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Substance Use Disorder Services

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For substance use disorders (alcohol and drugs):

Substance Use Disorder Resources and Programs

You contact your local community mental health program for help finding these services near you.

​Behavioral Health Resource Networks (BHRNs) provide comprehensive, community-based services and supports to people with substance use disorders or harmful substance use.

  • Each Oregon county or Tribal area has at least one BHRN.
  • BHRNs must bill your insurance if available.

Each BHRN must provide trauma-informed services that respect your culture and your language needs.

​Learn more about BHRNs.​

If you have more than one behavioral health disorder, you can get care for treat those conditions together.

  • For example, you could have conditions related to substance use, gambling, intellectual or developmental disabilities, and mental health.
  • Each condition can affect the others. This can slow recovery and reduce your quality of life.

Oregon Health Authority (OHA) expects providers to treat co-occurring disorders together. Find programs that do this.​

​Culturally and linguistically specific (CLS) services are available in communities that have been harmed because of their:

  • Race,
  • ​Ethnicity, 
  • Gender identity,
  • Sexual and affectional orientation,
  • Ability status, and/or
  • Migration history.

If you are part of such a community, this means you can get behavioral health care in ways that support your cultural needs and language. Find approved CLS providers​.

DUII Services are for people who:

  • Have been convicted for Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants (DUII), or
  • Are in a diversion program for DUII.

Learn what is needed to get:

  • A DUII Treatment Completion Certificate to get your driving privileges reinstated.
  • An ignition interlock device at no cost

​​Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) uses medications to treat opioid use disorder. This can be addiction to prescription drugs or illegal ones, such as:

  • Short-acting opioids such as heroin, morphine and codeine, or
  • Synthetic opioids including oxycodone, OxyContin® and hydrocodone.

MAT is a medically monitored therapeutic intervention. The medication fully blocks the opioid receptors in the brain. MAT involves case management, counseling and medication management.​

Find Oregon-approved opioid treatment programs.​

Know your rights if you choose Medication-Assisted Treatment.

​​You can get help from someone who has lived experience with mental health, substance use or recovery. A peer provides support to people with similar life experiences. 

  • A peer support specialist can help you or your family. They can offer emotional support, guidance, coaching and more.
  • A peer wellness specialist helps you get coordinated behavioral and physical health care. They also help you access other services and resources that support recovery, health and wellness.
  • A certified recovery mentor can help you identify and achieve self-determined goals of recovery.

Find peers in Oregon's Traditional Health Worker directory.​

One in four Oregon veterans have been frustrated about seeking care for mental health or substance use issues, according to a survey completed by more than 4,000 veterans.

Oregon is committed to helping veterans access the tools and supports they need to thrive. ​