This Just In: Opiate Summit (OSBA Reference Manual)

A recent NBC News article covers the opioid epidemic in Montgomery County, Ohio (location of Dayton).  The county holds the dubious distinction of having the most overdoses per capita in the United States, with the county on pace to have 800 overdose deaths this year.  The sobering reality is that many other parts of Ohio are hit almost as hard by this crisis.  This makes our This Just In selection Opiate Summit from the Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA), a timely and needed addition to our collection.  This document is the reference manual from a five hour CLE session held this past March by OSBA.

The CLE consisted of presentations by panelists from the Ohio Legislature, as well as Ohio and national drug court administrators and judges.  The reference manual has information on current and proposed legislation in this area, medical information related to opiate use and addiction, statistical information, a detailed bibliography of the above along with information on the operations and contact information of drug courts in Ohio and nationally.