Methadone Then, Methadone Now. This webinar will focus on Methadone Treatment as in a historical background beginning in the mid-1960’s through 2021 and discuss how a Methadone Treatment program in Cincinnati has dealt with the many changes in treatment. It will review the changing of treatment from...

This webinar presents information about implementing MAT in criminal justice settings, provides insight into current MAT programs, and solutions for overcoming barriers. Learn more about SAMHSA's GAINS Center at https://www.samhsa.gov/gains-center

Marcie A. Massa and Maegan M. Kenney, Shatterproof Ambassadors, present on The Effects of Stigma: Perspectives from Persons with Lived Experience at the NAM Opioid Collaborative's May 2020 Virtual Symposium.

This session explores the issue of opioid use and misuse among older adult populations and discusses ways to assess this issue locally. Tune-in to learn how to develop a logic model and strategies using CADCA’s Seven Strategies for Community Change, as well as getting key stakeholders to engage in...

This animation provides information on how to recognize (signs and symptoms) and respond (to include checking for responsiveness, calling 911, administering naloxone, providing rescue breathing or CPR, and providing aftercare) to a suspected opioid overdose emergency. For more information, please...

Overdose Prevention Education for Clinicians Treating Patients for an Opioid Use Disorder Given the doubling of opioid related overdose deaths in the US over the past decade the importance of a dynamic, patient centered approach to opioid overdose risk for patients in treatment for opioid use...

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NDEWS Coordinating Center Air date: October 29, 2019 Lee Hoffer, Ph.D. Department of Anthropology Case Western Reserve Cleveland OH Kavita Babu, M.D. Division of Medical Toxicology Department of Emergency Medicine University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester MA Annabelle Belcher, Ph.D...

Narcotics: Problems and Solutions of This Global Issue Workshop 23-24 November 2016

Daliah Heller, Vital Strategies’ Director of Drug Use Initiatives, moderates a discussion between Tracie Gardner, Legal Action Center’s Vice President of Policy Advocacy, and Dr. Chinazo Cunningham, Professor of Medicine and Associate Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine at Albert...

UCLA physician Belis Aladag, MD, MPH, discusses opioid (prescription pain killers, heroin, etc.) dependence and available treatments. Methadone maintenance and buprenorphine (Suboxone, Subutex) therapy will be discussed in detail as the two most successful treatment modalities for this prevalent...

Leveraging science to change hearts and minds: addressing the opioid crisis Air date: Wednesday, March 6, 2019, 3:00:00 PM Category: WALS - Wednesday Afternoon Lectures Runtime: 01:19:45 Description: NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series The opioid crisis continues to plague the United...

Naloxone Training Video

Scientists from NIDA’s Intramural Labs discuss what we can learn from methadone, a drug used to manage opioid addiction that does not have euphoric effects as strong as many other opioids.

La naloxona salva vidas. Este video explica cuándo se usa la naloxona, cómo se administra y cómo funciona. Haga clic en "VER MÁS" para obtener más información. Los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud de los EE. UU. y el Instituto Nacional sobre el Abuso de Drogas están liderando el camino en la lucha...

Air date: Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 4:00:00 PM Description: Demystifying Medicine Overdose deaths from opioid use have nearly quadrupled since the year 2000, and opioids now kill more people each year in the United States than guns or car accidents. We know how the opioid crisis came to be; we know...

Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, talks about the science of opioid addiction and treatment. (Taped: 04-21-16)

NIH has made the opioid epidemic a priority, launching a multi-institute effort to find scientific solutions to the crisis. NLM is doing its part by getting the word out about the life-saving medication naloxone. Recently, MedlinePlus partnered with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to...

UNODC Scientific Consultation – December 2015 OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY John Strang Director, National Addiction Centre Head, Addictions Department, King’s College London Leader, Addictions Clinical Academic Group of Kings Health Partners Academic Health Science Centre Opiate...