#OpioidAwareChat

Posted by Carolyn Martin on September 25th, 2017 Posted in: News from NLM, Public Libraries

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• In 2015 there were 33,091 opioid-related deaths in the US.
• Every day, more than 90 Americans die after overdosing on opioids.
• ER visits and opioid overdose-related deaths have more than quadrupled in the last 15 years.
• September is National Recovery Month.

Join us this Friday for a Twitter chat hosted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to discuss opioid use disorder and ways to prevent and treat it.

NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins, NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow, NINDS Director Dr. Walter J. Koroshetz, special guest American Society of Addiction Medicine, and several other NIH and HHS components will be responding to questions about the opioid crisis and how the government is working to combat it.

Use #OpioidAwareChat to join and help promote. September 29, 11:00am -Noon PT.