webinar

The NDEWS Coordinating Center has announced that Jill Head, Supervisory Chemist at the DEA Special Testing and Research Laboratory, will deliver the webinar "Synthetic Drug Threats in the United States: 2018 Update" on February 28 at 2:00 pm EST to provide an update on synthetic drug threats in the United States. Her previous presentations have provided valuable information on emerging trends.

Since 2000, there has been a 200 percent increase in opioid-related deaths. Federal and state governments have declared “states of emergency” and funds are now being allocated for crisis response such as increased naloxone access points,

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Wednesday | January 24, 2018 

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

Presenter: Sharon Wrona, DNP, RN-BC, PNP, PMHS, AP-PMN, Nationwide Children's Hospital

Six members from the Committee on the Review of the Health Effects of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will present the findings of the committee, which will be available online at 11 AM on January 23, 2018.

10 October 2017: Webinar "Mental Health in the Workplace"

World Mental Health Day is an opportunity to discuss the mental health of employees, which is often not considered. The workplace is a very important setting to promote practices that support people with mental health problems and protect the well-being of all workers.

On Thursday, September 28th from 2:30 to 3:30pm ET join Nick Szubiak, MSW, Director of Clinical Excellence in Addictions at the National Council for Behavioral Health for 

Navigating the complexities of the fragmented criminal justice and health care systems can be challenging for providers who treat the more than 50 percent of inmates who experience mental health and/or substance use disorders.

Presenters: Stephen Patrick, MD, MPH, MS, FAAP, AAP Committee on Substance Use and Prevention

                      Brenda Poindexter, MD, MS, FAAP, AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn