Opioid Task Force

Harm Reduction Workgroup Meeting
2022-11-02 11:00 - 12:00, 2022-12-07 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
This meeting is open to the public. Please email info@opioidtaskforce.org for the details on how to participate.

Treatment and Recovery Committee Meeting
2022-11-04 10:00 - 11:30, 2022-12-02 10:00 - 11:30

Education and Prevention Committee Meeting
2022-11-08 09:30 - 11:00

Methadone Workgroup Meeting
2022-11-10 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-12-08 15:00 - 16:00

Human Trafficking & Sexual Exploitation Workgroup Meeting
2022-11-14 13:00 - 14:30, 2022-12-12 13:00 - 14:30

HEALing Communities Study/Healthcare Solutions Committee Meeting
2022-11-18 10:00 - 12:00

Public Safety and Justice Committee Meeting
2022-12-05 13:00 - 14:30

5th Annual Sober Housing Summit
2022-12-09 10:00 - 12:00

CAM Workgroup Meeting
2022-12-13 11:00 - 12:00

Harm Reduction Workgroup Meeting
2023-01-04 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-02-01 11:00 - 12:00
Please join us for our monthly Harm Reduction Workgroup meeting. For more information on how to participate, please contact Cathi Emery, Office and Data Manager at cathi@opioidtaskforce.org.

Treatment & Recovery Committee Meeting
2023-01-06 10:00 - 11:30, 2023-02-03 10:00 - 11:30
Please join us for our monthly Treatment & Recovery Committee meeting. For more information on how to participate, please contact Cathi Emery, Office and Data Manager at cathi@opioidtaskforce.org.

Human Trafficking & Sexual Exploitation Workgroup Meeting
2023-01-09 13:00 - 14:30, 2023-02-13 13:00 - 14:30
Please join our monthly meeting of the Human Trafficking & Sexual Exploitation Workgroup, co-facilitated by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and the Opioid Task Force. For more information on how to participate, please contact Karen Carmona, Program Associate at karen@opioidtaskforce.org.

Education & Prevention Committee Meeting
2023-01-10 09:30 - 11:00
Please join us for our Education & Prevention Committee meeting. For more information on how to participate, please contact Cathi Emery, Office and Data Manager at cathi@opioidtaskforce.org.

Methadone Workgroup Meeting
2023-01-12 15:00 - 16:00, 2023-02-09 15:00 - 16:00
Please join us for our monthly meeting of the Methadone Workgroup. For more information on how to participate, please contact Cathi Emery, Office and Data Manager at cathi@opioidtaskforce.org.

Overdose Prevention & Narcan Training
2023-01-17 14:00 - 15:30
Please join Tapestry and the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region for an online Overdose Prevention & Narcan Training, scheduled for next Tuesday, January 17, 2023, from 2 PM – 3:30 PM. You can register for this free event here.

Participants will learn the answers to these questions:

-What is an opioid overdose?
-How do you recognize and respond to an opioid overdose?
-How do you administer Narcan to reverse an opioid overdose?

Can’t make it next week? No worries! We have two other virtual trainings scheduled for Thursday, February 23, 2023, at 5:30 PM and also on Friday, March 23, 2023, at 2:00 PM. You can register for those trainings, here.
Learn how to save a life! We hope you will join us and help us spread the word. A flyer is attached as both image/PDF files.

Questions? Feel free to reach out at narcan@opioidtaskforce.org.

Canceled: Building a Resilient Community Workgroup Meeting
2023-01-18 11:00 - 12:00
Please join us for our monthly meeting of the Building a Resilient Community Workgroup. For more information on how to participate, please contact Karen Carmona, Program Associate at karen@opioidtaskforce.org.

HEALing Communities Study Meeting
2023-01-18 14:00 - 16:00
Please join us for the monthly meeting of the HEALing Communities Study (HCS) effort in the Franklin County and North Quabbin Region. For more information on how to participate, please contact Tiarra Fisher, HCS Community Study Coordinator at tiarra@opioidtaskforce.org.

Healthcare Solutions Committee Meeting
2023-01-20 10:00 - 12:00
Join us for the Healthcare Solutions Committee meeting. Please contact Cathi Emery, Office & Data Manager for information on how to participate at cathi@opioidtaskforce.org.

FC/NQ Emergency Services for Unhoused Individuals Task Force
2023-01-23 09:30 - 10:45

"Adulterants in the Drug Supply and Advanced Overdose Response" with Stephen Murray, MPH, NRP
2023-01-25 14:00 - 15:30
Please join us on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, from 2 PM – 3:30 PM, as Stephen Murray, MPH, NRP, will be giving a virtual training about “Adulterants in the Drug Supply and Advanced Overdose Response”. Stephen is a retired Lieutenant and Paramedic from Western Massachusetts who now works as an overdose researcher at Boston Medical Center. He is an overdose survivor and harm reduction expert, sharing his lived and professional experience in the field with audiences across the country. One can register for this free event, here.
The drug supply has a constantly changing list of adulterants such as xylazine and levamisole which present themselves differently in overdose events, compared to opioids. As a result, both first responders as well as bystanders may need to respond differently to save lives.
A certificate of attendance can be provided upon request. This training has been submitted and is currently pending approval by the Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services to offer 1.5 CEUs for EMS Providers.
Participants will learn about the:

Current drug supply issues and the role of harm reduction plays in the health of people who use drugs
Drug supply adulterants including xylazine, levamisole, caffeine, quinine, lidocaine, procaine, and phenacetin
Myths about fentanyl occupational exposure
Elements of overdose prevention, overdose response, post-overdose care, and xylazine overdose

This training is sponsored by CONNECT – Franklin County and the North Quabbin’s post-opioid overdose follow-up and outreach program.

Please help us spread the word! A flyer can be viewed here and has also been attached as PDF/image files.

Public Safety & Justice Committee Meeting
2023-02-06 13:00 - 14:30
Please join us for our Public Safety & Justice Committee meeting. For more information on how to participate, please contact Cathi Emery, Office and Data Manager at cathi@opioidtaskforce.org.

Housing & Workforce Development Committee Meeting
2023-02-10 10:00 - 12:00
Please join us for our Housing & Workforce Development Committee meeting. For more information on how to participate, please contact Cathi Emery, Office and Data Manager at cathi@opioidtaskforce.org.
