The opioid crisis extends beyond the boundaries of traditional state health systems, requiring evidence-based treatment and coordination between state agencies and leaders. To optimize all potential avenues to treatment and reduce overdoses, NASHP works with states to develop a “no-wrong-door” approach to treatment that prioritizes cross-system policies, enhances systems of care, and improves the continuum of care for people with opioid use disorder (OUD).

NASHP provides tools and resources that share best practices and promising approaches in its State Policy Center for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment and Access, which includes analyses of how states are spending opioid settlement dollars. Learn more about the Opioid Policy Center.