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VIRTUAL CME – Opioid Drug Prescribing and Abuse – Controlled Substances (CS) Mandates AB239 & AB474
June 1 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Weldon (Don) Havins, MD, JD, LLM Joseph Hardy, MD This activity meets the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners requirement of 2.0 credits in “Misuse and Abuse of Controlled Substances; Prescribing of Opioids” * Nevada By The Numbers
- The opioid epidemic is an inescapable phenomenon, with addiction rates increasing and deaths multiplying from a little over 3,400 in 1999 to over 17,000 in 2017, according to the CDC
- 412 opioid-related overdose deaths in Nevada in 2017
- In 2017, Nevada providers wrote 73 opioid prescriptions per 100 people, while the National average rate was 58.7 prescriptions
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