This webinar series explores the current adolescent drug trends in Indian Country with a focus on cannabis, related substances, and the implicated Youth Healing to Wellness Court eligibility requirements, and policies and procedures.
This presentation will cover current adolescent drug use and abuse trends. The presenters will explore the contemporary terrain of what Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court (JHWC) and Program teams need to know to design and implement their JHWC and Programs.
This session will provide an overview of opiate addiction, and the role of medication assisted treatments (MATs). The presenters will review recent research on effective treatment strategies for opioid addiction, with particular emphasis on adolescents. They will compare common myths and misconceptions about MATs. They will also review a specific tribal program model and their cultural approaches to MATs.
This session will cover the need to be informed about the fatal risks of fentanyl use, the proper use of Narcan (Naloxone), and the reality that fentanyl affects everyone. The goal of the presentation is to raise awareness and hope in our Tribal communities. Narcan (Naloxone) saves lives, and with proper training and harm reduction education the hope is destigmatize and reduce overdose deaths in our communities.
This presentation prepared by DHHS provides an overview of prescription drug abuse and its current rate and impact in Indian Country
