New Substances of Misuse - May 22, 2025
- Registration Closed
A 6-Hour Training with Joseph Zannella, MA, LADC
8:30am-4:00pm
130 Pembroke Road, Suite 150, Concord, NH 03301
Presentation: This training is designed for clinicians at any skill level to explore and understand the changing nature of chemicals of addiction. Are your clients talking about drugs you’ve never heard of? Are overdoses in your community becoming more complicated, not responding to Narcan? Are you hearing about Captagon and Gravel and wondering what they are and do they affect your clients? New substances of abuse are being created, changed, marketed and promoted to us every day. We are inundated with new kinds of drugs, both prescription and illicit and new combinations that are making headlines. Fentanyl is causing a surge in overdoses and fatalities and newer and deadlier formulations of opiates are overwhelming treatment centers and ER’s. We will review the most commonly reported drugs being abused and will explore what new chemicals may be showing up in the coming months and years.
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
- Describe the newest substances being reported, and how they work in the body;
- Explain what new substances may start making inroads as recreational drugs; and
- Share their own experiences in their particular communities and in their clinical areas.
6 Contact Hours Available
CRSW Performance Domains: 3
LADC/MLADC Categories of Competence: 13-17
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 project was supported by Grant No. <15PBJA-21-GG-04133-DGCT> awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the SMART Office. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Joseph Zannella
Joseph Zannella has 38 years of experience working with mental health and addiction issues. He specializes in helping people with Anxiety issues, Recovery from Addictions, and Eating Disorders. He was the Director of Outpatient Programs in Bridgeport for Connecticut Renaissance for five years, and was the Director of the Renfrew Center of Southern Connecticut for five years specializing in treating clients with Eating Disorders. He is presently a professional educator and consultant, presenting both in-person and by remote classes. He is a faculty member of the New England Institute of Addiction Studies for 20 years teaching multiple courses including Neurobiology of Addiction, Psybersick, Eating Disorders, Advanced Ethics, Early Recovery Issues and the history of addiction treatment. With extensive clinical and administrative skills and in his work as a professional educator he has unique qualifications to assist both clinicians and clients. He is also in private practice in Fairfield County, CT.
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