Policies & Programs, filtered by "Alcohol and Drug Use" and "Improve access to substance abuse counseling and treatment"
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
Drug courts
Use specialized courts to offer criminal offenders with drug dependency problems an alternative to adjudication or incarceration
Family treatment drug courts
Use specialized courts to work with parents involved in the child welfare system who may lose custody of their children due to substance abuse


