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Communities Talk-Preventing Fentanyl Use by Youth and Young Adults

About the Course

This course is a webinar featuring speakers from the DEA, White House Office for Drug Control Policy and the acting director of SAMHSA. It includes: the emerging threat of synthetic opioids including fentanyl especially for adolescents and young adults; evidence-based prevention approaches and interventions; and the impact of fentanyl on communities.

This course is based on the recorded webinar, Communities Talk-Preventing Fentanyl Use by Youth and Young Adults created by SAMHSA in 2023.

Publication Date

Jun 2023

Course Material Author

SAMHSA

SAMHSA authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Course Creator

L.A. Rankin

L.A. Rankin is a social worker with experience in many different settings with a variety of clients. She has worked with dementia and Alzheimers patients, dual diagnosis MH/MR, in a battered women’s shelter, and a rape crisis center. She also has 11 years of experience as a child protective social worker, where she earned certificates in domestic abuse/family violence and substance abuse.

Recommended For

Prevention and addiction professionals at all levels of knowledge.

Course Objectives:

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. Discuss the fentanyl overdose crisis.
  2. Identify evidence-based prevention approaches and inventions.
  3. Describe the framework used to determine drugs of choice in the community.

Availability

This course is available starting Apr 30th, 2024 and expires Apr 29th, 2034

Disclosure to Learners

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

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NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC)

Eligible until Sep 28th, 2026

This course has been approved by CE Learning Systems, service provider of Addiction Counselor CE, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #107243, CE Learning Systems is responsible for all aspects of their programming.
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Course Number 103478
1 CE credit hour
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Exam Fee $5.97
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