All CEPOP participants are invited to attend the upcoming virtual Policy Roundtable on Expanding Naloxone Access on Wednesday, March 31 at 1:00pm ET. We’re pleased to be joined by thought leaders across the agency, public health, provider, and employer landscape. The Roundtable will address prescribing opportunities, improving community-based access, and developing a path from naloxone use to treatment and recovery.
All CEPOP participants are invited to a statewide event in Nashville co-hosted by axialHealthcare and CEPOP to discuss solutions to the opioid abuse challenges facing that region. A draft agenda is attached. For more information on how to participate, please contact John Donahue at [email protected].
Last month, the National Governors Association (NGA) held their annual summer meeting in West Virginia to discuss critical issues facing states. The nation's opioid crisis took center stage with various experts speaking on the epidemic. Video from that session can be found here.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute will be hosting a stakeholder workshop on Tuesday, June 9 from 9am - 5pm at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the workshop will be to discuss whether comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) can help to answer questions surrounding long-term use of opioids. More information, including registration can [...]
The Congressional Addiction Forum – Advancing Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery for Youth – will be held on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from 9:30am to 12:30pm on Capitol Hill. Key stakeholders and policy makers will be convening to help guide consensus and discuss best practices on addiction and youth. At the forum, attendees will help identify [...]
The Collaborative for Effective Prescription Opioid Policies (CEPOP) will hold an introductory open house April 8 at the National Rx Drug Abuse Summit in Atlanta, Georgia. Lunch and refreshments will be provided at the event, to be held 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Ansley 6 on the sixth floor of the Westin Peachtree Plaza. The [...]
The Collaborative for Effective Prescription Opioid Policies will attend the National Rx Drug Abuse Summit in Atlanta, Georgia, April 6-9, 2015. The event is the largest national collaboration of professionals from local, state and federal agencies, business, academia, clinicians, treatment providers, counselors, educators, state and national leaders, and advocates impacted by Rx drug abuse. Event [...]
