Dr. Schneider was elected to the ACEP Board of Directors in 2004 and again in 2007. She served as the board’s secretary-treasurer before being elected vice president last year. She formerly served on the board of directors of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry, and she is the former president of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine and the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine.

Dr. Schneider served as the founding chair of the department of emergency medicine at the University of Rochester from 1993-2007. She established a residency training program there in emergency medicine and fellowship programs in pediatric emergency medicine, sports medicine, international emergency medicine and EMS.

Dr. Schneider earned her medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh and completed her internship and residency in internal medicine at Hospitals of the University of Pittsburgh. She is a board certified in emergency medicine and is the author of over 50 peer-reviewed articles and 35 book chapters.

ACEP is a national medical specialty society representing emergency medicine with more than 28,000 members. ACEP is committed to advancing emergency care through continuing education, research and public education. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, ACEP has 53 chapters representing each state, as well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. A Government Services Chapter represents emergency physicians employed by military branches and other government agencies.

Visit www.acep.org for more information.

Quest Diagnostics 2022 Health Trends Reports on Drug Misuse in America. The showed that 1 in 2 patients are misusing prescription drugs and use of stimulants such as Adderall surged 5-fold over the last decade.

For 50 years, Robert L. DuPont, MD has been a leader in substance use disorder treatment and prevention. He was the first Director of the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse (1973-1978) and the second White House Drug Chief (1973-1977). From 1968-1970 he was Director of Community Services for the District of Columbia Department of Corrections. From 1970-1973, he served as Administrator of the District of Columbia Narcotics Treatment Administration. In 1978 he became the founding President of the Institute for Behavior and Health, Inc., a non-profit research and policy organization that identifies and promotes powerful new ideas to reduce drug use and addiction.

A graduate of Emory University, Dr. DuPont received an MD degree in 1963 from the Harvard Medical School. He completed his psychiatric training at Harvard and the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. DuPont maintains an active practice of psychiatry specializing in addiction and the anxiety disorders and has been Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Georgetown University School of Medicine since 1980. His most recent book is Chemical Slavery: Understanding Addiction and Stopping the Drug Epidemic.

Caroline DuPont, MD

Dr. DuPont is Vice President of the Institute for Behavior and Health, Inc. (IBH), a 501(c)3 non-profit research and policy organization located in Rockville, MD.  In her role as Vice President, Caroline DuPont, MD focuses on the areas of addiction treatment and prevention. She maintains a private practice specializing in anxiety and addiction.

Formerly she was the founding President and Principal Investigator of DuPont Clinical Research, Inc., where she directed a team that conducted studies of investigational medication for the anxiety and affective disorders.

Dr. DuPont received her MD from the University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston and completed her training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, where for years she held an appointment on the clinical faculty of psychiatry. She is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and by the American Board of Addiction Medicine. She is the co-author of numerous publications and several book chapters on anxiety and addiction.

Anne Hassel was a true marijuana believer, leaving her job as a physical therapist to enter the Green Rush as a budtender in a Massachusetts medical marijuana dispensary.  After a year and a half of selling and consuming toxic, unnatural and harmful high THC products, she experienced heavy metal poisoning, Cannabis Use Disorder, and Cannabis Induced Psychosis.  Concerned about the harm to others, especially the youth, she joined preventionists.  Anne has testified before national and state authorities and politicians.  She appears in the film Smokescreen  https://vimeo.com/423459522/769e704993.  Anne presented at SAM Summit in 2021 and is included in Dr. Kevin Sabet’s book "Smokescreen: What the Marijuana Industry Doesn't Want You to Know".

Dennis Prager is co-founder and president of Prager University, one of the most widely viewed video sites in the world, with a billion views a year. He is a nationally syndicated radio talk-show host, columnist, and author of ten books, most recently the third volume of his commentary on the first five books of the Bible, The Rational Bible, the best-selling Bible commentary in America since it first appeared.

Hundreds of thousands of teens are not only addicted to nicotine, but they’re using it as a coping mechanism for dealing with mental health challenges and the overwhelming stresses of post-pandemic life.

Without support and guidance, quitting vaping is an incredibly difficult journey, and we often hear in our research that most teens do not feel like a traditional quitline or quitting service is intended for them. Our quantitative and qualitative research demonstrate that teens perceive quitlines as too formal for their needs. Additionally, they worry about how they may be treated in their friend groups if they try to quit and are not successful.

Rescue Agency, Hopelab, and UCSF examined the quitting journey with these insights in mind and developed a virtual cessation support group for young people called Quit the Hit. Quit the Hit is designed as a vape-first, teen-first social cessation intervention hosted through moderator-led group DMs on Instagram and has helped over 2,000 teens and young adults in 8 different states on their path to quitting.

Krysten Isaac, Vice President, Group Management Director, Rescue Agency

Krysten serves as Vice President and Group Management Director at Rescue, overseeing multiple public health programs and teams to promote health equity and behavior change within youth prevention campaigns and behavioral health-driven initiatives across 15 different states. Within the past decade of work in behavior change, she has been instrumental to growing one of the largest youth vaping communications efforts in the country, Behind the Haze, which is now active in over a dozen states and has worked with major players like FDA Center for Tobacco Products, NIDA, American Lung Association, and more. Currently, she oversees Tobacco Control Programs at Rescue along with other campaigns that focus on youth marijuana and substance misuse, vaccination communications, and more.

