Opioid Addiction Resources

Opioid use was declared a nationwide public health emergency in October 2017 after the number of deaths in the U.S. from opioid use rose to over 40,000 per year. "We are losing a Vietnam War every year." ~Barry Steiner-Ball

How is the church showing up to address and heal this crisis?

Information about Substances

• Overview of Opioids- National Institute on Drug Abuse
• List of Narcotic Analgesics (including brand names) from Drugs.com 
• Heroin- National Library of Medicine
• Drug Facts: Synthetic Opioids (Fentanyl)- Drug Policy Alliance
• OxyContin: Prescription Drug Abuse- Connecticut Clearinghouse 
• Opioid (Narcotic) Pain Medications– WebMD 

Intervention and Treatment

Opiate Addiction and Treatment- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Wreckage of Opioid Addiction- Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Medications to Treat Opioid Addiction- National Institute on Drug Abuse Opioid Overdose Reversal with Naloxone (Narcan, Evzio) - National Institute on Drug Abuse Finding Solutions to the Prescription Opioid and Heroin Crisis: A Road Map for States- National Governors Association The Opioid Epidemic at the End of 2018

Government Resources

• Don’t Die is a campaign of the Baltimore City Health Department focused on reducing the stigma of addiction, promoting substance use disorder treatment, and educating the public to recognize and respond to an overdose with the opioid overdose reversal medication naloxone. (2019)
• Opioid Overdose report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2019)
• Combating the Opioid Crisis: Battles in the States House Oversight and Investigations Committee
  Video and text of witness testimony during hearing held on Wednesday July 12, 2017, including Maryland's Lt. Governor Boyd K. Rutherford
• Report of the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis White House Commission, 2017 
• Baltimore City Overdose Prevention and Response Information- Baltimore City Health Department