Session: Epidemic of Drug Overdose: Its Determinants and Remedies
4009.0: Tuesday, November 18, 2003: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Epidemic of Drug Overdose: Its Determinants and Remedies
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organizer(s):Kaveh Khoshnood, PhD
Moderator(s):Robert Heimer, PhD
8:30 AMA rapid increase of overdose deaths among older opiate users in Northeastern Pennsylvania
Ernest Drucker, PhD
8:41 AMDrug-related overdose: Sacramento and San Francisco IDU experiences
Rachel L. Anderson, BA, Lynell Clancy, MAry Howe, Neil Flynn, MD, MPH, Inessa Gofman, BS
8:53 AMFatal opiate overdoses in Connecticut and Maine
Robert Heimer, PhD, Mark Kinzly, Anthony Givens, Marcella Sorg, PhD, Margaret Greenwald, MD
9:04 AMCorrelates of overdose among young, newly initiated injection drug users
Susan G. Sherman, MPH, PhD, Jennifer R Havens, MPH, Marcella Sapun, Tim Guimond
9:16 AMProviding naloxone and resuscitation training to heroin injectors can save lives
Karen H. Seal, MD, MPH, Robert Thawley, Jon Paul Hammond, Moher Downing, Joshua Bamberger, MD, MPH, Dan Ciccarone, MD, MPH, Alex H. Kral, PhD, Brian R Edlin, MD
9:27 AMNaloxone prescriptions to IDUs in New Mexico
Phillip Glen Fiuty
9:39 AMOpiate overdose prevention/intervention using take-home naloxone
Dan Bigg, CRADC, Sarz Maxwell, MD, Susan G. Sherman, MPH, PhD, Robert Heimer, PhD
9:50 AMDiscussion: Overdoses in urban and rural America and their prevention
Robert Heimer, Ph D
Organized by:Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy

The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA