• Information on CURES 2.0 (Controlled Substance Utilization Review Evaluation System)​
• ​CURES Mandatory Consultation FAQs 
  

• Strategic Plan
  
• Informational Pamphlet
  
• Charter
  

• If you or someone you know has a problem with substances, the Substance Abuse Service Helpline (SASH) can help anytime, toll-free at 844-804-7500
  
• Service and Bed Availability Tool (SBAT)- Web-based service locator to find publicly-funded substance use treatment services in Los Angeles County
• Public Substance Use Disorder Treatment Brochure:
  
  • ​English
    
  • Spanish
    

Public substance use treatment services

Fentanyl

• Tools for Pharmacists to Help Reverse the Opioid Epidemic (California Health Care Foundation)​
• ​Managing Pain Safely: Pharmacy Toolkit​

SAFE MED LA - Information & Outreach

naloxone

• NPR: Effort to Fight Opioid Abuse Spreads to 80 LA County Urgent Care Clinics  

• Prescription Opioid Abuse in Los Angeles County ​ (LiveStories)
  
• California Opioid Overdose Surveillance Dashboard
• Big Cities Health Coalition - Opioid-Related Data Platform
  
• The Opioid Epidemic in 15 Maps & Charts
  
• Rx Opioid Misuse/Abuse and Consequences  (Medical Director's Briefs)
  

• California Department of Public Health: Fentanyl Testing to Prevent Overdose

A publication of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

rx for prevention

Prescription Drug Monitoring program

pharmacy safe prescribing resources

• Law Enforcement Naloxone Toolkit​

• Naloxone and Opioid Overdose Response: A Training for Law Enforcement in Washington State

• Bureau of Justice Assistance; U.S. Dept of Justice: Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program
  

• Medications for Addiction Treatment (MAT)
  

  • Use of MAT for Opioid Use Disorder in Criminal Justice Settings (SAMHSA)
    

  • MAT Inside Correctional Facilities - Addressing Medication Diversion (SAMHSA)
    

• Recommendations for Safe Opioid Prescribing  (endorsed by Safe Med LA and the California Society of Addiction Medicine)
• ​Safe Pain Prescribing Toolkits & Other Resources
  
• ​CDC Opioid Guideline Resources (mobile app, tapering pocket guide, pharmacists' brochure, non-opioid alternatives, etc)
• Resources for Opioid Prescribers (California Department of Public Health)
  
• ​Veterans Affairs - Management of Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain 
  

safe drug disposal

• Preventing Prescription Drug Abuse and Overdoses
  
• Preventing Prescription Opioid Abuse
• Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System: A Tool for Judicious Prescribing

Law Enforcement

• Opioid Safety Coalitions Network
• ​TACKLING AN EPIDEMIC: An Assessment of the California Opioid Safety Coalitions Network
  

SAFE Pain PRESCRIBING Resources and GUIDELINES for PATIENTs & PROVIDERs

• Operation Prevention
  

Medications for addiction Treatment

Data resources

California Health Care Foundation

News & Media

YOUTH EDUCATION

Working Together to Reduce Prescription Drug Abuse and Overdose Deaths

• Safe Drug & Sharps Disposal Locations Across Los Angeles County
• Medication Safety and Disposal
• DEA Take Back Day Locator
  

• Requesting Naloxone Standing Order from the California Dept of Public Health and Naloxone Doses from the Dept of Health Care Services Naloxone Distribution Project - Instructions
  
• Naloxone, Fentanyl Test Strip, & Harm Reduction Resources (online and in-person)
• San Francisco Department of Public Health
  
  • ​Provider's Guide to Prescribing Naloxone
    
  • Naloxone Fact Sheet
• Pharmacy Locations that Furnish Naloxone (with Los Angeles County locations highlighted in yellow) 
  • CVS
  • Ralphs
• ​986 Pharmacy
  
• Prevent & Protect - Naloxone Resources​​​
  
• Los Angeles Overdose Prevention Task Force
  
• SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit​​​
• ​National Association of School Nurses - Naloxone in Schools Toolkit
  

• MAT Resource Library - A practical toolkit for providers interested in establishing MAT programs
  
• Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network
  
  • ​​Taking Action to Address Opioid Misuse
    
• Case Consultation Information
  
  • ​​Prescriber’s Clinical Support System (PCSS) - Resources for Medication-Assisted Treatment
    
  • UCSF Clinician Consultation Center - Substance Use Resources​
    
• ​Become a Buprenorphine Waivered Practitioner​
  
• SUMMIT: Procedures for Medication-Assisted Treatment of Alcohol and Opioid Dependence in Primary Care
  
• ​The ASAM National Practice Guideline for the Use of Medications in the Treatment of Addiction Involving Opioid Use​
  
  • ​​Prescriber’s Clinical Support System (PCSS) Slides Complementing ASAM National Practice Guidelines for MAT for Opioid Use​
    
• ​Medication for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder: A Brief Guide (SAMHSA)
  
• Recovery Within Reach: Medication-Assisted Treatment of Opioid Addiction Comes to Primary Care
  
• Pharmacies in Los Angeles County that process eTARs for long-acting naltrexone