Collected Resources

Information on advocacy principles, advocacy research, providing education, direct action campaigns, media advocacy, and responding to opposition.

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Publisher: Community Toolbox

This resource provides an overview of some common barriers to obtaining archival data, and strategies for overcoming these challenges.

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Publisher: Prevention Solutions

Naloxone is an opioid antagonist that blocks the effects of opioids such as heroin, oxycodone, hydrocodone, fentanyl, codeine, and methadone. In response to the increasing number of opioid-related fatal overdoses in Massachusetts, the Department of Public Health is sponsoring a pilot program that is distributing intra-nasal naloxone (Narcan©), along with opioid overdose prevention education, to opioid users and to trusted people in their lives such as family, friends, and staff of human services programs. Emergency responders including paramedics and emergency room physicians have been using naloxone since the 1970's to revive people who are experiencing an opioid overdose. Many programs nationally, and now here in Massachusetts have been making this life-saving medication available to people who are most likely to witness an overdose.

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Publisher: MDPH

This guidance document is a resource for municipalities, individuals, organizations, community coalitions, and other groups who are implementing efforts to prevent prescription drug misuse and abuse among high school aged youth, including those whose efforts are funded by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) Bureau of Substance Abuse Services (BSAS), and more specifically, grantees of the Partnership For Success 2015 cohort.

Author: Center for Strategic Prevention Support Publisher: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services

The Partnership to End Addiction seeks to transform how the nation addresses addiction by empowering families, advancing effective care, shaping public policy and changing culture.

Partnership to End Addiction curates a digest of the latest news in our field for advocates, policymakers, community coalitions and all who work toward shaping policies and practices to effectively prevent substance use and treat addiction.

This 2015 report from the UCSF Health Workforce Research Center on Long-Term Care surveys literature on peer support workers in mental health and substance use & addictions, and describes roles, reimbursement options, settings, history, and other aspects of peer work in behavioral health.

Do you think you might have a problem with alcohol or other drugs (including tobacco)? Are you engaging in behavior that might be putting you or people you care about at risk for physical or emotional harm? Are you having problems in your social, work, or home life that you think might be related to your use of alcohol, other drugs, gambling, or taking risks?

There are many resources for anyone who wants to learn more about these problems.

This publication provides an overview of the steps associated with engaging in community mobilizing to implement environmental strategies with a particular emphasis on adopting alcohol, tobacco, and drug (ATD) policies at the community level.

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Publisher: Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA)

Guidance for prioritizing and optimizing use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), COVID-19 testing, and COVID-19 vaccine supply in Massachusetts during the COVID-19 response.