Nine people were injured in a shooting at the Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport in Florida, a senior federal official said, and a suspect is in custody. For more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/shooter-custody-incident-fort-lauderdale-airport-injuries-reported/story?id=44602546

The Blue Elephant Gazette presents... "Pain management : IV loading of opioid analgesia." A short medical education video teaching health professionals the salient points about intravenous loading of analgesics, in particular morphine.

Opioid Maintenance: Terminable vs Interminable January 11, 2011 Presenter is Herbert D. Kleber, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University Director, Division of Substance Abuse New York State Psychiatric Institute. The session description is: Maintenance vs. Detoxification and Short Term vs. Long Term Maintenance are debates that have gone on for over 100 years. These concerns had been of more interest recently with the introduction of buprenorphine for office–based practice and the entry of many new clinicians into the opioid addiction treatment field. The growing number of buprenorphine patients, including younger individuals with relatively short histories of opioid abuse, present new challenges for the clinician. One major problem is the relative lack of scientific data on the efficacy of maintenance treatment in this population. This presentation will trace the historical roots of the conflict, the relationship to stigma, and the scientific data supporting the positions. Where available, patient selection data will be described.

Speakers: Val White, Deputy Director HIV, STD, HCV Prevention and Administration, New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute Steve Hanson, Associate Commissioner Division of Treatment and Practice Innovation, Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) Sharon Stancliff, MD, Medical Director Harm Reduction Coalition Opioid and prescription drug addiction and overdose are nationwide public health concerns, particularly for young people. Statistics indicate that 9 out of 10 people with addiction started using substances before they turned 18 years old and that nearly half of young people who inject heroin report abusing prescription pain killers before starting heroin. Between 2005-2014, New York State has documented a 115% increase in heroin treatment admissions in upstate New York and a 116% increase on Long Island. To combat this epidemic, New York state has a multi-sectoral response that includes legislative actions, such as the 911 Good Samaritan Law to provide legal protection against criminal action for people who seek medical assistance for an overdose, and a 2006 law that makes it legal for non-medical persons to administer Naloxone (Narcan) to prevent opioid/heroin overdose fatalities. Most recently, New York expanded access to naloxone in pharmacies across the state. In addition, county-based coalitions are working with law enforcement, the medical community, schools, businesses, civic agencies and the media to address the problem of heroin and opioid dependency comprehensively. This webcast will review the scope of the problem of heroin and prescription opioid dependence in New York State and provide an overview of state and local responses to address it.

Timothy Fong, MD Associate Professor of Psychiatry Co-Director, Gambling Studies Program Director, Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship University of California Los Angeles and Edwin A. Salsitz, MD, FASAM Medical Director, Office-Based Opioid Therapy Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Mount Sinai Beth Israel New York, NY April 14, 2015 This webinar will examine the clinical indications and consequences of maintaining patients on medications for opioid use disorders. Mounting scientific evidence supports ongoing treatment for opioid use disorders but the precise length of time patients should remain on agonist medications is not universally agreed on. Cases will be presented that describe typical scenarios seen in office-based practices where a decision needs to be made about continuing or stopping agonist medications. Discussions will be focused on techniques to facilitate smooth transition off agonist therapies, as well as highlighting techniques that can be used to assist patients with maintenance.

This is a PSA I created for Motion Graphics and Effects 1. The link between the heroin prescription drug abuse epidemics is clear, though not well-publicized. Heroin abuse is a major public health problem in much of the United State today, and to get at the root issue, we need to look t its sources. Reducing prescription drug abuse would help to lower the risk of people trying heroin.

Case Vignettes to Support Required Training for Prescribing of Buprenorphine These educational vignettes help educate the viewer on common scenarios with addiction patients. Created for FDA/APA to provide certification enabling prescribing Buprenorphine.

WCVB responds to the opioid addiction crisis striking Massachusetts. PSA campaign and full day of programming--raising awareness.

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Elena Chartoff and Hilary Connery explain how neuroscience has revolutionized the understanding of drug addiction and how this may lead to new approaches for treatment.