opioids including fentanyl

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Date:

July 22, 2019 | 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM EST

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Peterborough Public Health | 2nd Floor
185 King Street
Peterborough, ON K9J 2R8

Course Description:

More and more people are being poisoned by opioids. We need all hands on deck to turn that around.

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Date:

August 19, 2019 | 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM EST

Location:

Peterborough Public Health | 2nd Floor
185 King Street
Peterborough, ON K9J 2R8

Course Description:

More and more people are being poisoned by opioids. We need all hands on deck to turn that around.

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Date:

June 17, 2019 | 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM EST

Location:

Peterborough Public Health | 2nd Floor
185 King Street
Peterborough, ON K9J 2R8

Course Description:

More and more people are being poisoned by opioids. We need all hands on deck to turn that around.

Hello, EENetconnect!

Usually I try not to get too excited about a single small study, but this looks pretty promising!

Background

Supervising Peer Workers: A Toolkit for Implementing and Supporting Successful Peer Staff Roles in Mainstream Mental Health and Substance
Use/Addiction Organizations

Hello all, I am seeking advice about Suboxone microdosing as a technique to covert MMT clients to BMT. I have used microdosing to initiate Suboxone in OUD clients who are not in withdrawal due to recent opiate use. This process has gone relatively smoothly, I used the schedule as per Vancouver Costal Health. When I tried to do similar with clients who were on Methadone, I had trouble at a dose higher than 4 mg. One of my clients was stable on MMT and the dose at 65 mg.  He was having some constitutional symptoms that I hoped would improve with the switch.

Development of Community of Practice (CoP) for Peer Support Research and Evaluation in Canada being led by The Centre for Innovation in Peer Support (embedded in Support & Housing-Halton) and Simon Coulombe (Wilfrid Laurier University) and Robyn Priest (Robyn Priest Live Your Truth)

A Framework for the Management of Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care
Dates: February 4 - July 30, 2019
Cost: Free

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Overdose can happen anywhere, even where you work.

"A General Pharmacology Overview of Substances is essential to addictions counselling, as having a basic understanding of Pharmacology is critical to treatment options and outcomes therefore, it will further inform your clinical practice."  Ian Robertson, MSW, RSW.

Researchers have developed a cellphone app that uses sonar to monitor someone's breathing rate and sense when an opioid overdose has occurred.

Tragically, there were 2,066 apparent opioid-related deaths in Canada between January and June 2018; 94% were accidental. During an overdose, a person breathes slower or stops breathing altogether. These symptoms are reversible with the drug naloxone if caught in time. But people who use opioids by themselves have no way of asking for help in the event of an overdose.

Since 2010, Bell Let's Talk has helped open the floodgates of conversation about mental health. Leading up to and on the annual Bell Let's Talk Day, Workman Arts, Bell Let's Talk and Hot Docs are showcasing free documentary films that aim to break the stigma.

A new video released by CBC presents a humanizing view of the Moss Park Overdose Prevention Site.

It presents stories from those who use the site as well as information on how the site works and what services are available.

You can watch it at: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1400653379886?fbclid=IwAR148KGXUvV4uGgi_FAqlpwZoMBxgPYIK62nMKcaoDD5FFJmhgk8-aK6eqU 

I am involved in a process to expand capacity to authentically "meet people where they are at".  It originally started with attempting to build capacity for understanding and bridging substance use, harm reduction, housing first philosophy.