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PTACC Ticker
Wednesday, October 14th

Upcoming Strategy Area Calls:
Children & Families 
Thursday, October 15th from 11-12pm ET
Call-in # 918-973-3787
PIN: ‪‪732 308 639 ‬#

Google Meet: meet.google.com/krj-vjja-bji
 
Contact the Co-Chair: Sis Wenger, swenger@nacoa.org 
Learn more.

Community, Diversity, & Equity 
Thursday, October 22nd from 1-2pm ET
Call-in # 620-712-2422
PIN: ‪‪493 405 492‬#
Google Meet: meet.google.com/eci-onwy-imu

Contact the Co-Chair: Peria Duncan, pdun16@hotmail.com
Learn more.

PTACC's Virtual "Conversations with the Field"
Session I. Community, Diversity and Equity Strategy Area
October 28th at 1pm ET join the Community, Diversity, and Equity Strategy Area. For the first in a series of PTACC's “Conversations with the Field.” This roundtable will allow for local community leaders, residents, advocates, family members, and people with lived experience to discuss their role in deflection. This strategy area works together to apply their voices, knowledge, and perspectives to program implementation, with a strong focus on parity across all demographics. Register here.


LEAP/GLEPHA Webinar: The Police Experience with Overdose Prevention Sites
A conversation with police about Overdose Prevention Sites (OPS)
October 20th at 12pm ET, PTACC national partner, Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) and the Global Law Enforcement and Public Health Association (GLEPHA) will have a conversation with police from Canada and Denmark about the everyday benefits and challenges of policing a city with OPSs.

To prevent overdose deaths, reduce hospitalization, and help bring more people into recovery, over 65 cities around the world have established Overdose Prevention Sites (OPS), facilities where people can bring in their own drugs and use in a clean environment under supervision. As many cities in the US and worldwide move toward opening OPSs, police wonder how the change will impact their work. Learn more.



APPLY ASAP- Funding Opportunity: National Council for Behavioral Health 
Preventing Overdose and Increasing Access to Harm Reduction Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic
PTACC national partner, the National Council for Behavioral Health (National Council), with support from the CDC, invites organizations to apply for rapid response grant funding to support innovative harm reduction strategies and services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Up to 15 implementation sites will be selected to employ and enhance novel and innovative strategies and adaptations to current practices to address the needs of people who use drugs (PWUD), including preventing opioid overdose. In addition to funding, selected organizations will receive and participate in training and technical assistance (TTA) opportunities. Submissions are due NEXT Monday, October 19th. For questions contact Margaret Jaco Manecke at MargaretM@TheNationalCouncil.org  

Access the request.


Resources of Note
- Naloxone One-Pager: First Responders Can Safely Administer Naloxone during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Access here.

- Addiction Policy Forum: Providing Telehealth Support to Justice-Involved Individuals During COVID-19 Pandemic. Learn more.

 

Did you see it?

Misuse of Prescription Opioids Appears To Be Declining, Study SuggestsA new state program in Colorado Misuse of prescription opioids appears to be on the decline, a new study suggests. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health, a yearly survey of about 70,000 Americans who are asked about their use of drugs, alcohol and tobacco found  a 26% decrease in people who had used prescription opioids without the consent of a physician. Read the report. 

Popular anti-anxiety medications may be highly addictive, FDA says

The FDA said last month it will now require makers of benzodiazepines to outline the risks of abuse, addiction, physical dependence and withdrawal on the drugs' labels. There's growing evidence that benzodiazepines have a high potential for abuse and addiction. "Benzodiazepines will not be the next big epidemic. They have been a 'silent' epidemic for decades, intensifying consequences from the current opioid epidemic." Read more. 

Opioid Overdose Crisis Compounded by Polysubstance Use
Polysubstance use—when more than one drug is used or misused over a defined period of time—can occur from either the intentional use of opioids with other drugs or by accident, such as if street drugs are contaminated with synthetic opioids. In the first half of 2018, nearly 63% of opioid overdose deaths in the United States also involved cocaine, methamphetamine, or benzodiazepines, signaling the need to address polysubstance use as part of a comprehensive response to the opioid epidemic. Efforts to reduce opioid overdose deaths should incorporate strategies to prevent, mitigate, and treat the use of multiple substances. Fact sheet. 


Sesame Street in Communities, Parental Addiction: Responding With Care
A recent webinar series by Sesame Street in Communities included two PTACC National Partners: Jac Charlier, Executive Director, TASC’s Center for Health and Justice & Sis Wenger, President and CEO, National Associated for Children of Addiction. The series addresses how parental addiction affects the well-being of young children—children that deflection partners encounter in their work. Deflection offers the opportunity to support children and families affected by addiction, in big and small ways. Access the webinars. 
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