More than 2.5 million Americans are struggling with addiction to opioids, including prescription painkillers and heroin. In 2015, opioids claimed more than 33,000 lives in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Between 2016 and 2017, the number of drug overdoses jumped 21 percent nationwide, with deaths from synthetic drugs such as fentanyl nearly doubling, the CDC estimates.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), in partnership with the Muckleshoot Tribe, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, White Earth Nation, and the Indian Health Service (IHS)’s National Committee on Heroine, Opioids, and Pain Efforts present the webinar – Strategies Addressing the Opioid Crisis in Tribal Communities.
National attention is focused on the opioid crisis, and US communities are struggling to respond. In this webinar, leaders from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will share data and the science about opioid addiction, and dispel some common misconceptions about treatment and recovery.
