The art of effective social media marketing and outreach requires organizations to be adept at creating targeted content that speaks to the right person, in the right way, at the right time.
SAMHSA has issued a new practical guide on Maintaining Fidelity to ACT: Current Issues and Innovations in Implementation. To support continued efficacy of Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), it is critical to reaffirm its fundamentals and promote awareness of new developments relevant to implementation of the model. Serving as a follow-up and companion product to SAMHSA’s Assertive
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The Rural Community Toolbox website has updated. It includes resources to address substance use disorder (SUD) and the opioid crisis, as well as Federal resources that can help rural communities become strong, healthy, prosperous, and resilient places to live and work.
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Today, SAMHSA, in collaboration with RTI International, is releasing the following resource intended to aid community practitioners in the ongoing work to end the overdose crisis. “Engaging Community Coalitions to Decrease Opioid Overdose Deaths”. This product will equip public health practitioners, coalitions, nonprofits, and other groups working to prevent opioid-related death in their local communities
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Today, SAMHSA, in collaboration with RTI International, is releasing the following resource intended to aid community practitioners in the ongoing work to end the overdose crisis. Opioid-Overdose Reduction Continuum of Care Approach (ORCCA) and it is available for free online. This product will equip public health practitioners, coalitions, nonprofits, and other groups working to prevent
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Naloxone is a safe, life-saving medication that can reverse an overdose from opioids. Termed an ‘opioid overdose reversal medication’, Naloxone is easy to carry and administer. This poster illustrates the comparison of Naloxone with an automated external defibrillator (AED), another life-saving tool. Naloxone frequently asked questions Naloxone trainings / videos Other naloxone resources Hard copies
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This document provides information on xylazine, a non-opioid veterinary tranquilizer used as an additive in illicit drug supplies, notably in combination with heroin and fentanyl.
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