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Resource Guide
If you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, there is help out there, whether it’s a crisis line for someone to
listen, an intake rehabilitation center or simply a website to educate yourself better on addiction, here are just a few of
the online resources out there. In no means is this a comprehensive list of resources, but it may provide a good start.
Treatment centers
www.findtreatment.gov
Find a treatment center near you by simply entering your ZIP code. The website is run by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), which collects information on
thousands of state-licensed providers who specialize in treating substance use disorders, addiction,
and mental illness.
You can narrow your search by outpatient, cost,
residential, whether private insurance or Medicaid
is accepted, telemedicine, opioid treatment programs, and whether it has programs tailored to
specific groups such as veterans, LGBTQ, young
adults, and those who have suffered from domestic
violence.
Support
www.bhsbaltimore.org/find-help/call988helpline/
Calling or texting 988 will connect callers directly
to the National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which encompasses all behavioral crisis services, to include
all mental health and substance use (problems with
drug and alcohol use).
https://drugfree.org
For nearly 30 years, the Partnership for DrugFree Kids has been supporting families and at-risk
individuals. Among the services the organization
provides is a parents’ helpline (text Connect to
55753) that offers personalized guidance. Visitors
to the organization’s website can also access virtual
resources through a LiveChat feature and lots of information and advice for various situations such as
“How do get my child into treatment” and “How
can I help my child change their behavior.”
www.aa.org
Alcoholics Anonymous describes itself as “a
fellowship of people who share their experience,
strength and hope with each other that they may
solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.” The website has useful information and a search function for local meetings.
https://na.org
Narcotics Anonymous is for men and women
for whom drugs had become a major problem and
meets regularly to help each other stay clean.
www.nar-anon.org
A program for family and friends of those addicted to drugs; find local or virtual meeting opportunities in your area.
https://al-anon.org
Al-Anon members are people who are worried
about someone with a drinking problem.
www.samhsa.gov
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration’s website is comprehensive with
loads resources – find a recovery facility nearby, dial
or text a national helpline, use the behavioral health
treatment services locator, and more.
Opioid-specific assistance
www.dea.gov/resources/facts-about-fentanyl
Fentanyl has emerged as an incredibly dangerous
drug. Fentanyl is being mixed in with other illicit
drugs to increase the potency of the drug, sold as
powders and nasal sprays, and increasingly pressed
into pills made to look like legitimate prescription
opioids. Because there is no official oversight or
quality control, these counterfeit pills often contain
lethal doses of fentanyl, with none of the promised
drug. This site explains how it affects the body and
overdose effects.
https://health.maryland.gov/pha/NALOXONE/
Pages/home.aspx
Learn where you can get Free Naloxone, a medicine that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose, in
person or by mail from the Maryland Department
Of Health’s Overdose Response Program. Also
available are Free Fentanyl Test Strips.
www.raliusa.org
The Rx Abuse Leadership Initiative (RALI) convenes national, state and community leaders to exchange best practices and provide resources that
help prevent misuse of prescription medicines. Read
warning signs and learn how to safely dispose of
prescription medications at home.
https://beforeitstoolate.maryland.gov
The Maryland Opioid Operational Command
Center, established by Executive Order as part of
the Hogan Administration’s 2017 Heroin and Opioid Prevention, Treatment, and Enforcement Initiative, “provides an over-arching picture of Maryland’s Heroin and Opioid crisis to understand the
current landscape and build upon ongoing community-based approaches to address this crisis by
increasing collaboration between state and local
public health, human services, education, and public safety entities.” Great resources and links on this
site.
https://beforeitstoolate.maryland.gov/opioid-intervention-teams/
Opioid Intervention Teams (OITs) are set up in
each of Maryland’s 24 jurisdictions and led by the
emergency manager and health officer. They are
multi-agency coordination bodies that coordinate
with the community and complement and integrate
with the statewide opioid response effort.
