CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain – United States 2016
2016 Center for Disease Control and Prevention report that provides recommendations for the primary care provider when prescribing opioids for pain. It discusses considerations for initiation of treatment, drug selection, and risks and harms of using opioids.

Facing Addiction In America: The Surgeon General’s Report on Alchohol, Drugs, and Health
2016 U.S. Department of Health & Human Services report providing a comprehensive review and presentation of current information and knowledge about addiction and substance use disorders. This report covers the current scientific understanding of addiction, diagnosis, treatment, and management of addiction and substance use disorders as well as recovery options for individuals. In addition, it examines the costs of addiction and substance use disorders to individual health, relationships, community and the health care system.

Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Spotlight on Opioids
2017 U.S. Department of Health & Human Services report focusing on the opioid crisis in the United States. General information on addiction and substance use disorders is condensed from the 2016 Facing Addiction In America: The Surgeon General’s Report on Addiction, Drugs, and Health. New information in this report provides an overview of the opioid crisis and how to address the crisis through a continuum of care providing screening, intervention, treatment planning and management. One section provides a review of medications used in medication assisted treatment.