The Opiate Summit brought together physicians, professionals from health care, addiction prevention and treatment, judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement professionals to gain a common understanding of the problems and best practice solutions to address opiate abuse, addiction, and diversion.  Featured on the morning agenda were Governor John Kasich, ODADAS Director Orman Hall, ODH Director Theodore Wymyslo and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Maureen O’Connor.  The afternoon offered 18 different breakout sessions highlighting premier pain management and treatment practice models, community prevention, and criminal justice interventions.

Conference Materials:

Morning General Session:

The Ohio Channel filmed the morning general session. To view this video, click here.

ODADAS Director Hall’s presentation -  Stemming the Tide: A Plan to Attack Ohio’s Opiate Epidemic

A Plan for Attacking Ohio’s Opiate Epidemic

ODH Director Theodore Wymyslo’s presentation – Ohio’s Opiate Epidemic: A Public Health Perspective

Afternoon Sessions:

Session A: Chronic Pain Management in the Emergency Department: Challenges and Opportunities – Presentation

Session B: Introduction to Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) of Opioid Dependence – Presentation

Session C: Recovery Centered Treatment for Opiate Addiction: Full Recovery is Possible – Presentation

Session D: Fundamentals of Opiate Treatment Programs – Presentation

Session E: Prevention and Education through Social Marketing – Presentation

Session F: The Epidemic of Prescription Drug Misuse, Abuse and Overdose in Ohio – A Public Health Crisis – Beeghly Presentation and Whittington Presentation

Session G: Closing the Gaps: Enhanced Multi-Tiered Opiate Enforcement – Presentation

Session H: Unforeseen Consequences: Heroin and Diverted Pharmaceuticals in Ohio – Presentation

Session I: Rx Abuse Task Forces: The Scope of the Problem 2011 – Lane Presentation and Burke Presentation

Session J: Treating Adolescents with Addiction – Presentation

Session L: The Changing Face of the Addict: What Are Treatment Centers Doing to Adjust? – Alley Presentation and Saunders Presentation

Session M: Medically Managed Opiate Withdrawal, Including Pregnant Women – Presentation

Session N: Utilizing Systems Change to Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse – Frederick Presentation and Ashton Presentation

Session O: Drug Medication Disposal – Murray and Squance Presentation and Blackburn and Baldzicki Presentation

Session P: The Recovery Model in Criminal Justice – Judge Trimmer Presentation, Phillips Presentation, and Shively Presentation

Session Q: A Managed Care Perspective on Controlled Substance Schemes in Response to the Growing Opiate Epidemic – Presentation

Session R: Long-term Recovery and Medication-Assisted Treatment – Presentation