We are pleased to announce that the second annual Utah Opioid, Management, Diversion, and Heroin Summit will be held October 05, 2017, at McKay-Dee Hospital (4401 Harrison Blvd., Ogden, Utah 84403).  

The conference is sponsored by the Utah Department of Health, Utah Department of     Commerce/Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing/Controlled Substance Database, Utah Office of Inspector General for Medicaid Services, Utah Coalition for Opioid Overdose   Prevention (UCOOP), and Intermountain McKay-Dee Hospital.

The Summit is for law enforcement, health care professionals, oversight agencies, policy makers, educators, and healthcare administrators.

General registration is $50.00.

The goal for the Summit is to cross-educate law enforcement, mental health providers,   pharmacists, and the provider communities to effectively address the increased death and crime associated with the opioid and heroin epidemic in our state.  

Among the featured topics:

• Keynote speech by Lieutenant Governor Spencer J. Cox
• Keynote speech by John W. Huber, United States Attorney for the District of Utah
• Presentation on Alternatives to Prescribing Opioids, by Michael Wright of the Utah Pharmacy Association
• Discussion by Jennifer Plumb, MD, MPH on the Use of Narcan in an Era of Opioid Abuse
• Presentation by Supervisory Special Agent James LaMadrid of the FBI Cyber Crimes Unit on the Challenge of Internet Prescriptions: Vulnerabilities and Tracking
• Discussion by well-known sports announcer, Alema Harrington, on Recovering from Addiction

Contact Dean Healey, President of the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators, Utah Chapter

dhealey@utah.gov

801-530-6161