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Posted 5/26/2021 (updated 4/10/2024)
Posted 8/19/2021 (updated 4/2/2024)
Addiction Policy Forum, in partnership with Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) and the National Judicial Task Force to Examine State Courts’ Response to Mental Illness, have released a new online course to help educate judges and court staff on the FDA-approved medications to treat opioid use disorder and their effectiveness for people involved with the criminal justice system.
The course is self-paced and takes approximately 30 minutes to complete. The course aims to prepare participants with the knowledge and information about what substance use disorder treatment involves, the differences between the types of medications used to treat opioid use disorder, and how those medications work.
Posted 11/19/2019 (updated 3/28/2024)
Telehealth offers the potential for increasing access and availability to addressing opioid overdose, and laws governing telehealth have implications for their utilization.
Posted 6/7/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
The first part of this presentation examined and presented medical/physiological aspects of SUD and an overview of the impact of SUD on a small but vulnerable population. Dr. Parker then provided an overview of recent substance abuse prevention and intervention applications within American Indian and Alaska Native communities. She described the trends regarding opioid overdose among American Indian and Alaska Native communities during the global pandemic and discussed opportunities for addressing opioid overdose prevention in the future.
Posted 6/6/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
Whether an opioid overdose death is unintentional or intentional (i.e., suicide), it can be difficult to disentangle. The suffering and hopelessness associated with addiction often lead to indifference to living or dying and to extreme risk taking. In this presentation, examples were described and presented from an opioid-specific suicide prevention training module that is part of the SafeSide Prevention learning program
Posted 9/29/2023 (updated 3/27/2024)
The 2023 RCORP-Overdose Response Onboarding Packet contains strategies and resources to assist grantees in the implementation of your new Overdose Response (OR) grant. The Onboarding Packet includes tools to support grant-funded activities, along with information on accessing TA.
Posted 3/21/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
NIDAMED’s mission is to develop science-based resources for health professionals and those in training about screening, addressing, and treating addiction.