Federal government - key online resources about the national opioid public health crisis:
- HHS: National Opioids Crisis
- NIDA: Opioid Overdose Crisis
- CDC: Opioid Overdose
- NIH: HEAL (Helping to End Addiction Long-term) Initiative
- CDC/MMWR: All Opioid Reports, 2000-Present
- ARCOS: Data made available through litigation covering opioid shipments from 2006 to 2014
General overview documents about opioids and other drugs:
- CDC: Evidence-Based Strategies for Preventing Opioid Overdose: What’s Working in the United States (2018)
An introduction for public heath, law enforcement, local organizations, and others striving to serve their community
- DEA: 2016 National Drug Price and Purity Data (July 2018)
- ONDCP: President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis (Final Report 11/15/2017)
- DEA: 2017 National Drug Threat Assessment (October 2017)
- SAMHSA: Key Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators; 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2016 (2017)
- NJEM: The Role of Science in Addressing the Opioid Crisis (July 2017)
- NFLIS Special Report: Opiates and Related Drugs, 2009–2014 (Revised February 2016)
Information on drug testing:
- NDEWS: Drug Outbreak Testing Service (DOTS) Pilot Study
- Wastewater Drug Testing
Opioids and overdoses: State level and national data dashboards and/or drug reports:
International
- Opioid Atlas: Interactive tool for exploring and visualizing opioid consumption around the world from 1989-2013, based on data from the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB).
See also news article mentions for selected drugs:
- Science: Changing dynamics of the drug overdose epidemic in the United States from 1979 through 2016
- NDEWS News Scans: Cocaine, Fentanyl, Heroin, Marijuana, Methamphetamine
Links to current information on selected drugs.
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