Opioid Crisis: Libraries, Resources, Context and Data
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17 August 2017
WebJunction, in collaboration with PLA, hosted the Opioid Crisis Town Hall: Library Needs and Responses, on September 12, 2017 (see Town Hall Summary and participant survey summary, Reflections on Opioid Crisis Town Hall). We invite you to share any additional resources for this page in the comments below or in the Facebook group, Libraries and the Opioid Crisis, and bookmark the project page for future learning: oc.lc/libraries-opioid-crisis.
Jump to topics:
Libraries and the Opioid Crisis
General Resources
City, County, Municipal Reports and Resources
Community Impact, Background and Context
Data
Partnership Examples
See also, Resources on Libraries and Homelessness
Libraries and the Opioid Crisis
- Everyone’s Problem: Libraries Confront the Opioid Crisis, School Library Journal, 11/1/17
- The Library Is A Resource Amid Opioid Crisis And Homeless Shelter Closure, WGBH, 7/31/17
- Why Are Opioid Users Overdosing in Libraries, and How Should Librarians Respond?, Catapult, 7/24/17
- Beyond books: Librarians on front line of opioid crisis, County News, National Association of Counties, 7/19/17
- The Opioid Epidemic: Your Library Can Help, Massachusetts Library System, 7/14/17
- Facing the Opioid Crisis: Q&A with Denver Public Library’s Rachel Fewell, School Library Journal, 7/14/17
- Waukesha County enlists new soldiers to front lines of the opioid epidemic — librarians, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7/14/17
- Call the librarian: Unlikely heroes move to the front lines of the opioid overdose epidemic, CNN, 6/24/17
- Saving Lives in the Stacks: How libraries are handling the opioid crisis, American Libraries, 6/21/17
- Librarians In Philadelphia Train To Thwart Drug Overdoses, NPR, 6/3/17
- An Opioid Death Prompts Denver Public Library To Keep Overdose Antidote On Hand, Colorado Public Radio, 5/4/17
- Preventing Overdoses in the Library, Public Libraries Online, 5/4/17
General Resources
- CDC Publications, Opioid Overdose
- September is National Recovery Month (see resources)
- Resources for understanding the opioid crisis, University of Minnesota Libraries
- Newly-Cataloged Resources Supporting Research on Opioid Addiction, Federal Depository Library Program
- Get Naloxone Now, NLM
- Opioid Misuse and Overdose Prevention, Network for Public Health Law
- Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America, cadca.org
- DontDie.org, from Baltimore City Health Department
- The Office of Minority Health Resource Center (HHS/OMHRC)
- Office of Minority Health Resource Center Knowledge Center
- Librarians and patrons can call the Office of Minority Health Resource Center at 800-444-6742 to get free resources and consumer publications on this topic that are culturally appropriate for racial and ethnic populations, or email KnowledgeCenter@minorityhealth.hhs.gov
- On Fentanyl
- Guidance statement regarding Personal Protective Equipment for Emergency Medical Services and Health Care Workers dealing with overdose victims (pdf), British Columbia Ministry of Health, January 2017
- Fentanyl: Preventing Occupational Exposure to Emergency Responders, CDC and Fentanyl information on MedlinePlus, CDC and Fentanyl for First Responders
- The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA/HHS) Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit (pdf)
- Recovering from Addiction: Routes to Recovery Booklet and App, Clinton Essex Franklin Library System LibGuide
City, County, Municipal Reports and Resources
- A Prescription for Action: Local Leadership in Ending the Opioid Crisis, joint report from National Association of Counties (NACo) and the National League of Cities (NLC)
- Leading the Fight Against the Opioid Crisis: A practical guide to opioid management by local governments, International City/County Management Association (ICMA)
Community Impact, Background and Context
- Senate Full Committee Hearing: The Federal Response to the Opioid Crisis, October 5, 2017
- America Addicted: PBS Newshour
- Seven Days of Heroin: This is what an epidemic looks like, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9/10/17
- Children of the Opioid Epidemic Are Flooding Foster Homes. America Is Turning a Blind Eye, Mother Jones, July/August 2017
- 3 Books Take a Deeper Look at the Opioid Epidemic, New York Times Book Review, 7/13/17
- U.S. Charges 412, Including Doctors, in $1.3 Billion Health Fraud, New York Times, 7/13/17
- A Small-Town Police Officer’s War on Drugs, New York Times Magazine, 7/12/17
- The Addicts Next Door, New Yorker, 6/5/17
- The Link Between Opioids and Unemployment, The Atlantic, 4/19/17
- Public Bathrooms Become Ground Zero In The Opioid Epidemic, WBUR, 4/3/17
- Working Together to Take on the Opioid Crisis, Culture of Health blog, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 3/29/17
- Dreamland : the true tale of America's opiate epidemic, by Sam Quinones
Data
- Provisional Counts Of Drug Overdose Deaths (pdf), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, as of 8/6/17
- Annual Surveillance Report of Drug-Related Risks and Outcomes (pdf), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 2017
- Esri: Mapping the Opioid Epidemic
- Short Answers to Hard Questions About the Opioid Crisis, New York Times, updated 8/10/17
- Medicaid’s Role in Addressing the Opioid Epidemic, Kaiser Family Foundation, updated 6/30/17
- STAT forecast: Opioids could kill nearly 500,000 Americans in the next decade, STAT, 6/27/17
- Shining a Spotlight on the Opioid Crisis Through the Power of Data, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), 6/20/17
- Patient Characteristics of Opioid-Related Inpatient Stays and Emergency Department Visits Nationally and by State, 2014 (pdf) AHRQ, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, 6/20/17
- How Bad is the Opioid Epidemic?, Frontline, 2/23/16
Partnership Examples
- Center for Harm Reduction Therapy in the San Franciso Bay Area http://harmreductiontherapy.org
- Denver's Harm Reduction Action center http://harmreductionactioncenter.org
- Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America, cadca.org
- local resource for Southeastern Massachusetts: http://ebhopes.net/
- BC, Canada - towardtheheart.com