Substance Abuse/Drugs

NCJTC has been participating in collaborative calls with IIR focused on increasing awareness of overdose fatality reviews (OFRs) among tribal communities and making connections with the Arizona Department of Health Services regarding the upcoming Arizona Tribal Opioid and Substance Use Summit. Based on these collaborative calls and the tribal opioid summit opportunity, NJCTC proposes providing faculty to co-present a panel session regarding OFRs and considerations for implementing OFRs in tribal communities or OFR partnerships with local, county and state-based OFRs.

Review the 7-step approach to drug influence and identification which includes pulse, horizontal gaze nystagmus, vertical nystagmus, lack of convergence, pupillary comparison, pupil reaction and Romberg stand. Gain understanding in how the eyes react to drug influence and the effects on the central nervous system. Practice what you have learned using hands-on activities. As a law enforcement or parole/probation officer, you will gain the skills you need to recognize impairment caused by the most abused drugs or alcohol.

The opioid crisis and the flood of other drugs has reached epidemic proportion in many of our tribal communities across the nation. According to the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health Tables, twice as many American Indians and Alaska Natives require treatment for addiction compared to any other racial and ethnic group.

Site requested support around implementing new components of project and GAM.

Requested review of evidence and discussion of Seattle city policy for "Stay Out of Drug Area" (SODA) zones

Site asked for spend down ideas while they are in their last year of funding

POC is interested in resources or other programs that support jail-based MAT and how their induction works.

POC is interested in resources relevant to their zoning issues with utilizing partners outside of their jurisdiction. There are no SUD treatment centers in Chesterfield Co so they have to utilize other counties. This can be difficult for distributing funds.

Grantee is interested to hear about policies and procedures as a 501c3

Provided referral to Abt for evaluation support