Montana Drug Information Opportunity Symposium

Montana Drug Information Opportunity Symposium (DIOS) 2024

May 7, 2024, 9 am to 3 pm | Sanders Auditorium – 111 N. Sanders, Helena

On behalf of Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA), the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS), the Montana Department of Justice (DOJ), and the CDC Foundation (CDCF) we are excited to present the third Montana Drug Information Opportunity Symposium (DIOS).

2024 Agenda 9 am – 9:15 am Sign-in & Coffee Provided 9:15 am – 9:30 am Welcome & Opening Remarks

Keith Weis, Director, Rocky Mountain HIDTA

9:30am – 9:45 am ORS Highlights & Updates

Montana ORS Team: Will Janisch, Drug Intelligence Officer & Jordan Friend, MPH, Public Health Analyst

9:45 am – 11:00 am Drug Trends Around the State

Steve Crawford, Bureau Chief, Narcotics Bureau, Division of Criminal Investigation & Drug Task Force Commanders & DEA

11:00 am – 11:15 am – BREAK – Coffee Provided 11:15 am – 11:30 am ADAPT Update

Lora Peppard, PhD, DNP, PMHNP-BC, Deputy Director for Treatment & Prevention, Director of ADAPT

11:30 am – 12:00 pm Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council

David Porter, Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council, SPHSSIC Program Director / HR

12:00 pm – 12:30 pm LUNCH PROVIDED 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm Rocky Herron – Youth Prevention Speaker

Rocky Herron, Youth Prevention Speaker

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Highlighting Local Youth Prevention – Deer Lodge

Pastor David Baker, ThM, MA Pastor of Deer Lodge Assembly of God

1:30 pm – 2:00 pm OENDP

Heidi DeRoche, BS, Public Health Program Specialist with Montana Public Health Institute and the Opioid Education and Naloxone Distribution Program

2:00 pm – 2:45 pm Ideal Option

Tyler Vermillion, Community Outreach Coordinator and Sayrd Iverson with Ideal Option

The mission of the Overdose Response Strategy is to help communities reduce fatal and non-fatal drug overdoses by connecting public health and public safety agencies, sharing information, and supporting evidence-based interventions.

Montana ORS Team: Will Janisch, DIO – 406-498-7034 | Jordan Friend, PHA – jfriend@cdcfoundation.org