Products and Resources Catalog

Reference reading list of sources for HIV clinicians concerning medical marijuana.

One-page information flyer, produced in 2018.

One page, double-sided fact sheet listing ATTC events and products related to criminal justice and drug courts.

The Buprenorphine Treatment for Young Adults Blending Team designed a training package which highlights the findings of the NIDA CTN study that compared longer term versus short-term buprenorphine/naloxone treatment in an outpatient setting. The 3-hour training program examines the prevalence of and treatment admission rates for nonmedical use of opioids among young adults; provides an overview of opioid use among young adults; explores and increases understanding of the results of new research on using buprenorphine to treat opioid addiction in young adults; and describes the implications of these findings for the treatment of opioid addiction in young adults.        

Resources for HIV Rapid Testing in Substance Abuse Treatment Programs.

Motivational Incentives-A Proven Approach to Treatment is a collection of products which offer tools needed to learn about and use Motivational Incentives. Also, referred to as Contingency Management, Motivational Incentives has been subject to decades of research in the addiction treatment field; beginning in the 1960s. This collection of products assists organizations along a continuum from raising awareness about Motivational Incentives through dissemination and implementation activities.   What will you find at BetterTxOutcomes.org? Promoting Awareness of Motivational Incentives (PAMI) is an introductory training that exposes organizations to the principles of Motivational Incentives and demonstrates evidence of clinical effectiveness. Behavioral healthcare practitioners can then deepen their knowledge about Motivational Incentives through participating in the free, self-guided, interactive on-line course, Motivational Incentives: Positive Reinforcers to Enhance Successful Treatment Outcomes (MI:PRESTO).      

Treatment Strategies for Prescription Opioid Dependence is a package of tools and training resources for substance use disorders treatment providers. The results of the study have implications for the treatment of adults dependent on prescription opioids. The POATS Blending Team (BT) package is designed to help treatment providers incorporate study findings and recommendations into their practice.          

The Short-term Opioid Withdawal Using Buprenorphine (Bup Detox) Blending Team designed a training package to instruct treatment providers on the administration of aBup Detox Brochure Cover unique,13-day Buprenorphine taper intervention for opioid dependent patients. Research conducted in both inpatient and outpatient settings by the NIDA Clinical Trials Network demonstrated that, in contrast with the clonidine treatment group, patients receiving Buprenorphine provided more opioid-negative urine samples upon completion of the intervention. This training assumes some basic prior information about what Buprenorphine is and how it is used.            

Two-page fact sheet with facts about Marijuana and its use as well as its effects on the body, tips for cutting back, and helpful links.

2-hour, self-paced course provides a science-based introduction to substance use, substance use disorders (SUDs) and SUD treatment. Designed for undergraduate, graduate, and health professions students and practitioners who do not have a background in addictions.

This 8-hour self-paced course is based on the transdisciplinary foundations of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Technical Assistance Publication #21, Addiction Counseling Competencies. Designed to provide an overview of the addictive process and basic knowledge, attitudes, and skills utilized by professionals from a variety of backgrounds who work with clients experiencing substance use disorders.

Self-paced course designed to enhance professional knowledge of MAT and build skills for educating patients about MAT.

This National Workforce Report provides strategies for recruitment, retention, and development of the substance use disorder treatment and recovery services workforce. This report is based is based on a series of telephone interviews conducted in 2015 and 2016 with 44 Single State Agencies and the clinical directors and other staff representing nearly 70 substance use disorder (SUD) treatment agencies across the United States.

In this paper, the ATTC pre-service education workgroup addresses how such advancements must progress so that health professionals will be equipped to appropriately care for patients who have, or who are at risk of developing, SUD seven generations into the future.

3-hour, self-paced course designed to enhance professional knowledge of MAT and build skills related to educating clients about MAT.

This white paper is intended to provide a series of recommendations to guide practitioners in achieving more integrated behavioral health services in their respective settings. The paper presents Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) as a guiding clinical framework and identifies organizational change activities that are necessary to fully implement integrated treatment models.

These monographs provide insight and analysis of the topics important to today’s addiction counselors and recovery coaches: recovery-oriented systems of care, recovery management, peer-based recovery services, and treating addiction as a chronic condition that requires ongoing management.

The addictions treatment field is reaching a tipping point that is revolutionizing the ways that behavioral health leaders think about people with alcohol and other drug problems—and how services and systems are developed. Recovery Management / Recovery Oriented Systems of Care contains six monographs by renowned recovery advocate William L. While and colleagues.

Dr. Thomas E. Freese, Director of the Pacific Southwest ATTC, explains what is meant by "medical" marijuana, who uses it and why, and the difference between medical marijuana and FDA approved medications.

Q&A with marijuana expert Dr. Kevin Hill. Topics include Addiction/dependency, adolescence, effects on the body, medical marijuana, potency, and withdrawal.

In this webinar, Dr. Hill discusses the major myths about marijuana use and the challenges of treating marijuana addiction, including working with parents.

Dr. Laura Borgelt, Professor at the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy, discusses the effects marijuana use can have on women who are pregnant, breastfeeding, the unborn child, and newborns.

Under Federal law, marijuana is still an illegal substance, yet 23 states and Washington DC have legalized medical marijuana, and four states have decriminalized marijuana for recreational use. With this shift in policy and many other states expected to follow suit, we will need to consider ways to address the growing impact and consequences of legalization. Dr. Rosalie Pacula, Director of the Bing Center for Health Economics at the RAND Corporation, will examine in this video the variance

Dr. Kari Franson from the University of Colorado's Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences shares information on the long-term negative outcomes marijuana use has on developing adolescents.