Topic: Treatment

Navigating the Opioid Crisis: Best Practices for Healthcare Professionals

Elevate your practice with this 30-minute asynchronous training designed to bridge the gap between clinical guidelines and compassionate care. This course equips clinicians, interns, and peers with the tools necessary to reduce stigma and improve patient outcomes. Whether you are a veteran MAT provider and need a refresher, or new to the field, you will gain actionable insights into screening, pharmacologic treatments, and care coordination.  

Advocating for Change: How to Influence Opioid Policy in Your Community

Local policies play a critical role in shaping how communities respond to the opioid crisis. This video will focus on the policy-making process and empower attendees with practical strategies to influence opioid-related decisions in their own communities. From expanding access to treatment and prevention services to securing funding and changing local laws, participants will learn how to engage decision-makers, build coalitions, and drive meaningful change.

Building Resilient Communities: Local Strategies to Combat the Opioid Crisis

This video explores how communities across the country are responding to the opioid epidemic with innovative, grassroots solutions. This session will highlight proven strategies for prevention, treatment access, and recovery support. Attendees will gain practical tools, hear real-world success stories, and leave them inspired to take action in their own communities.

Treating Opioid Use Disorder During Pregnancy

This fact sheet addresses how treatment of pregnant women with opioid use disorder (OUD) can help women have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby. This resource describes managing OUD with a treatment plan that includes medicines and counseling.

Preventing and Reducing Opioid Use Disorder

The purpose of NDVS Opioid Prevention Program is to Prevent and Reduce Opioid Use Disorder (PROUD) in Nevada among veterans and their families. The program has adopted the acronym PROUD

Understanding Synthetics: K2, Spice, and the Emergence of Novel Cannabinoids

This one-hour workshop will provide an overview of new and emerging synthetic cannabinoids and their impacts. The session will incorporate identifying different types of cannabinoids, indicators of use, and trends within Nevada and across the country. Participants will learn practical strategies and resources for managing unknown and novel synthetic substance use while understanding up-to-date information that will equip providers to implement effective approaches to engagement and care.