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Alcohol and Drug Use

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Infectious Diseases

Health Care-Associated Infections

Children and Adolescents

Immigrant Health


Alcohol and Drug Use

Guidelines for Overdose Prevention Centers

The Health Department has released guidelines for operating overdose prevention center (OPC) services in NYC. These standards promote high quality services that are responsive to community needs. The Health Department encourages entities providing or seeking to provide OPC services to review and comply with the guidelines.

Guidelines for Overdose Prevention Centers in New York City (PDF)

Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)

SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment) can be used to identify, and reduce unhealthy alcohol use in a variety of healthcare settings.

Modified Simple Screening Instrument for Substance Abuse (MSSI-SA)

The Modified Simple Screening Instrument for Substance Abuse (MSSI-SA) can be used to screen for alcohol and drug dependence, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines. You can view the screening tool below.

Modified Simple Screening Instrument for Substance Abuse (MSSI-SA) Self-Administered Form (PDF)

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Reducing Substance Use Stigma

These videos support providers to enhance their understanding of how stigma impacts healthcare for people with opioid use disorder and include strategies for best practices to reduce stigma and improve health outcomes for patients.

Watch: Exploring substance use stigma and its impact on patient engagement and care

Watch: Reducing stigma in healthcare: why language matters

Opioid Prescribing

Health care providers can play a central role in reversing the epidemic of opioid analgesic misuse and overdose deaths. Find resources for safe and judicious prescribing.

Overdose Prevention

In 2023, there were 3,046 unintentional drug overdose deaths in New York City. Learn what you can do to prevent overdoses.

Overdose Prevention in Pharmacies

Under a citywide non-patient specific prescription, pharmacists can dispense naloxone to individuals at risk of opioid overdose and their concerned family members and friends. Learn more about the overdose prevention initiative in pharmacies.

Find participating pharmacies by searching the NYC Health Map.

NYC Health Map

Care of Non-Fatal Overdose in Emergency Departments

The NYC Department of Health has guidance for how providers at NYC emergency departments should care for patients following a non-fatal overdose.

Online Training Modules

Treating Patients with Chronic Pain and Optimizing Provider Use of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs

This e-learning series offers guidance for healthcare providers treating patients who are on or in need of opioid therapy. The modules present best practices for pain assessment, treatment planning, medication management and caring for patients with co-occurring health conditions, with a focus on utilizing Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs in clinical care.

Optimizing Provider Use of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs

Patient Assessment and Pain Management

Pain Management for Patients with Complex Co-occurring Conditions

Managing Pain in Special Populations

Medication Management: Opioid Tapering and Reducing Polypharmacy

Opioid Crisis Response Online Trainings

This e-learning series offers local health departments and community partners guidance and resources on evidence-informed public health responses to the opioid crisis using a harm reduction approach.

Local Health Departments and Public Health Emergencies

Mortality Surveillance and Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs

Lower-Threshold Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder

Syndromic Surveillance and Rapid Assessment and Response

Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care and Peer-Delivered Services

Addressing Substance Use Stigma

A Systematic Approach to Public Health Communications

Opioid Settlement Funds Reports

Opioid Settlement Funds Report, Fall 2024 (PDF)

Opioid Settlement Funds Report, Summer 2024 (PDF)

Opioid Settlement Funds Report, Spring 2024 (PDF)

Opioid Settlement Funds Report, Winter 2024 (PDF)

Opioid Settlement Funds Report, 2023 (PDF)