Key Messages

• Disaster planning must take into account the health care of people who use drugs (PWUDs) and, specifically, individuals suffering from opioid use disorder
• There is an identified need for:
  • centralized databases with essential information regarding PWUDs, their medical records, and their medications and dosages
  • standardized but flexible guidelines for OST clinic operation during a disaster
  • communication strategies that connect PWUDs with OST clinic staff and with alternative sources of treatment
  • networks of OST clinics that support each other during an emergency
  • transportation strategies based upon links with public and private transport companies