The opioid crisis: A resource guide

Opioid addiction is an enormous societal crisis and AFT members are fighting on the frontlines for the communities we serve. Each day, 115 Americans die from opioid-related overdose and less than a third of the people who need treatment can find it.  AFT is responding with resources and training that all of our members can use—from understanding how addiction works and knowing where to access treatment to ending the stigma that prevents many individuals and families from getting help. 

Online education provided by AFT-NHP

• The Opioid Crisis: AFT Responds

Resource list

• The role of big pharma: Hedge Clippers report
  Hedge Paper No. 57: Stopping the Opioid Profiteers—How Policymakers and Communities Can Fight Back

• A Community of Recovery
  Dayton, Ohio’s Compassionate, Collective Approach to the Opioid Crisis

Naloxone information

• General information on naloxone from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Naloxone Finder
• Workplace naloxone programs from the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH)
• School-based naloxone programs from the National Association of School Nurses (free toolkit, but requires a log-in)

Resources on treatment, recovery, counseling and other services

• Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder, The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Health and Human Services (HHS)
• The Addiction Resource Hub, a joint project of Facing Addiction with NCADD and Transforming Youth Recovery
• Resources for teens, parents, and educators from the National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIDA Teen

Preventing occupational exposure to fentanyl and other synthetic opioids

• For healthcare workers in hospital and clinic settings from the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH)
• For first responders from NIOSH