This presentation will describe the four waves of opioidrelated overdose, some aspects of which are driven by supply, and then dive into the current and possible future fentanyl use patterns and consequences.

Featuring:
Daniel Ciccarone, MD, MPH
Justine Miner Professor in Addiction Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

Dr. Dan Ciccarone is the Justine Miner Professor in Addiction Medicine, in the department of Family and Community Medicine, at UCSF. He has been principal or coinvestigator on numerous NIH sponsored public health research projects including his current Synthetics in Combination (SYNC) study. He is a recognized international scholar on the medical, public health and public policy dimensions of substance use, risk and consequences. He consults for numerous private and public entities including the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).