The Ongoing Opioid Crisis—How a National Tragedy and Hollywood Awareness Made New Law, Created Treatment Resources, and Deepened the Need for Collaborative Care
The Ongoing Opioid Crisis—How a National Tragedy and Hollywood Awareness Made New Law, Created Treatment Resources, and Deepened the Need for Collaborative Care
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Linda ClarkMore Info
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-In-Person
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Northern Hemisphere A3/4Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Linda Clark, Barclay Damon’s Health Care Controversies Team co-leader, will take you through the evolution of the opioid crisis—an epidemic that resulted in over 100,000 overdose deaths in 2020 alone and that is continuing to ravage communities. Linda will consider how litigation against pharmaceutical manufacurers, distributors, and pharmacies as well as billions of dollars in settlements are driving solutions to save lives. She will also discuss in an interactive format the legal theories and precedents being relied on by plaintffs; the debates around how settlement monies should be used by local governments; and how providers are collaborating to recognize, treat, and improve patient heatlh outcomes.
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
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This session will review, from a legal perspective, how the opioid crisis accelerated and led to state action to recoup costs.
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The session will identify the legal theories that have been used to support claims against supply chain participants.
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Participants will learn about the red flags that have proven relevant to opioid liability determinations and precedents.
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The consequences of theses legal actions and how they will fund treatment and recovery efforts will be reviewed.
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This session will review the expanding role of pharmacists in collaborating with mental health/recovery providers in the treatment of patients.