Transcript NPN Conference 2016 - Virginia Prevention Works

NPN CONFERENCE 2016
Buffalo, NY
By:
M i ke Tay l o r
MP-NN CSB Prevention Services Division
WHAT I LEARNED
• The NPN Conference 2016 reinforced the importance of
prevention throughout our communities.
• Prevention saves money within health care and
incarceration.
• There is an opium epidemic in the United States.
• The emergency rooms are overflowing with drug
overdoses.
SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA AND HOMEMADE DRUGS
• Spice can’t be detected in a drug tests.
• Emergency Rooms experience a great percentage of
frequent spice overdose patients.
• The manufacturers are changing their ingredients daily
making it challenging to classify it as illegal.
• Work release inmates are using it so they can still pass
a drug test.
ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS
AND VAPING MARIJUANA
• Youth can have a e-cig /vaping device in class that looks like an ink
pen.
• Traditional cigarette smoking has decreased but e-cig use has
increased among youth.
•
People are using these devices to inhale marijuana oil and other
drugs.
• Explosions are happening from the butane oil that is being used to
extract the THC from marijuana.
• The lack of odor makes it easier to smoke anywhere without being
noticed.
OPIOID/HEROIN EPIDEMIC
• The overdoses are large and on the rise.
• This drug is having a major impact on the white race.
• Naloxone reacts immediately in a heroin overdose and
saves lives.
• Prescription Drugs are the leading contributor of this
Heroin epidemic.
MARIJUANA POLICY AND PREVENTION
• Colorado is using the money from taxes on marijuana
to improve their schools.
•
It is a cash only business so robberies have increased
tremendously.
• If a person fails a drug test at work, they could lose
their job because it is still considered an illegal drug
federally.
MY CONCLUSION
• It was a great experience to attend the NPN Conference.
• I learned a lot more in the workshops than in the plenary
sessions because it was more hands on and smaller classes.
• What impressed me the most were the people from all over
the country who were there for one purpose, prevention.
• There was a buzz in the air about different stories, data, and
passion to make an impact within our communities.
MY CONCLUSION
• I was encouraged, revived, refreshed as I listened,
conversed and participated the NPN Conference 2016.
• It made me want to come back to Virginia to share this
knowledge with as many people as possible within my
communities.
• It also increased my knowledge about the new and
emerging drugs and the impact they are having on our
communities.
• I am very grateful for this opportunity and hope to attend
again in the future.