Arts and Advocacy Award: Holding the Door Open: Building the Addiction Policy Workforce-Arts and Advocacy Award: Holding the Door Open: Building the Addiction Policy Workforce

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In this video, Regina LaBelle, the Director of the Addiction and Public Policy Initiative at Georgetown University Law Center, discusses the work being done to build the addiction policy workforce. She highlights the gaps between science and evidence in addiction policy and the importance of bridging these gaps. LaBelle discusses two specific policy issues: methadone accessibility and medications for opioid use disorder in correctional settings. She explains how these issues are tied to high rates of overdose death and the lack of access to evidence-based addiction treatment. <br /><br />LaBelle also provides insight into the Addiction and Public Policy Initiative at Georgetown, including the Master of Science in Addiction Policy and Practice program. She discusses the curriculum and the program's focus on equipping students with policy, evidence, science, and advocacy skills. LaBelle emphasizes the importance of educating and building a skilled addiction policy workforce to address the urgent issues surrounding substance use disorders.<br /><br />The video concludes with LaBelle's acknowledgement of the lives lost to substance use disorders and her commitment to dedicating her work to them. She also addresses audience questions regarding topics such as the elimination of the X-waiver for prescribing buprenorphine, abortion among individuals with substance use disorder, and the scheduling of cannabis.

Keywords

Regina LaBelle

Addiction policy workforce

Science and evidence gaps

Methadone accessibility

Medications for opioid use disorder

Correctional settings

Overdose death rates

Evidence-based addiction treatment

Addiction and Public Policy Initiative

Master of Science in Addiction Policy and Practice

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