Policies & Programs, filtered by "Alcohol and Drug Use" and "Healthcare Professionals and Advocates"
Policies and programs that can improve health
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Access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder
Provide medications such as methadone along with counseling and behavioral therapies to individuals diagnosed with opioid addiction and dependence in outpatient, residential, and hospital settings; often called MAT
Alcohol screening & brief intervention
Identify persons with harmful alcohol consumption before consequences become pronounced and motivate them to address existing or potential alcohol problems
Mass media campaigns against underage & binge drinking
Use television, radio, print, and social media efforts to increase adult awareness of underage drinking and its consequences
Multi-component community interventions against alcohol-impaired driving
Work to reduce alcohol-impaired driving via sobriety checkpoints, responsible beverage service training, education and awareness activities, and other efforts
Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs)
Use databases, housed in state agencies, to track prescribing and dispensing of Schedule II, III, IV, and V drugs and other controlled substances
Proper drug disposal programs
Establish programs that accept expired, unwanted, or unused medicines from designated users and dispose of them responsibly