August 4, 2017 Edition
Registration for the 2017 CHEAC Annual Meeting is now open. The meeting will be held October 18-20 in Anaheim, California. For more information and to register, please visit our annual meeting page here.
Room reservations are due September 8, 2017, and meeting registration is due September 15, 2017. We encourage members to book room reservations and meeting registration as soon as possible. Please contact us at admin@cheac.org or (916) 327-7540 for questions. We look forward to seeing you in Anaheim!
This week, the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis released an interim report on federal action items needed to address the rising opioid epidemic throughout the country. The Commission recommends the Trump Administration, among other actions, declare a national emergency, mandate prescriber education, immediately establish and fund a federal incentive to enhance Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), and provide model legislation for states to increase the availability, prescribing, and use of naloxone. The interim draft report is available here. A final report with a set of detailed recommendations is expected later this fall. More information on the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis is available here.