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Explorer Cafe Fall 2014: Oct 8

Websites

America’s Addiction to Opioids: Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse
Associations of Nonmedical Pain Reliever Use and Initiation of Heroin Use in the United States
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
Increases in Heroin Overdose Deaths — 28 States, 2010 to 2012
Weekly
October 3, 2014 / 63(39);849-854
Addressing Opioid Misuse and Abuse: ONDCP and SAMHSA Partnership to Reduce Risk of Overdose
Michael Botticelli
Acting Director
White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)

Elinore McCance-Katz, MD, PhD
Chief Medical Officer
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
September 30, 2014
This webinar, presented by ONDCP Acting Director Botticelli and SAMHSA Chief Medical Officer Elinore McCance-Katz, will review Federal policy related to opioid misuse, abuse, and opioid overdose and will provide an overview of the SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit. A discussion of the etiology of opioid abuse and clinician interventions that can reduce the risk of misuse will be addressed.

Videos

Audio

Local Articles

Don Sapatkin. (2013a, ). Fears of limiting prescription pain pills: The effort, lawmakers at a hearing thursday were told, could increase the use of heroin. Philadelphia Inquirer, pp. B.2.

Don Sapatkin. (2013b, ). How heroin abuse has become epidemic: Prescription painkillers are to blame, experts say. as cravings build, heroin is cheaper, more powerful. Philadelphia Inquirer, pp. A.3.

Don Sapatkin. (2013c, ). Reports: Alarming rise in ODs: Phila. study sees steady increases in prescription- opioid deaths and a jump in fatal heroin overdoses. Philadelphia Inquirer, pp. A.3.

Don Sapatkin. (2014a, ). Drug overdose deaths surge in pa., N.J. Philadelphia Inquirer, pp. A.1.

Don Sapatkin. (2014b, ). Pa. seen lagging on pharmaceutical abuse. Philadelphia Inquirer, pp. A.3.

Don Sapatkin. (2014c) Drug overdose deaths up 7% nationally, far more in pa. and N.J. (2014, ). Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)

Articles

NOTE: PLEASE LOGOFF ANY OVID ARTICLES WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED.

Carey, B. (2014, February 11). Painkillers as a gateway to heroin: [Science desk]. New York Times, pp. D.1.

Cicero, T. J., Ellis, M. S., & Surratt, H. L. (2012). Effect of abuse-deterrent formulation of OxyContin. The New England Journal of Medicine, 367(2), 187-189. doi:10.1056/NEJMc1204141

Cicero, T. J., & Kuehn, B. M. (2014). Driven by prescription drug abuse, heroin use increases among suburban and rural whites. JAMA, 312(2), 118. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.7404

James A Inciardi, & Theodore J Cicero. (2009). Black Beauties, Gorilla Pills, Footballs, and Hillbilly Heroin: Some Reflections on Prescription Drug Abuse and Diversion Research Over the Past 40 Years. Journal of Drug Issues, 39(1), 101.

Kuehn, B. M. (2013). SAMHSA: Pain medication abuse a common path to heroin: Experts say this pattern likely driving heroin resurgence. JAMA, 310(14), 1433.

Lankenau, S. E., Teti, M., Silva, K., Bloom, J. J., Harocopos, A., & Treese, M. (2012). Patterns of prescription drug misuse among young injection drug users. Journal of Urban Health, 89(6), 1004-1016. doi:10.1007/s11524-012-9691-9

McHugh, R. K., Park, S., & Weiss, R. D. (2014). Cue-induced craving in dependence upon prescription opioids and heroin. The American Journal on Addictions, 23(5), 453-458. doi:10.1111/j.1521-0391.2014.12129.x

Pollini, R. A. (2011). Problematic use of prescription-type opioids prior to heroin use among young heroin injectors. Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, 2011(Issue+1), 173-180. doi:10.2147/SAR.S24800

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