Tag: opioids

Node welcomed NIDA Director, Congresswoman, Senator to discuss tackling NH’s opioid epidemic with science

On Tuesday, May 30, 2017, the Northeast Node of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network, together with the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health (CTBH) at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, welcomed the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Dr. Nora Volkow, and New Hampshire State Representative Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH2) to discuss New Hampshire’s Opioid Crisis.

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NH launches Zero Left campaign to eliminate leftover prescription opioids

In response to the opioid crisis affecting the region, New Hampshire’s Granite Health announced the launch of the Zero Left campaign. The goal is to educate the public and provide services so that no “leftover” prescribed opioids end up in medicine cabinets where others can easily access them.

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Northeast Node co-hosting NIDA Director, NH state rep at opioid crisis conference

 

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Together with the Dartmouth Center for Technology and Behavioral Health at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, the Northeast Node of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network will co-host Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and New Hampshire State Representative Ann McLane Kuster, at a conference focused on New Hampshire’s opioid crisis.

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Dr. Lisa Marsch testifies at House Bipartisan Heroin Task Force on NH fentanyl overdose crisis

On Monday, February 6, Dr. Lisa Marsch, Director of the Northeast Node and the Center for Technology and Behavioral Health (CTBH), testified at a Congressional briefing of the House Bipartisan Heroin Task Force.

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Node study featured in Union Leader

The Northeast Node’s Phase 2 Fentanyl Hot Spot study, Understanding Opioid Overdoses in New Hampshire, was recently featured in the Union Leader. The article explains New Hampshire’s fentanyl-related overdose crisis and how the study aims to answer the question: Why does New Hampshire have such a big problem? You can read the full article here.

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Node awarded Phase 2 of New Hampshire Fentanyl HotSpot Study

In partnership with the National Drug Early Warning System (NDEWS), the Northeast Node of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) has been awarded funds to complete the second phase of the Fentanyl Hot Spot Study conducted in New Hampshire earlier this summer.

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