Opioid Resources & Trainings

Detailed Transmission Network Analysis of a Large Opiate-Driven Outbreak of HIV Infection in the United States

Opioids, Hepatitis C Virus Infection, and the Missing Vaccine

Drug Overdose

• Harm Reduction Coalition Tools and Best Practices - Webpage providing links to best practice documents, educational materials, and other resources for overdose prevention programs.

• SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Toolkit - 2014 document describing community-wide strategies to prevent opioid overdose, as well as, information for first-responders, prescribers, and community-members.

Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention

• Colorado Community Reference

Colorado Department of Health and Environment: Prescription drug overdose prevention

• Prescription drug overdose prevention funding

• Overdose data in Colorado

• Overdose prevention

• Overdose treatment

• Resources

Tri-County Health Department: Opioid Crisis

• Data and Resource Web Maps

• What Can We Do Right Now?

• Community Facts​

Wyoming Department of Health: Opioid Information

• Opioid Abuse Prevention

• Opioid Overdose Response

• Opioid Abuse Data and Resources​

Utah Department of Health: Prescription Drug Overdoses

• Prescription Drug Overdoses and Health Care Providers

• Opiate Overdose Outreach Pilot Program

• Preventing Prescription Drug Overdoses

• Prescription Drug Overdose Resources​

South Dakota Department of Health: Prescription Opioid Abuse Prevention Initiative

• Strategic Plan​

North Dakota Prevention Resource & Media Center

Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services: Opioid Overdose Prevention

Researchers use health data to predict who will use opioids after hospitalization - Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus are working to develop statistical models to better predict which patients will be prescribed opioid medications long-term following discharge from a hospital stay.

CU, VA researchers explore barriers to reducing opioid use for pain - Study finds support from family, health care providers crucial

CU Boulder study: Narcotic painkillers cause chronic pain - Three-month study of lab rats shows morphine use increases pain signals from the spinal cord

Opioids, obesity—not 'despair deaths'—raising mortality rates for whites

Physicians turn to technology to combat opioid epidemic - Pilot project at CU Anschutz makes state prescription database more accessible for doctors

CU Denver begins Valley opioid study

Understanding the Opioid Crisis

Trainings

Webcasts

Resources

Rural Health and Safety Education: Combating Opioids

Drug Overdose Prevention and Harm Reduction

Events & Webinars