Poisoning

Important Poison Control Websites:

Overdose Prevention Policy Training Academy

Please join us for the first webinar in the Overdose Prevention Policy Training Academy on October 17 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. EST

This webinar will kick off a training academy focused on building skills for policy work around overdose prevention. This webinar will offer the “101” about the overdose issue, giving a data overview, context, and the partnerships and funded projects that are working to address the problem.

Register TODAY for the webinar—and share it widely with your networks. This is a great presentation for community partners and leaders who need to know about this important issue, but who may not work on it directly.

This is just one part of a very exciting opportunity to deepen your abilities to effectively address the overdose epidemic through policy. The full training includes a second webinar, and then two workshops that are open only to those who register to participate. The first is a preparatory virtual meeting to get ready for an in-person training in Chapel Hill, NC April 11-13, 2017. This is a project offered nationwide by the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center, and the Southeastern and Southwestern Injury Prevention Network.

All the details are available here:

http://iprc.unc.edu/news-upcoming-events/2016-injury-policy-opportunities-project-training-academy/

Drug use and overdose is on the rise. To learn more about this important issue, please read the following publications:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Vital Signs: Opioid Painkiller Prescribing: Where You Live Makes a Difference. July 2014.

Chen LH, Hedegaard H, Warner M.

Drug-poisoning deaths involving opioid analgesics: United States, 1999-2011. NCHS data brief, no 166. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2014.

Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene.

2014 Annual Report: Drug and Alcohol Related Intoxication Deaths in Maryland, 2014. May 2015.

Increase in Overdose Deaths Among Pregnant Women and New Mothers. October 2014.

Injuries in Maryland. 2012 Statistics on Injury-related Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations and Deaths.