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According to the CDC, over 75% of the nearly 107,000 drug overdose deaths in 2021 involved an opioid. How can we be part of the solution? Learn how to help people struggling with substance misuse at our Opiates Intervention webinar next Thursday at 3pm: https://lnkd.in/eK9vxewe UPDATE: Please note that this webinar will be rescheduled. Follow us to keep up-to-date with the latest information.

Enhance your practice with courses on opioids, opioid overdose, opioid prescribing and pain, adolescent-focused, and general substance use. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has a wide variety of CME/CE courses on the topics you need to best care for your patients: https://bit.ly/45tWowA #COPE #AddictionMedicine #SubstanceUseDisorder #OpioidUseDisorder

Heroin or fentanyl: Prevalence of confirmed fentanyl in ED patients with suspected heroin overdose. Our collaboration with ACMT and the Manini-led Fentalog study. We examined the analytical confirmation of fentanyl in emergency department (ED) patients with documented heroin overdose as it is unclear whether or not patients are knowingly using fentanyl. The increasing prevalence of fentanyl and fentanyl analogs in the “heroin” supply is a major contributory factor in the rise of opioid overdose deaths. The majority of opioid users who do not deliberately seek out fentanyl nevertheless test positive for fentanyl. Read more here and in the link in our link tree: https://lnkd.in/gVent9MY

When we say to normalize naloxone, this is why. Per SAPC, accidental overdoses skyrocketed by 1,652% in just 6 years. There is no room for stigma and judgment when we lose over 100 individuals a day to opioid overdoses. By carrying naloxone, you can be the reason that someone gets another chance. Full report linked in article below. If you are wondering how to recognize/respond to an opioid overdose or need free naloxone, comment or send me a DM.

RARE Kratom dangerous side effects found to be RARE according to NIDA National Institute on Drug Abuse. Let's pause and reflect on this: NIDA, responsible for combating the opioid crisis, confirms that serious adverse effects with Kratom are uncommon. If addiction were a significant concern, they would undoubtedly flag it. Additionally, it's essential to consider the repercussions of drug hysteria and exaggerated emphasis on rare adverse events in medical literature. Learn more here: [Link](https://lnkd.in/gxmU-zjS)

The blog post, Unseen Perils: The Silent Epidemic of Prescription Drug Misuse and Its Alarming Societal Impact explores the widespread issue of prescription drug misuse, highlighting the danger hidden within our own homes. It underscores the need for a multipronged approach including education, regulation, and monitoring, and emphasizes on shifting societal understanding of addiction as a treatable medical condition rather than a moral failing. The blog advocates for comprehensive strategies centered on prevention, treatment, and policy intervention to confront and mitigate this alarming societal problem.

The blog post, Unseen Perils: The Silent Epidemic of Prescription Drug Misuse and Its Alarming Societal Impact explores the widespread issue of prescription drug misuse, highlighting the danger hidden within our own homes. It underscores the need for a multipronged approach including education, regulation, and monitoring, and emphasizes on shifting societal understanding of addiction as a treatable medical condition rather than a moral failing. The blog advocates for comprehensive strategies centered on prevention, treatment, and policy intervention to confront and mitigate this alarming societal problem.

The blog post, Unseen Perils: The Silent Epidemic of Prescription Drug Misuse and Its Alarming Societal Impact explores the widespread issue of prescription drug misuse, highlighting the danger hidden within our own homes. It underscores the need for a multipronged approach including education, regulation, and monitoring, and emphasizes on shifting societal understanding of addiction as a treatable medical condition rather than a moral failing. The blog advocates for comprehensive strategies centered on prevention, treatment, and policy intervention to confront and mitigate this alarming societal problem.

Attended "Opioid Overdose Awareness and Substance Use Health" information session and training, presented by Mark Barnes. Date: Monday March 18th. Time: 6 PM. Location: Virtually. About: "Opioid consumption and overdose levels in Canada, amount of people that have died in Canada, Ontario's very alarming increase in opioid related deaths, recent local drug use trends, how anyone can recognize high risk overdose behaviours, why people struggle to quit substances despite repeated overdoses, who drug use effects. The presentation also introduced naloxone as an overdose antidote, talked about how to quickly identify opioid overdose, what to do after administering naloxone, where and how to get naloxone kits.

NEW report from Chiefs of Ontario (COO) and ODPRN examines the trends and patterns in #opioid prescribing, access to treatment, and opioid-related toxicity among #FirstNations in Ontario up to the end of 2021 https://lnkd.in/gB7mtQTE COO and the ODPRN will continue monitoring and reporting these trends to help provide information to support culturally based holistic programs and services distinctly for First Nations people.