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NJPN Webinar – Play and Protect: Female Athletes & Opioids

June 6 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Free

Join us for this FREE webinar as we explore high school and college female athletics with a focus on mental health and opioids.

Topics discussed will include:

Youth Prevention

Available resources to prevent opioid use disorder and evidence-based strategies to reduce youth and young adult opioid use.

Opioids & Female Sports

Common risk & protective factors regarding opioid prescribing and high school and college girl’s and women’s sports.

Naloxone (a.k.a. Narcan)

The importance of naloxone availability, where/how to access it, and upcoming potential policy changes and opportunities.

Presented by the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General and the New Jersey Prevention Network with support from the New Jersey Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services

Register Today: https://njpn.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4acYKQEbQ8i2xSj9CZ2JPQ

Opening remarks by New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin

Moderated by Diane Litterer, CEO of the New Jersey Prevention Network

Featured Speakers

Jillian Loyden

Former US Women’s National Team Goalkeeper, Owner & Founder of The Keeper Institute

Alexis M LaPietra, DO, FACEP

Medical Director, Addiction Medicine Emergency Service Line, RWJBarnabas Health

Angela Cicchino, BA, NCPRSS

Program Manager, RWJBarnabas IFPR

Dr. Patricia Schram

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Addiction Medicine, Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Adolescent Substance use and Addiction Program Boston Children’s Hospital

Erin Cohen, CPS

Executive Director of Prevention Services, Prevention Resources

Brian Oliveira, PharmD

Executive Director, Garden State Pharmacy Owners

David Nash, Esq

Director of Legal Education and National Outreach, Foundation for Educational Administration

Janine Fabrizio

Trainer, NJPN

Details

Date:
June 6
Time:
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Website:
https://njpn.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4acYKQEbQ8i2xSj9CZ2JPQ#/registration

Venue

Virtual

Organizer

New Jersey Prevention Network
View Organizer Website