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National drug abuse summit to address infectious disease consequences of opioid crisis

Posted on March 15, 2017

Source: AIDS.gov

National drug abuse summit to address infectious disease consequences of opioid crisis

"The National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit will take place on April 17-20, 2017, in Atlanta, Georgia. (The conference is often referred to as the Hal Rogers conference, since the Congressman from Kentucky launched the summit in 2012.) The Summit, which organizers have called the 'largest annual conference addressing the opioid crisis,' focuses on finding solutions to that crisis and will bring together professionals from local, state, and federal agencies, business, academia, addiction treatment providers, and allied communities impacted by prescription drug abuse and heroin use."

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