Volume 11 | September 2022

A SPECIAL RECOVERY MONTH EDITION

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DACS Digest | Your monthly news & updates

Bringing prescribers in the District of Columbia the latest news, events, and resources to improve care for patients with substance use disorders and chronic pain management.

About Us

All DACS services are FREE and include:


  • Phone consultation for clinical questions provided by our team of expert addiction specialists
  • Education and training opportunities related to SUD and pain management
  • Assistance in the identification of substance use and behavioral health resources and referrals that meet the needs of the patients in your community
Virtual Continuing Education Opportunities

Fight Stigma in the Pharmacy: Using the Right Words to Support Patients with Opioid Use Disorder

Maryland Addiction Consultation Service (MACS) Interactive CPE Webinar


Monday, September 12

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm


Bethany DiPaula, PharmD | MACS Consultant & Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Science, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

Register

Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Integrated with Primary Care


Tuesday, September 27

12:00 pm — 2:00 pm


Jasleen Salwan, MD, MPH | DACS Consultant


Stay on after the training to get your waiver! 

Bring your DEA and State Medical License numbers to apply.

Register

In Case You Missed It

How to Save a Life: Evidence and Misconceptions About Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Webinar

Watch

Interested in expanding access to services for substance use and chronic pain management?


We are looking for interdisciplinary professionals who believe everyone deserves access to high quality, equitable services for substance use and pain management. To learn more about the open

positions, click link below.

Come work with us!
Latest News & Research

Effect of a Peer-Led Behavioral Intervention for Emergency Department Patients at High Risk of Fatal Opioid Overdose: A Randomized Clinical Trial


Can peer-led behavioral interventions in the emergency department for patients who have had a recent opioid overdose increase short-term treatment engagement after the emergency department visit?


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Systematic identification and categorization of opioid prescribing/dispensing policies in 16 states & Washington D.C


The objective of this study was to identify and categorize a wide range of state policies that could affect opioid prescribing/dispensing.


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Effects of Substance Use, Recovery, and Non–Drug-Related Online Community Participation on the Risk of a Use Episode During Remission From Opioid Use Disorder: Longitudinal Observational Study

 

This study aims to understand whether engagement with a variety of Reddit subforums (subreddits) provides those in remission from opioid use disorder with social capital, thereby reducing their risk of a use episode over several years. 

 

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Reducing opioid use disorder and overdose deaths in the United States: A dynamic modeling analysis

 

This dynamic modeling analysis used a system dynamics simulation model of the U.S. opioid-using population ages 12 and older to explore the impacts of 11 strategies on the prevalence of opioid use disorder.

 

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Holidays: DACS Phone Line Will Be Closed


October 19 - Indigenous Peoples' Day

November 11 - Veterans Day

Relevant Resources To Support You

Recovery Research Institute

Self-Assessment for Modification of Anti-Racism Tool 

AAPM Continuing Medical Education Program

Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy

TelehealthLocator – Practice Update Form

Monitoring the Future Panel Study annual report

988 National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline | Learn more...

Maternal Mental Health Hotline: 1-833-9-HELP4MOMS | Learn more...

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