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Responding to
SUD & Overdose
on Campus

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Register today for this FREE Professional Development Opportunity.

 

January 25, 2024

3:00 - 4:30 PM

Webinar (Zoom)

 

Join former Director of the White House National Office of Drug Control Policy, Jim Carroll, and President of the Drug Intervention Institute, Dr. Susan Bissett, for a discussion regarding substance use disorder and overdose response on college campuses.

 

Panelists Include:

  • Aimee Hourigan, Director of Substance Abuse, Prevention, and Education at the University of South Carolina

  • Susie Mullens, Director of the West Virginia Collegiate Recovery Network and Active Member of the Association of Recovery in Higher Education

  • Leslie Reagan Plaia, M.Ed., LPC, CEDS-S, Executive Director, Substance Use and Behavioral Health

  • Dr. Amy Werremeyer, Chair and Professor of Pharmacy Practice at North Dakota State University
     

Topics Covered

 

  • Establishing a recovery-friendly campus environment using peer recovery support specialists

  • Utilizing naloxone training, education, and distribution on campus with the ONEbox, overdose response kit

  • Implementing medication safety and fentanyl awareness courses on campus using both a curricular and co-curricular model

  • Educating students about the dangers of fentanyl and counterfeit pills by creating a distribution policy for fentanyl test strips on campus

ABOUT WVDII

West Virginia Drug Intervention Institute, Inc. is an independent 501(C)(3) entity with a primary mission to reduce opioid and drug-related deaths by (a) preventing substance use through education, (b) reducing overdose deaths through naloxone distribution and training, and (c) supporting harm reduction and other drug-response efforts. 

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CONTACT

West Virginia Drug Intervention Institute, Inc.

118 Capitol Street

Charleston, WV 25301

 

Phone: (681) 205-2287

Email: susan@wvdii.org

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