Opioid Use Disorder Project Newsletter (April-June)

Opioid Project News

• Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Spring 2020 STA and TTA events have been postponed until further notice. Please visit our website for updates msuextension_opioidmisuseproject
• Announcing the release of 2 MSU Extension and Montana PBS Public Service Announcement videos View Public Service Announcement Videos
• Please remember to check out our project generated materials
  • Montana Statewide Opioid Data Survey Report
  • Opioid Fact Sheet
  • Opioid Fact Card
  • Understanding and Finding Mental Health Providers
  • Mtguide_perscription opioid use and misuse in Montana
  • Opioid Use and Misuse Social Media Templates

Opioid Local News

• DPHHS releases matching grants for mental health, substance abuse Read article
• Plan in works for opioid addiction prevention Read article
• How pets have become the major victims in the opioid crisis Read article

Opioid National News

• May 15, 2020 Melissa Etheridge loses her 21-year old son to opioid addiction Read article
• May 18, 2020 Fentanyl seized in Asia’s biggest drug bust ever Read article
• May 18, 2020 Missouri is the only state without a program to track opioid prescriptions Read article
• Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the DEA postponed its National Take Back Day originally scheduled for April 25^th, 2020.  In the meantime, it has been advised to:
  • Clean out your medicine cabinets and secure unused, unwanted, and expired prescription medications in a lockbox for the next National Prescription Drug Take Back Day (TBA).
  • If you need to dispose of medications now, please see the      year-round collection site

SAMSHA News

• April 20, 2020  SAMHSA moves quickly to begin releasing $110 million in emergency grant funding to provide Americans with substance use treatment and mental health services during the COVID-19 pandemic Read SAMSHA press room article
• When Epidemics Collide: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the Opioid Crisis Read article
• Visit SAMSHA MAT Program  for information and resources on Opioid Use Disorder Treatment through the COVID-19 pandemic 

Professional Articles of Interest

• Personalizing Treatment of Substance Use Disorder The American Journal of Psychiatry

Webinars and Trainings

• Caring for Pregnant and Parenting Women with OUD during the COVID-19 Crisis View webinar
• Integrated Behavioral Health and Medication Assisted Treatment View webinar dates

For More information contact our Project Manager Barbara Allen

blallen@montana.edu

(406)-994-3531