Bringing DC healthcare providers the latest news, events, and resources to improve care for patients with substance use disorders and chronic pain management.
January 2024
Education Opportunities
SAVE THE DATE: DACS Webinar
Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Carceral Settings: Background, Implementation, Risk Mitigation, Acceptance
Tuesday, February 27 | 12:00 pm
Presented by DACS Medical Director, Eric Weintraub, MD
NIDA HIV Seminar Series with Dr. Sandra Springer
Integrating Addiction and HIV Prevention and Treatment for Everyone and Bringing it to Where They Live
Operationalizing a Definition of Precipitated Withdrawal and the Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Elimination of Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyl
In 2023 fentanyl overdoses ravaged the U.S. and fueled a new culture war fight
Fatal overdoses in the U.S. surged to a record-breaking 112,000 deaths fom May 2022 - May 2023, disproportionately impacting young people and people of color. Experts argue that this unprecedented crisis surpasses all prior drug epidemics, including the crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980s and the prescription opioid crisis of the 2000s.
Responses to a “Typical” Morning Dose of Kratom in People Who Use Kratom Regularly: A Direct-Observation Study
This study brings the real world to the lab by observing a subsample of adults who use kratom and regularly self-administer their self-selected kratom product.
