This preliminary statewide monthly count data is presented by substance and posted on the Overdose Prevention Initiative (OPI) Data webpage and is intended to provide death data to our partners more quickly.

This preliminary statewide monthly count data is presented by substance and posted on the Overdose Prevention Initiative (OPI) Data webpage and is intended to provide death data to our partners more quickly.

In 2020, the nation took a significant step forward with the enactment of the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act, a bill NAMI advocated for that created a nationwide three-digit number (988) to assist people experiencing a mental health or suicidal crisis. This fact sheet delves deeper into the purpose of the 988 line, and what it hopes to achieve.

The new 988 mental health hotline is a way of providing 24/7, free and confidential support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. This fact sheet from SAMHSA answers some FAQs relating to the implementation and sustainability of the 988 line.

The CDC’s Division of Overdose Prevention developed an interactive data visualization tool, the SUDORS dashboard, which displays fatal overdose data from 2020. Participating jurisdictions provide data abstracted from multiple data sources including death certificates, medical examiner/coroner reports, and postmortem toxicology.

An overview of supervised consumption services (SCS), including the benefits and barriers.

This fact sheet discusses MAT as an evidence-based approach to treat opioid use disorders by combining the use of medications with behavioral therapy.

This is a guide about treating chronic pain safely and without the use of opioids.

This brief provides an overview of the developing but nascent landscape of organizations offering telehealth MAT.

This fact sheet addresses the stigmas that exist regarding addiction, and learn how to reduce these stigmas in your community.

Resources listed in the sheet will allow you to learn more about MAT in Jails, as well as information regarding objections, position statements and more.

Please use this resource sheet to gather more knowledge and resources regarding pushback within your communities.

This fact sheet gives an overview of Naloxone, and answers frequently asked questions about Naloxone.

Use this fact sheet to learn more about the basics of naloxone, who can carry it and how to use it.

Use this fact sheet to learn more about using opioids safely, as well as using naloxone.

Learn more about the principles of harm reduction and how to integrate this approach into the work that you do every day. Use this resource sheet to gain a better understanding and to see some great examples of harm reduction at work.

This document is a Q & A with Matt Curtis, Harm Reduction Specialist at CDPH. All of this information was covered during the COPN webinar, Fentanyl Test Strips: Your Questions Answered, on Tuesday, April 12, 2022.

This handout from the Spring 2022 COPN convening offers seven ways we can help our brain meet its need to rest and heal, particularly when undergoing toxic stress or burnout.

The National Center for Youth Law compiled laws of various subjects regarding minors.