Allied Against Opioid Abuse (AAOA)
- AAOA-HealthyWomen Toolkit
- Pharmacy Toolkit
- Disposal locator by state
- Know Your Rights, Risks and Responsibilities
BeMedWise at NeedyMeds Toolkits:
Adolescents (Tweens, Teens and Young Adults)
- Medicine abuse: not worth the risk, even if it’s legal — a guide for parents — talk to your teen
- Taking action to prevent and address prescription drug abuse — A resource kit for college campuses
- Maximizing Your Role as a Teen Influencer — Workshop to educate and equip teen influencers — parents, grandparents, teachers, coaches, community and school-based healthcare providers and others — with credible information addressing prescription drug abuse by teens and effective strategies to take action to help prevent it.
- Resources for community action: prescription drug abuse prevention
- Recovery Opens Doors — Whether you’re on-campus or in the community, the Recovery Opens Doors website — a real-life RecoveryPad, helps young adults talk to friends, other students, individuals and groups in the community about prevention, treatment, and referral for mental and/or substance use disorders.
- Online Brochures — Available for Download
Prescription Drugs: They Can Help but Also Hurt — for teens and young adults.
Talking to Your Kids about Prescription Drug Abuse — for parents.
You’re in Control: Using Prescription Medicine Responsibly — for college students
Older Adults and Caregivers
- Medication Use Safety Training for Seniors™ (MUST for Seniors™) toolkit: Easy-to-view and download educational materials and information sheets on avoiding medicine mishaps, managing side effects, and improving medicine use knowledge.
- MUST ask: What you need to ask your healthcare provider and pharmacist about your medicines
- MUST know: Be familiar with these 10 medical terms to take your medicines safely
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA)
- Strategies for Addressing Substance Abuse in Veteran Populations (online toolkit)
- Strategies for Effective Community Change – an online toolkit for preventing medicine abuse in communities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Overdose Prevention: The best ways to prevent opioid overdose deaths are to improve opioid prescribing, reduce exposure to opioids, prevent misuse, and treat opioid use disorder:
- Improve Opioid Prescribing
- Prevent Opioid Use Disorder
- Treat Opioid Use Disorder
- Reverse Overdose to Prevent Death
- Rx Awareness
- Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
- Non-Opioid Alternatives for Pain
- Up & Away and Out of Sight
Drug Enforcement Administration
Department of Health and Human Services
- Pain Management Best Practices: Updates, Gaps, Inconsistencies, and Recommendations — PDF
On May 9, 2019, the Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force, a federal advisory committee established by the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016, released its final report on acute and chronic pain management best practices, calling for a balanced, individualized, patient-centered approach.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- A Guide to Safe Use of Pain Medicine
- Educational Resources: Misuse of Prescription Pain Relievers
- Safe Opioid Disposal — Remove the Risk Outreach Toolkit
National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- NIDA’s Response to the Opioid Crisis
- Opioid Facts for Teens
- Prescription Opioids and Heroin
- Parents: Facts on Teen Drug Use
- Teens: Drug Use and the Brain
- Teachers: Classroom Resources on Drug Effects
- National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week
Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
- What Parents Should Know When Pain Relievers are Prescribed for Their Children
- Parent Drug Guide
- The Medicine Abuse Project®
- Recursos en Español
Partnership for Safe Medicines
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
- Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)
- Medication and Counseling Treatment for Opioid Addiction
- Naloxone
- Opioid Overdose Toolkit
- SAMHSA’s National Helpline (Treatment Locator) 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
- Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)
- You Can Manage Your Chronic Pain