Opioid Task Force

Combined Healthcare Solutions and Treatment & Recovery Commitee Meeting
2017-03-03 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Halifax) | Olver Transit Center, 12 Olive Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
Please email Phoebe Walker at Walker@frcog.org or Deb Neubauer at deb@opioidtaskforce.org if you would like to join for this meeting.

Below are the handouts and presentations from the 3/3/17 Healthcare Solutions and Treatment & Recovery Committees joint meeting on the effectiveness of Complementary and Alternative Medicines for Substance Use Disorder.

CAM Handout 1_Acupuncture Research
CAM Handout 2_Further Reading on CAM for SUD
CAM Handout 3_Acupuncture Evidence in Plain Language
Karen Adams Acupuncture Presentation to OTF 3-3-17
OTF_CAM_LiteratureReviewPres

Housing and Workforce Development Committee Meeting
2017-02-17 10:00 - 12:00 | Olver Transit Center, 12 Olive Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
Please email Tess Jurgensen at tess@opioidtaskforce.org if you would like to join for this meeting. For details and meeting agenda, click here.

Treatment & Recovery Committee Meeting
2017-02-03 10:00 - 11:30, 2016-12-02 10:00 - 11:30, 2016-11-04 10:00 - 11:30, 2016-10-07 10:00 - 11:30 | Greenfield Community College Downtown Campus, 270 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
Please email Deb Neubauer at deb@opioidtaskforce.org if you would like to join for this meeting.

Healthcare Solutions Committee Meeting
2017-01-20 10:00 - 12:00, 2016-09-23 10:00 - 12:00 | Olver Transit Center, 12 Olive Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
Please email Phoebe Walker at Walker@frcog.org if you would like to join for this meeting.

Treatment & Recovery Committee Meeting
2017-01-06 10:00 - 11:30 | MA

Healthcare Solutions Commitee Meeting
2016-12-16 10:00 - 12:00 | Olver Transit Center, 12 Olive Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States

National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
2016-10-22 10:00 - 14:00 | MA
Did you know that 1 in 4 teens report using prescription medicine at least once to get high, and that the majority of these teens say they got the medication from friends or family?
Saturday, October 22nd from 10:00 am – 2:oo pm is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. In Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region you can find collection boxes at police stations in Ashfield, Athol, Bernardston, Buckland, Deerfield, Erving, Greenfield, Leverett, Orange, Shelburne Falls, Sunderland, Turners Falls, and Whately.
Click here for information about Prescription Drug Take-Back Day in Franklin, Hampshire, and Worcester Counties.
Click here to find a Collection Site near you.

Kinship Caregivers Raising Children Impacted by Substance Use
2016-10-17 17:30 - 19:30 | Greenfield Community College, One College Drive, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
The Commission on the Status of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren and members from Attorney General Healey’s Office are hosting a series of forums to exchange information, learn and listen to families and caregivers in Massachusetts who have been impacted by the opioid epidemic.

Marijuana & the Developing Brain
2016-10-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Greenfield Gardens Apartments, 58 Pray Drive, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States

Shelburne Falls Overdose Prevention & Nasal Narcan Training
2016-09-28 18:00 - 20:00 | Shelburne Senior Center, 7 Main Street, Shelburne Falls, 01370, United States
The Opioid Task Force is partnering with Tapestry Health and the North Quabbin Community Coalition to host a series of opioid overdose prevention and nasal Narcan trainings. These trainings are free and open to all community members. Topics covered include:

What is an opioid overdose?
Recognizing an overdose (signs and symptoms)
Responding to an overdose
How to administer nasal Narcan to reverse an opioid overdose

All participants will leave with a free Narcan kit.
For questions or more information, please contact Liz Whynott at lwhynott@tapestryhealth.org or Tess Jurgensen at tess@opioidtaskforce.org

Recovery Jam 2016
2016-09-24 12:00 - 20:00 | Camp Apex, Peckville Road, Shelburne Falls, MA, 01370, United States
September is National Recovery Month! Come celebrate with the Recover Project at this year’s 13th Annual Recovery Jam sober music festival. Recovery Jam brings together individuals in recovery, their families, recovery allies and the entire community for a day filled with music, friends and food. Every year, more than 600 people from all over New England gather together to attend Recovery Jam.
Tickets for Recovery Jam can be purchased at the Recover Project (68 Federal Street in Greenfield) or at the Opioid Task Force by contacting Tess Jurgensen at tess@opioidtaskforce.org.
See you there!
