As of December 29, 2022, clinicians are no longer required to obtain a DATA waiver (X-waiver) to prescribe buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder. Visit the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration website for more information about the removal of the DATA waiver requirement.
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Find CME/CE and other resources to enhance your practice and teach others about addiction.
- CME/CE Activities
Enhance your practice with courses on opioids, opioid overdose, opioid prescribing and pain, adolescent-focused, and general substance use. - Overcoming Stigma: Words Matter When Talking About Addiction
- Stigma Resources – Resources, including guidance and research, to help you learn more about stigma, addiction, and health disparities, and the importance of addressing them in the health care setting.
- SAMHSA's Opioid-Overdose Practice Guides:
- Opioid-Overdose Reduction Continuum of Care Approach (ORCCA) Practice Guide 2023
This guide exists a resource for individuals working to end the opioid crisis. These individuals include community coalition members, professional treatment providers, recovery support specialists, people with lived experience, policymakers, recovery program administrators, and many others working to prevent, treat, and support recovery from substance use disorders. This guide is particularly designed for individuals at the front lines of the opioid response. - Engaging Community Coalitions to Decrease Opioid Overdose Deaths Practice Guide 2023
This guide was developed in recognition of the need to center community engagement throughout the efforts to address the opioid overdose crisis. This guide exists to help communities decrease opioid overdose deaths; it includes tools and real-world examples that can be used to build and strengthen community coalitions that work to reduce opioid overdose deaths.
- Opioid-Overdose Reduction Continuum of Care Approach (ORCCA) Practice Guide 2023
- Addiction Medicine Toolkit for Health Care Providers in Training
For ADM fellows and other medical providers interested in careers in addiction, this toolkit navigates through resources to get you started. Or, learn more about the Addiction Medicine Subspecialty first. - COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Hesitancy Q&A: Expanding Access to Vaccinations Among People with SUD
- NIDA Centers of Excellence (CoE) for Physician Information
For teachers of medical students, find curricula resources on a variety of topics related to addiction. - Addiction Science
Learn about the complexities around addiction and how it changes the brain. - American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) New Addiction Resource
APA worked with the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and the American Society of Addiction Medicine to develop the top 10 facts that every physician should know about addiction.