the trends of infectious diseases and discusses the transition from injected drugs to smoking fentanyl.

OPI research scientists have tracked the rise in overdose deaths in California over the past five years. This data brief demonstrates that the opioid epidemic remains a significant, complex, and evolving public health issue.

This measurement guide draws from on-the-ground work with an array of local overdose prevention coalitions affiliated with the Center for Health Leadership and Practice’s overdose prevention networks and is organized around the sequence in which coalitions need to work with data.

It is often said that what gets measured gets done. Having a measurement plan will help your coalition use data in a strategic and actionable way, including when to adjust your strategies. It will also help you tell a compelling story to your partners, funders and community. This tool provides instructions on how to create a clear plan across multiple areas of your coalition's work.

This paper is national in scope and reviews recent changes to the Part 2 regulations. The paper analyzes how Part 2 applies to primary care practices that seek to expand access to SUD treatment, and how providers in different parts of the country are navigating these rules. While focusing on care for opioid use disorder, the paper is applicable to all SUD care.

When looking at the news, we often see numbers for the opioid epidemic, but do those numbers represent where you live? How can you communicate, measure and track key opioid safety indicators for your community? This infographic goes over the key elements of using the California Opioid Overdose Surveillance Dashboard, created by the California Department of Public Health.

Organizations with access to health data face difficult decisions about how best to visualize these data for clarity, storytelling, and impact. This presentation serves as a guide to select the best visualization options for your data, and explains how to get started on the path to better data presentation.

Learn more about how to communicate with data from subject matter expert Andy Krackov. This fact sheet goes through Andy's ten tips on using data to tell stories, providing resources for each key competency.

Use this resource sheet to learn strategies for telling a story with your data, along with seeing real life examples, instructional materials and other data related resources.

This session offers insights into how to think about the current moment as a way forward for your coalition. We offer strategies for managing change, and generate discussion on how to adapt your coalition in light of this shifting environment.