American opioid and heroin crisis growing worse -- Free one-day workshop Monday Sept. 26

On one August weekend this year, Huntington, West Virginia, recorded 27 heroin overdoses within four hours, including one that resulted in death. Every day in the United States, 44 people die as a result of a prescription opioid overdose. Among people 25-65 years old, drug overdose caused more deaths in the U.S. than motor vehicle crashes.

The Poynter Institute, in conjunction with the National Press Club Journalism Institute, will offer a free one-day workshop and luncheon at the Club led by Poynter’s Al Tompkins on Monday, Sept. 26, to help journalists cover this unfolding story.

The workshop will feature front-edge experts who will offer journalists the newest information about the size of the problem and keys to controlling it. In addition to presentations during the day, this free event includes a luncheon panel discussion. Your registration for the daylong event includes the luncheon panel. Can’t attend the entire workshop? You can register here to attend the luncheon discussion.

To register to attend and for a full list of topics & presenters, visit: http://www.press.org/events/american-opiod-and-heroin-crisis