SMART: Providing Leadership in Mitigating the Opioid Crisis in Tennessee
The Substance Misuse and Addiction Resource for Tennessee (SMART) Initiative guides community leaders in implementing evidence-based, cost-effective strategies that mitigate damage from substance use disorder and the opioid epidemic.
Originating in 2020 as the SMART Policy Network, the SMART Initiative grew in scope as it was incorporated into the University of Tennessee Institute for Public Service in early 2022. In addition to examining and communicating data and policies related to substance use disorder, the SMART Initiative seeks to empower communities and local governments to combat the overdose epidemic.
The SMART Policy Network periodically publishes research findings, data and best practices in the form of policy briefs. You can join our mailing list to get the latest policy briefs in your inbox, and be sure to follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram.
March 7, 2023
KEY POINTS An estimated 107,477 overdose deaths occurred in the United States within the last year, with about 4,000 of...
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March 1, 2023
https://soundcloud.com/smart-initiative/what-does-primary-prevention-for-sud-look-like?si=cdb76eff0d7b4717bd122ad7d28b4110&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Everyone who’s gone to elementary school in the last fifty years has had some sort of “Just Say No”...
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February 10, 2023
SMART has made available a fact sheet on Xylazine, highlighting all the information we currently know on this drug, including...
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February 6, 2023
Read the full article at Knox News. More recovery centers have opened, telehealth use has exploded, drug courts and treatment-oriented...
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February 1, 2023
https://soundcloud.com/smart-initiative/methamphetamine-and-the-overdose-crisis?si=a1a8ae4fd8364e589f39152cf7187b6e&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing We are now in the fourth wave of the overdose crisis. Fentanyl is the still the most common drug...
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January 24, 2023
At the end of 2022, the CDC released new prescribing guideline for opioids, replacing their last set from...
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December 8, 2022
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. has announced that the FDA has fast-tracked their application for an over-the-counter (OTC) version of their trademarked...
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November 1, 2022
Key Points Harm reduction is a policy philosophy aimed at minimizing negative health outcomes by embracing compassion and rejecting stigma....
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