SAMHSA is working in partnership with
the West Virginia Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Office of Behavioral
Health Services , and West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. West Virginia was selected as the site of one of
the four events because the prevalence rate of nonprescription use of pain
relievers in West Virginia is similar or slightly higher than the national
average (SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, NSDUH: state report and special
tabulations)., Associate Professor, Chair, Addiction
Medicine Discipline, Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic
Medicine

* Natalie M. The agency is responsible for improving the accountability,
capacity and effectiveness of the nation's substance abuse prevention,
addictions treatment and mental health service delivery systems.

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The forum will offer
information about the science of buprenorphine and the physician requirements
for establishing this new office-based treatment.9 million persons reported current use of
prescription pain relievers.
The full report is available online at http:/ /dawninfo.

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WASHINGTON, There were 74 drug misuse deaths in
Vermont in 2003, and another 14 drug -related suicides, the Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced today.

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was estimated to be 0.

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Department of Health and
Human Services.

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The findings
are from a new report, "Drug Abuse Warning Network, 2003: Area Profiles of
Drug-Related Mortality," which is based on data submitted by medical examiners
and coroners in selected metropolitan areas, Vermont, and five other states."
The 74 drug misuse deaths in Vermont translate into a fatality rate of 120
deaths per million population.

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The top three drugs involved in drug misuse deaths in the state were
opiates, which include prescription pain relievers and heroin, followed by
alcohol and cocaine.

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Vermont Deaths Due to Drug Misuse in 2003 Released

Of the 74 drug-related deaths, only 24 involved a single
drug.gov.

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The 2003 DAWN also has mortality data from jurisdictions in 32
metropolitan areas. Since the jurisdictions that participate in DAWN are not
part of a statistical sample, these data cannot be used to project to the
nation as a whole.

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The West Virginia community education event will be followed by
buprenorphine training sessions for interested physicians on March 19th and
April 30th in Cumberland, Maryland and Abingdon, Virginia respectively.

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According to nationwide data from the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and
Health (NSDUH), an estimated 4., Senior Public Health Advisor, Division
of Pharmacologic Therapies, Center for Substance Abuse
Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, DHHS

* Eugenie Taylor, M., Person in Recovery

WHEN: Monday, March 14, 2005
9:00 am - 11:00 am

WHERE: River Park Hospital, Ballroom, 4th Floor
1230 6th Ave., Huntington, West Virginia 25701

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, Director, Addictions Programs , West
Virginia University School of Medicine

* Blanca Fuertes, Health Policy Analyst, Office of Rural Health
Policy, HRSA/DHHS

* Phil Schenk, Director, Division of Primary Care, Office of
Community and Rural Health Services

* Debbie Trent, Director of Strong Through Our Plan (STOP)

* Martha Jane Wunsch, M.

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6 million in 2003.
This is the first year that SAMHSA's Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) has
collected mortality data from states, as part of a redesigned DAWN.

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For 2003, DAWN includes mortality data for six states -- Maine, Maryland, New
Hampshire, New Mexico, Utah and Vermont .

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Education Initiative on Substance Abuse Coming to W.VA

, Acting Commissioner, Office of
Behavioral Health Services, West Virginia Department of Heath
and Human Resources

* Jim Scheidler, Chief Deputy Sheriff, Cabell County

* Carl Rollyn Sullivan, M. Because of the many changes
introduced in 2003, these data cannot be compared with data from prior years.samhsa.

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SAMHSA has targeted four rural areas in a continued effort to get more
physicians, pharmacists and treatment providers familiar with this new
medication-assisted treatment option.

WHO: Speakers for the event will include:

* Nicholas Reuter, M.D. Unlike in
the past, DAWN now captures any death related to recent drug use, including
drug misuse, abuse, and drug-related suicides.S.

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P. "Americans must begin to
confront drug use -- and drug users -- honestly and directly. We must
encourage those in need to enter and remain in treatment before it's too late,
before they become a mortality statistic.

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SAMHSA is a public health agency within the U.

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SAMHSA is sponsoring physician-training opportunities in collaboration with
four organizations: the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), the
American Academy of Osteopathic Addiction Medicine (AAOAM), the American
Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) and the American Psychiatric
Association (APA).

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Buprenorphine considered major breakthrough in addiction to painkillers,
heroin

WASHINGTON, The Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration, (SAMHSA) will come to the River Park Hospital, in
Huntington, West Virginia, on March 14 as part of its 4-stop education
initiative, "New Paths to Recovery," to inform physicians and the public about
buprenorphine, a new office-based medical treatment for addiction to
prescription pain relievers and other opiate drugs.H.

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"Amazingly , the vast majority of people who need but do not receive
treatment for a serious drug or alcohol problem don't even recognize they have
a problem," SAMHSA Administrator Charles Curie said.