Overdose Prevention Centers | National Institute on Drug Abuse Overdose prevention centers provide trained staff who can detect and respond to overdoses alongside other services Overdose prevention centers are one of several harm reduction strategies to address the complex drug overdose crisis Overdose prevention centers have operated for years in countries outside the United States Evidence from more than 20 years of overdose prevention center
NIH RTC Overdose Prevention Centers “The Committee recognizes that Overdose Prevention Centers, or Supervised Consumption Sites, are part of a larger effort of harm reduction interventions intended to reduce the risk of drug overdose death and reduce the spread of infectious disease The Committee directs [the National Institute on Drug Abuse
Drug Overdose Deaths: Facts and Figures Explore data from the National Vital Statistics System on overdose deaths from the U S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Learn more about nonfatal overdoses on the CDC web site Explore the Overdose Prevention and Response Toolkit from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Federal study examines care following nonfatal overdose among medicare . . . Researchers from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services (CMS), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that among a cohort of 137,000 Medicare beneficiaries who experienced a nonfatal overdose in 2020, almost
Syringe Services Programs | National Institute on Drug Abuse Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Integrated prevention services for HIV infection, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis for persons who use drugs illicitly: summary guidance from CDC and the U S Department of Health and Human Services MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2012; 61(RR05);1-40
Harm Reduction | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Harm reduction approaches help reduce certain health and safety issues associated with drug use 1 As a model of substance use care distinct from treatment or recovery support, 2 harm reduction was created by and for people who use drugs 3 to improve health and wellbeing, including during active drug use
What is Fentanyl? | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Overdose deaths in the United States exceeded 100,000 in a 12-month period for the first time! 64%of these deaths involved synthetic opioids, mainly illicitly manufactured fentanyls (IMFs) (May 2020-April 2021)
Reflecting on NIDA’s 50th year and looking to 2025 This past year, NIDA commemorated its 50th anniversary, which made me reflect on how far addiction science has come in a half century—from the barest beginnings of an understanding of how drugs work in the brain, and only a few treatment and prevention tools, to a robustly developed science and multiple opportunities to translate that science into clinical practice
Syringe services for people who inject drugs are enormously effective . . . A recent study analyzing crime reports in an undisclosed U S city found a faster decline in reports of assault, burglary, larceny, and robbery in the vicinity of an unsanctioned overdose prevention center over the five years after it opened in 2014 than in other areas 14 Another study found no change in crime or disorder associated with two