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Cuyahoga-Understanding the neurobiology of substance use disorder and the role pharmacists have in safe dispensing practices of opioid medications


Dr. Jon Sprague will speak on the recent advances in neurobiology of substance use disorder to help pharmacists better understand this process. He will also discuss the role pharmacists have in educating patients on the safe use, storage and disposal of opioid medications.

Activity Type

  • Knowledge

Target Audience(s)

  • Pharmacist

Accreditation(s)

CPE Consultants, LLC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
 

Co-Sponsor(s)

Cedarville University

Requirements for CE Credit

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Dr. Jon Sprague will speak on the recent advances in neurobiology of substance use disorder to help pharmacists better understand this process. He will also discuss the role pharmacists have in educating patients on the safe use, storage and disposal of opioid medications.

 

Objectives

  • Explain the neurobiology of substance use disorder.
  • Describe talking points pharmacists can utilize when counseling patients on the risks and benefits of opioid medications.
  • Explain safe methods of storage and disposal of opioid medications and other controlled substances.

Speaker(s)/Author(s)

Jon E Sprague, RPh, PhD
Bowling Green State University


Brief Bio : Dr. Jon E. Sprague is the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) Eminent Scholar and the Director of the Ohio Attorney General’s Center for the Future of Forensic Sciences at Bowling Green State University (BGSU). Prior to joining BGSU, Dr. Sprague was the University Director of Academic Research and Head of Pharmaceutical Sciences for the College of Pharmacy at Ferris State University. Before joining Ferris State University, he served as Dean and Professor of Pharmacology at the Raabe College of Pharmacy at Ohio Northern University (ONU). Dr. Sprague has also served as Chair and Professor of Pharmacology at the Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Virginia Tech University. He received his PhD. in Pharmacology and Toxicology from Purdue University. He also was on the faculty in the College of Pharmacy at Purdue. His research and teaching interests include the neurobiology of addiction and the pharmacology and toxicology of drugs of abuse. Dr. Sprague has over 80 peer-reviewed publications in these topic areas. Dr. Sprague was also instrumental in writing the synthetic drug laws for the State of Ohio. These laws have focused on the synthetic cathinones, cannabinoids and opioids.

Activity Number

0864-9999-21-023-H08-P

Release Date: Oct 21, 2021
Credit Expiration Date: Aug 24, 2024