Brionna Zimmerman, Account Supervisor, Rescue Agency

Brionna serves as an Account Supervisor at Rescue, overseeing youth-centered programs with an emphasis on mentorship, coaching and substance prevention and cessation. She began her work in this area as a Market Manager with Fresh Empire, focusing on at-risk youth in South Carolina, then expanded into Hustle & Strive as a Success Coach, focusing on at-risk youth in Virginia. Brionna is now the Group Facilitator for the Quit The Hit programs across 6 states, virtually supporting teens and young adults through their vape-quitting journey. Brionna is also a high school girls basketball coach, which gives her unique insight into the mentorship and development of teens and young adults.

Mental health and Addiction health very much overlap. Of the 20 million people who have a SUD about 50% also have mental illness. Of the 47.6 million adults with a mental illness about 20% also have an addiction.

RESOURCES

Talk. They Hear You: https://www.samhsa.gov/talk-they-hear-you

Screen4Success: https://www.samhsa.gov/talk-they-hear-you/screen4success

FindTreatment.gov – Millions of Americans have mental and substance use disorders. Find treatment near you

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline – If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988

Disaster Distress Helpline – 24/7 crisis counseling for emotional distress related to a disaster. 1-800-985-5990

National Helpline – Free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service.

FindSupport.gov – Get the best ways to search for a health care professional or program.

Please let me know if I’ve overlooked any resource.

Arianna Campbell is an Emergency Department PA with more than 20 years of clinical expertise informing her work. As an APP Lead for US Acute Care Solutions at Marshall Medical Center in Placerville, California, Arianna initiated an innovative program to treat patients with opioid use disorder. Recognized by leaders in addiction medicine and beyond, Arianna became a founding clinician of CA Bridge, a program of the Public Health Institute. She currently serves as Director and Co-Principal Investigator for CA Bridge, dedicated to making 24/7 access to addiction treatment the standard of care in every hospital. Arianna presently serves on Marshall’s Provider Advisory Council and the California Academy of PAs’ Professional Practice Committee. She is a dedicated advocate for harm reduction practices and treating the patient as a whole person.

California Bridge is a program of the Public Health Institute in Oakland, California. Their goal is to transform addiction treatment by ensuring that every hospital in California provides 24/7 access to evidence-based care, treating substance use disorder like any other life-threatening condition.

State Senator Thomas J. Umberg is the Chair of the Senate’s Judicary Committee. He is a retired U.S. Army Colonel, former federal criminal prosecutor, four-term state legislator, small business owner, and was the Deputy Drug Czar for President Clinton.

Senator Umberg began his military service at the Korean DMZ and was deployed overseas for three  tours – totalling over five years.  In additon to his overseas deployments, Colonel Umberg was assigned as a paratrooper with the Army Special Operations Command and the XVIII Airborne Corps.

As a federal and miltary prosecutor, Senator Umberg prosecuted numerous white collar, civil rights, murder, and sexual assault crimes.  He successfully tried over 100 cases to verdict or judgment.

Senator Umberg served as Deputy Drug Czar for President Bill Clinton where he was responsible for foreign drug interdiction, counter-drug intelligence, and international drug policy.  Umberg has a deep understanding of the strategies and resources we need to stop the current opioid epidemic and to put an end to senseless gun violence in our communities.

Senator Umberg also served three terms in the State Assembly, representing central Orange County.  During this time, he worked across party lines, authored 76 laws, and brought more than $563 million in funds to Orange County.

Senator Umberg founded and built a successful veteran-owned small business in Orange County, recognized as one of California’s preeminent boutique law firms by Best Lawyers and The Daily Journal.  Senator Umberg knows how to run a business and is a strong advocate for local business owners helping them to cut red tape and streamline unnecessary regulation.

Senator Umberg and his wife, Brigadier General (retired) Robin Umberg, have three children and seven grandchildren.

Roger Chou, MD, is Professor of Medicine and Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, OHSU, and the Pacific Northwest EPC Director. Dr. Chou’s is trained in internal medicine and is internationally recognized as an expert in opioids and pain. Dr. Chou has led over 70 systematic reviews, including numerous reviews on pain, opioids, overdose prevention, and addiction. Dr. Chou has also conducted primary research on opioids. His reviews were used to develop the 2016 CDC opioid guideline and other high-impact guidelines in this area. He served on the Steering Committee for the 2016 CDC guideline, an NIH-convened research task force for low back pain, an NIH work group to inform the Federal Pain Research Strategy, a federal interagency work group on reducing adverse events associated with opioids, and a CDC opioid prescribing estimates workgroup. He served on a National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine committee on Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Acute Pain, serves on the National Academy of Medicine Action Collaborative on Countering the U.S. Opioid Epidemic, was Coordinating Editor of the Cochrane Back and Neck Group and is now a Senior Editor of the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group, and is on the Board of Scientific Counselors for the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. He also serves as the methodologist for a number of past, and current, World Health Organization guideline development efforts.