Approximately 300 people gathered at Temple University’s Mitten Hall on November 19, 2016 for an informative and interactive event that included speaker presentations, a panel discussion, and breakout groups for all participants, which were followed by a Q&A with the panel.

Dr. Marsha Zibalese-Crawford, CPH, SSW – Master of Ceremony

Jerry Stahler, PhD, Department of Geography and Urban StudiesTemple University Substance Abuse Research Consortium

Kim Porter, CFRS – Executive Director, Be a Part of the Conversation

José Benitez – Executive Director, Prevention Point Philadelphia

Jerry Daley – Executive Director, Philadelphia-Camden High Intensity Drug  Trafficking Area (HIDTA)

Patty DiRenzo – Parent and Member of the Camden County Addictions Task Force

Roland Lamb – Deputy Commissioner, Strategic Planning and Innovation Division, Department of Behavioral Health & Intellectual Disability Services

Devin Reaves, MSW, CRS – Panel Moderator

Bill Roberts – Regional Parent Support Groups

Lisa Silk, MSW, LCSW – Private Practice Addiction Counselor

Workshops

Six workshops were conducted to provide more in-depth information about the following:

A)  “Ask the Doctors”  |  Do you have questions about pain meds, heroin, addiction or overdose?

One of six workshops that were conducted after the presentations and panel discussion.

B)  “Families in Crisis”  |  Angels in Motion – AIM

C)  “How to Save a Life”  |  Naloxone Training with Prevention Point Philadelphia

D)  “Parents Helping Parents”  |  Parent Support Groups

E)  “Supporting Recovery in Young People”  |  Collegiate and

High School Recovery Schools

F)  “What is Recovery?”  |  Young People in Recovery

• www.pchidta.org – is our official website, and where we post information from open-sources and our own assessments of the region’s drug threats, along with links to resources for demand reduction/prevention providers.  We also have a page in the site devoted to heroin & opioid response.
• www.drugfree.org/heroin – is link to “Heroin & Other Opioids:  From Understanding to Action”, which is hosted by the Partnership for Drug Free Kids, with whom the HIDTA program’s Heroin Response Strategy has partnered to produce & deliver a wealth of information, including a “discussion-starter” animated YouTube video, and a Community Presentation toolkit containing downloadable presentation slides, notes, and handouts.
• PCHIDTA web-site’s Demand Reduction page:  http://www.pchidta.org/default.aspx/MenuItemID/156/MenuGroup/Home.htm
• HIDTA Heroin Response Strategy/Partnership for Drug-Free Kids web-site’s “Heroin & Other Opiates:  From Understanding to Action” page:   http://www.drugfree.org/heroin

Learn more about Prevention Point Philadelphia:  

Read our brochure about the warning signs and what to do in case of an overdose:  

Association of Recovery in Higher Education (http://collegiaterecovery.org/)

Transforming Youth Recovery (transformingyouthrecovery.org)

Association of Recovery Schools (recoveryschools.org)