1. CSSW Alumni Conference
It’s Complicated:
Addiction Policy and Interventions

2. It’s Complicated: Addiction Policy and Interventions
The Opioid Crisis In America
Extent of the Crisis
How it started
Other contributing factors
What we can do to overcome the opioid addiction problem

3. It’s Complicated: Addiction Policy and Interventions
The Opioid Crisis
Daily, more than 115 Americans die of OD
Who?  No boundaries.  No cultural, economic, or other influences determine who will become addicted to opioids.
     

4. It’s Complicated: Addiction Policy and Interventions
The Opioid Crisis
The Midwest is the Epicenter of the Crisis and most frequently in the farmlands
Ohio Wisconsin
Indiana Kentucky
Illinois Arkansas
Pennsylvania

5. It’s Complicated: Addiction Policy and Interventions
How it Started
Pain Management
Trauma
Fentanyl

6. It’s Complicated: Addiction Policy and Interventions
What Can We Do to Overcome the Opioid Addiction Problem
Treatment using evidence based treatment interventions
Empathetic listening with open-ended questions

7. It’s Complicated: Addiction Policy and Interventions
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
Community forums with families to inform them of the potential dangers of opiate medications
Training physicians to avoid prescribing opiates (especially to people with a history of drug addiction)

8. It’s Complicated: Addiction Policy and Interventions
Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)
Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)