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 new Facebook group, Libraries and the Opioid Crisis.
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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
- Webinar Recording: A New Reality: The Opioid Epidemic & Kentucky Public Libraries
- American Libraries Live Recording: The Opioid Epidemic and Libraries—Challenges, Resources, and More
- Everyone’s Problem: Libraries Confront the Opioid Crisis, School Library Journal, 11/1/17
- Libraries beset by violence, addicts in restrooms, Boston Herald, 9/29/17
- Kids coping with opioid crisis: 'I guess we've seen too much,’ Philly.com, 8/15/17
- 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
- ‘Drug tourists’ keep overdosing at this library. Here’s how employees are saving their lives, Washington Post, 6/2/17
- As national media descend, the heroin catastrophe at Philly library worsens, Philly.com, 6/2/17
- 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
- SF library workers may get training to save heroin addicts’ lives, San Francisco Chronicle, 3/19/17
General Resources
- The Opioid Crisis: Resources & Information collected by Kanawha County Public Library (WV)
- September 29 tweet chat: #opioidawarechat
- CDC Publications, Opioid Overdose
- September is National Recovery Month (see resources)
- Opiate Addiction and Treatment, National Library of Medicine (NLM)
- Resources for understanding the opioid crisis, University of Minnesota Libraries
- Newly-Cataloged Resources Supporting Research on Opioid Addiction, Federal Depository Library Program
- Opioid Addiction, LibGuides at University of North Carolina Health Sciences Library
- Get Naloxone Now, NLM
- Librarians respond to the opioid crisis, collected by NLM
- HLWIKI International: The opioid crisis in Canada
- Legal Interventions to Reduce Overdose Mortality, Network for Public Health Law
- Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America, cadca.org
- DontDie.org, from Baltimore City Health Department
- NARCAN® Now, smartphone app Android, Apple iOS
- The Office of Minority Health Resource Center (HHS/OMHRC)
- has an online digital collection on health issues for minority populations. You can see this list of new materials on opioid use, as it relates to minority groups here http://bit.ly/2f3G3dl
- 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
- The First Count of Fentanyl Deaths in 2016: Up 540% in Three Years, New York Times, 9/2/17
- ACMT and AACT Position Statement: Preventing Occupational Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analog Exposure to Emergency Responder (pdf), July 17
- 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
- An Obligation to Lead (pdf), Massachusetts Municipal Association, Report of the MMA’s Municipal Opioid Addiction and Overdose Prevention Task Force
- 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)
- The Opioid Mission of Broome County, New York: A collaborative effort by one county shows that the opioid crisis is a problem that cannot be solved solely through the criminal justice system, ICMA
- Many counties, cities and local agencies are eligible for Naloxone bulk purchasing agreements through U.S. Communities - http://www.uscommunities.org/suppliers/premier-medical
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
- The First Count of Fentanyl Deaths in 2016: Up 540% in Three Years, New York Times, 9/2/17
- Trump says opioid crisis is a national emergency, pledges more money and attention, Washington Post, 8/10/17
- 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
- About Denver Public Library's Peer Navigators and Social Workers
- 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