Workplace Solutions Needed to Combat the Rise of Opioid Use

Comprehensive NSC research article highlights need for employer support to tackle opioid-related injuries and deaths. ... Since the 1990s, drug ...

Workplace Supported Recovery | Substance Use and Work - CDC

Employers should consider creating a Workplace Supported Recovery Program to prevent substance use, reduce stigma, and encourage treatment and ...

Overdose Prevention Strategy - HHS.gov

Harm Reduction. Harm reduction is critical to keeping people who use drugs alive and as healthy as possible. Read the research and reduce stigma.

Opioids - Missouri Department of Labor

What can businesses do to combat the opioid crisis? Review employee benefits: Work with insurance carriers to cover pain management alternatives to opioids.

The opioid crisis and the role of employers

For instance, employers can implement educational programs to raise awareness about the risks of opioid use, create a safe work environment, reduce stigma, and ...

Opioids & Substance Use: Workplace Prevention & Response

The goal of the course is to provide an evidence-based worker awareness training program that identifies workplace risk factors and solutions for opioid use, ...

Opioid Misuse in Rural America - USDA

... increase in deaths. We must continue our efforts in all aspects of our fight against substance use disorder and the opioid epidemic. Learn more. Rural ...

Implementing Effective Workplace Solutions to Prevent Opioid Use ...

However, over time, integrating multiple prevention strategies is likely to be more effective in addressing the needs of the workforce. Page 10 ...

Finding Solutions to the Prescription Opioid and Heroin Crisis

Empower, educate, and equip law enforcement personnel to prevent. overdose deaths and facilitate access to treatment. Reinforce use of best practices in ...

Harm Reduction | SAMHSA

Harm reduction is critical to keeping people who use drugs alive and as healthy as possible, and is a key pillar in the multi-faceted Health and Human ...

Opioid Use Disorder - Psychiatry.org

MOUD have been shown to help people stay in treatment, and to reduce opioid use, opioid overdoses and risks associated with opioid use disorder, including HIV ...

FACT SHEET: Addressing Addiction and the Overdose Epidemic

To further reduce burdens in accessing MOUD, the President supports eliminating outdated rules that place unnecessary administrative burdens on ...

Opioid Crisis - HRSA

Prevention and access to treatment for opioid addiction and overdose reversal drugs are critical to fighting this epidemic. Primary care ...

Evidence on Strategies for Addressing the Opioid Epidemic - NCBI

Regulating the Approved Product: Abuse-Deterrent Opioids as a Case Study · Regulating/Restricting Conditions of Lawful Access to Approved Drugs.

Preventing Opioid Use Disorder in the Mining Industry: NIOSH And ...

Today, the agencies released a new guide, Implementing Effective Workplace Solutions to Prevent Opioid Use Disorder: A Resource Guide for the ...

Beyond Supply: How We Must Tackle the Opioid Epidemic

A complementary and necessary approach is to target the “demand” side of opioid use, namely, implementation of preventive measures, educating physicians, ...

Tackling the Opioid Crisis Requires a Whole-of-Government, Society ...

Expand access to evidence-based treatment and recovery services, such as naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal agent, and fentanyl test strips; ...

Opioid Crisis Response | dmh.mo.gov

Support safe and effective recovery housing. · Build the workforce of certified peer specialists to help individuals meet their recovery goals. · Promote wellness ...

Effective Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder for Incarcerated ...

Treatment with MOUD — specifically, with methadone or buprenorphine — is the most effective way to prevent opioid overdose among people living with OUD ...

The Role of the Workforce System in Addressing the Opioid Crisis

Evidence is needed regarding when people with opioid use disorder are ready to return to work. ... regarding employment services and opioid use ...