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April 28, 2025 - The Opioid Crisis: Current Trends & Treatment Options. Live, Interactive Webinar (This Course is NBCC Approved)
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April 28, 2025. The Opioid Crisis: Current Trends and Treatment Options (Live, Interactive Webinar)
General Workshop Series Goals (This Course is NBCC Approved).
For more detailed information on this course, click here.
The goal of this interactive workshop will discuss the latest developments and trends regarding natural opiates, semi-synthetic opioids, and synthetic opioids. Participants will be able to identify national and local NJ trends with regards to prescribing practices and new legislation, opioid overdoses and trends with opioid use. Participants will be able to distinguish the difference between which drugs are considered naturally occurring opiates, which are considered semi-synthetic opioids and which are considered synthetic opioids. Participants will be able to identify three different medicated assisted treatments (MAT/MOUD), and discussion of medicinal marijuana being added as an MAT option. Workshop participants will be able to identify newer opioid trends (e.g., Nitazines) and new trends of adulterants that can have impact on people who use substances (e.g., Xylazine and Medetomidine).
The Opioid Crisis in NJ (3 NBCC Clock Hours).Workshop Components:
8:30am - Sign in/Morning Coffee Station
9:00am - The Controlled Substances Act (10 minutes)
- Overview of the scheduling of controlled substances.
9:10m - The History of Opioids and the Latest Terminology (20 minutes)
- History of classifying/prohibiting opiates.
- Defining Terminology: natural opiates, semi-synthetic opioids, and synthetic opioids.
9:30am - Prescription Opioids (30 minutes)
- The history of prescription opioids.
- Changes in prescribing practices (1990s)
- National prescribing trends.
- NJ prescription opioid law limiting first time prescriptions.
10 am - National Overdose Trends and NJ Specific Trends (30 minutes)
- National overdose trends from the CDC.
- Introduction to Narcan.
- State specific naloxone implementation trends (e.g., NJ's Naloxone365 program).
10:00am - (15 Minute morning break)
10:45am - Opioids and Synthetic Opioids (45 Minutes)
- History of Heroin and recent trends.
- History of Fentanyl and recent trends.
- Carfentanil, W-18, and other extremely potent opioids.
- Nitazines, and adulturants found in the drug supply such as Xylazine and Medetomidine.
11:30am - Medications (45 minutes)
- Methadone and medication guidelines.
- Buprenorphine and medication guidelines.
- Naltrexone and medication guildelines.
- Medicinal marijuana as an MAT/MOUD option?
12:15pm - Question/Answer Period, Attendee Sign-out, Certificate of Completion Dissemination
$75 Early Registration per workshop day (by 04/14/25)
$90 Late Registration per workshop day (from 04/15/25 - 04/26/25)
Cancellation/Reimbursement Policy: Valid requests must be received in writing/email within seven (7) days of course date. Late requests for the 4 day workshop series can only bring in a substitute attendee or receive credit for a future workshop date. All refunds are subject to a $15.00 processing fee. If paid by credit card, an additional $4.22 fee will be assessed to cover the cost of PayPal processing charges on credit cards. Refund requests require 2-3 weeks processing time and will be issued as a check as is our policy.
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