Exploring the Intersection of Human Trafficking, Substance Misuse, and Addiction - December 12, 2025
Includes a Live Web Event on 12/12/2025 at 9:00 AM (EST)
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- Learners - $40
A 3-Hour Training with Dr. Christina Marsack-Topolewski, Ph.D., LMSW
Virtual via Zoom | 9am-12:15pm EST
Presentation: Human trafficking, substance misuse, and addiction are deeply interconnected issues that often reinforce each other in complex and devastating ways. These interconnecting issues have implications for providers working in various professions, such as social work, counseling, substance misuse, public health, and criminal justice. This training will explore the multifaceted relationship between these challenges, examining how substance use can be both a vulnerability factor for exploitation and a tool of control used by traffickers. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the current empirical literature regarding how trauma, addiction, and victimization intersect.
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
- Identify ways in which substance misuse is used as a mechanism to victimize individuals at risk for or engaged in human trafficking;
- Recognize the challenges that increase the risk of both trafficking and substance use disorder; and
- Understand current trends and research regarding human trafficking, addiction, and substance misuse.
3 Contact Hours Available
CRSW Performance Domains: 4
LADC/MLADC Categories of Competence: 5-7 & 15-17
Certified Prevention Specialist Domains: 6
NBCC: LICSW/L-MFT/LCMHC (Category A) & Psychologist (Category A)
NH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No 6754. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. NHADACA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
This training is financed under a contract with the State of NH, Department of Health and Human Services, with funds provided in part by the State of NH and/or such funding sources as were available or required, e.g., the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
Christina Marsack-Topolewski
Associate Professor of Social Work
Eastern Michigan University
Dr. Christina Marsack-Topolewski, Ph.D., LMSW is an associate professor of Social Work at Eastern Michigan University. Her research focuses on vulnerable populations, caregivers, mental health, and non-medical prescription opioid misuse. She is a clinical social worker and provides training and professional consultation. Dr. Marsack-Topolewski has been the lead on multiple grant-funded programs tailoring services to individuals with disabilities and other co-occurring conditions, older adults, and chronic illnesses. She has over 80 published peer-reviewed journal articles and encyclopedia entries. In 2024, she received the Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Research Award for Research Excellence, as well as the Arc of Oakland County’s Advocacy Hall of Fame Award in 2024.