The Modern Illicit Drug Environment, Adulterants, Trends, and Threats
In this presentation Robert Lawlor Jr. MS-ADPP, MS, BSCJ provides an overview of the current illicit drug environment, with a focus on emerging trends, common adulterants, and the growing risks they create for both public health and public safety. Participants will gain a clearer understanding of how today’s drug supply is changing and why awareness of adulteration is critical to effective response, prevention, and harm reduction.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the current illicit drug environment, including key market dynamics, emerging substances, and distribution trends.
- Identify common adulterants found in the illicit drug supply and explain how they increase risk for overdose, poisoning, and other adverse outcomes.
- Examine the public safety and public health implications of drug adulteration in order to improve.
Audience:
Prescribing Clinicians and their teams
Continuing Medical Education:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education and CCSME. The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education is accredited by the Maine Medical Association Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Hanley Center for Health Leadership and Education designates this regularly scheduled series for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
*Nurses and Nurse Practitioners will be awarded a certificate of participation with a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™.
This course has been approved by Co-Occurring Collaborative Serving Maine (CCSME), as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 1 educational credits. NAADAC Provider #324712, CCSME is responsible for all aspects of the programming.
Contact Hours 1 contact hours for social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, and behavioral health professionals.
1 Category 1 Contact hours for psychologists. CCSME is a pre-approved sponsor and provider of Professional Education Activities for Psychologists.
1 contract hours CHES. CCSME is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission of Health Education Credentialing, Inc.
Speaker
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Robert F Lawlor Jr MS-ADPP MS BSCJMS-ADPP, MS, BSCJRobert F. Lawlor Jr. is a subject matter expert in addiction, policing, investigations, and overdose response, specializing in public health-public safety collaborations to combat the overdose crisis.
A former New Haven Police Department supervisor, he held key roles in narcotics enforcement, robbery, and homicide investigations. Since 2015, he has served as Connecticut’s Drug Intelligence Officer with New England HIDTA, working with the Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) to reduce overdoses through data-driven strategies.
He holds degrees from POST University, the University of New Haven, and Georgetown University, along with certifications from the DEA and NYPD. A recipient of multiple law enforcement awards, he is also a Mental Health First Aid Instructor and a dedicated advocate for officer well-being.
