Join former Director of the White House National Office of Drug Control Policy, Jim Carroll, and President of the Drug Intervention Institute, Dr. Susan Bissett, for a discussion regarding substance use disorder and overdose response on college campuses.

 

Panelists Include:

• Aimee Hourigan, Director of Substance Abuse, Prevention, and Education at the University of South Carolina

• Susie Mullens, Director of the West Virginia Collegiate Recovery Network and Active Member of the Association of Recovery in Higher Education

• Leslie Reagan Plaia, M.Ed., LPC, CEDS-S, Executive Director, Substance Use and Behavioral Health

• Dr. Amy Werremeyer, Chair and Professor of Pharmacy Practice at North Dakota State University
   

Topics Covered

 

• Establishing a recovery-friendly campus environment using peer recovery support specialists

• Utilizing naloxone training, education, and distribution on campus with the ONEbox, overdose response kit

• Implementing medication safety and fentanyl awareness courses on campus using both a curricular and co-curricular model

• Educating students about the dangers of fentanyl and counterfeit pills by creating a distribution policy for fentanyl test strips on campus