PPT-The Opioid Crisis in Virginia

David E Brown DC Director Department of Health Professions 1999 Estimated drug overdose deaths 2 2004 Estimated drug overdose deaths 3 2009 Estimated drug overdose deaths 4 2014 . Addiction & Medication Assisted Treatment. Andrew Kolodny, M.D.. Chief Medical Officer, Phoenix House Foundation Inc.. Executive Director, Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing. Senior Scientist, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, . How it Happened. . Andrew Kolodny, M.D.. .. Executive Director, Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing. Co-Director, Opioid Policy Research Collaborative, . Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University. Bob Carty, LCSW, CADC, CCJP. October 19. , . 2017. 1. Introductory Questions. How many participants work in settings that provide services to people with opioid use disorders?. What percent of your client population uses opioids?. Erin Haw & Kara McCallum. disAbility Law Center of Virginia. Presentation Outline. Where have we been? . Where are we going?. Disability Rights . Advocacy Strategies. Participant Experiences. 1. Where have we been?. Outline. Overview of opioids and the opioids crisis. Presenter: Stephanie Schmitz . Bechteler. , PhD, Chicago Urban League. Implications for young children and their families. Presenter: . Carie. . Bires. Source: Virginia Department of Health, Office of Epidemiology, Division of Surveillance and Investigation. . Count of ED Visits for Unintentional Overdose by . Heroin . among Virginia Residents by Month, 2015 - 2017. Mental Health Roundtable. October 6, 2017. Last year, 1138 . Virginians died . from . an opioid overdose. . Profile of Opioid Addiction. Opioids are natural and synthetic compounds that bind to the brain’s opioid receptors and trigger the release of dopamine. . And Clinical Implications. Surita Rao, M.B.B.S, M.D., FASAM. . Program Director, Psychiatry Residency Training Program. Associate Professor of Psychiatry. University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Developing Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic Virginia Municipal League Annual Meeting October 6, 2019 Art Van Zee, MD Stone Mountain Health Services Norma Holtz RPH. Pharmacist . The Medicine Shoppe. 217 S Main St.. Farmer City, IL 61842. Thank you for inviting me to the parent Academy. Children in crisis – what do I look for and how to help... Robert Morrison, Executive Director/Director of Legislative Affairs . Shalini Wickramatilake-Templeman, Manager, Federal Affairs. National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD) . the Opioid Crisis . Contents. Introduction…………………………………………………….……..4-13. Opioid-Related Services and Coverage…………………...14-16. Medicare and Opioids…………………………….………………17-27. Iowa Department of Public Health. Protecting and Improving the Health of . Iowans. Introductions. Iowa Department of Public Health. Division of Behavioral Health – Single State Authority on Substance Use Disorders. Prepared for Town Hall Meeting – St Johns County Florida. Richard A Lawhern PhD. June 24, 2021. Purpose. Review CDC Data That Demonstrate:. The US public health problem with opioid addiction and overdose-related deaths is not caused by physicians “over-prescribing” to patients. And it never was..