Understand the Condition, Understand the Treatment.
Understanding Addiction
Videos explaining addiction, brain changes, and why substance use disorders are treatable medical conditions.
Understanding Treatment
What treatment can involve and why there is no single pathway to recovery.
Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
Buprenorphine, methadone, naltrexone, shared decision-making, and practical patient education.
Free Naloxone (Narcan) — Kansas
DCCCA offers free naloxone kits to Kansas residents, subject to availability and program funding. Request a kit and learn about nearby free naloxone access.
Get Free Naloxone (Narcan) from DCCCA →Fentanyl & Overdose Prevention
Fentanyl facts, naloxone, harm reduction, and recognizing an overdose emergency.
Substance-Specific Education
Opioids
Fentanyl, overdose prevention, naloxone, withdrawal, MOUD, and buprenorphine resources.
Alcohol
Withdrawal safety, medications, harm reduction, comorbid conditions, and mutual support.
Benzodiazepines & Sedatives
Physical dependence, withdrawal risk, and collaborative tapering.
Kratom / 7-OH
Botanical kratom, concentrated 7-OH, dependence, opioid effects, and uncertainty.
Stimulants
Methamphetamine and cocaine treatment, harm reduction, withdrawal, and recovery support.
Treatment Pocket Guides
Patient-friendly guides from the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) and collaborating clinical organizations. Open each guide to learn about treatment options and prepare questions for your care team.
Stimulant Use Disorder
Learn about assessment, evidence-based treatment, and recovery support for stimulant use disorder.
Read the patient guide →Opioid Use Disorder
Patient guidance covering opioid use disorder treatment, medication options, and overdose prevention.
Read the patient guide →Benzodiazepine Use Disorder
ASAM's guide to safe, individualized benzodiazepine tapering. Physical dependence is not necessarily a use disorder; never stop abruptly without medical guidance.
Read the tapering patient guide →