PHARM 657Substance Use in Primary and Community Care

Mental health and addictions work is often carried out in specialized settings, focused on pathological substance use and use disorder. Addictions research is also almost entirely dedicated to substance use disorder and treatment. This course if focused on understanding substance use and addiction in community-based settings that are not necessarily addictions-focused. This course focuses on substance use in any form and how it affects health, public health, disease progression, and pharmaceutical care including drug interactions. We identify traditional and emerging types of research and information, including data from non-medical research sources and the grey literature. Community engagement and how to effectively educate policy makers, decision makers, stakeholders, service providers, and the public will be explored. Drug and drug classes covered include opioids, methamphetamine, cocaine, prescription and other stimulants, GABAergic drugs, serotonergic, glutamatergic, and cholinergic hallucinogens, entactogens, alcohol, nicotine, and cannabis.