{"id":24795,"date":"2022-12-16T13:02:45","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T18:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=24795"},"modified":"2022-12-16T13:08:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T18:08:49","slug":"marshall-plays-role-in-equipping-all-west-virginia-colleges-to-respond-to-opioid-emergencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/marshall-plays-role-in-equipping-all-west-virginia-colleges-to-respond-to-opioid-emergencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshall plays role in equipping all West Virginia colleges to respond to opioid emergencies"},"content":{"rendered":"
In early 2022, the West Virginia Drug Intervention Institute, the West Virginia Collegiate Recovery Network (WVCRN) and Marshall University launched a new overdose prevention initiative on West Virginia\u2019s college and university campuses titled \u201cBe The One.\u201d The initiative focuses on opioid overdose prevention from a bystander\u2019s perspective, encouraging students, staff and faculty to Be The One<\/strong> to save a life.<\/p>\n

A major component of the initiative includes the distribution and installation of the ONEbox \u2122 <\/strong>at West Virginia\u2019s public and private four-year colleges and universities, and on the state\u2019s community and technical college campuses, totaling twenty-nine schools. These resources, along with naloxone, have been provided at no cost to the schools through grant funds.<\/p>\n

The ONEbox\u2122<\/strong> is an on-demand, one-of-a-kind, technology-enabled opioid overdose rescue response kit intended to contain two doses of naloxone, an opioid reversal medication, along with personal protective equipment. The box also contains instantaneous video instructions (in both English and Spanish) that are activated when ONEbox\u2122<\/strong> is opened. Using a bystander intervention model, this video talks the responder through the overdose emergency and administration of naloxone. A training mode is also available for use during a non-emergency.\u00a0 The ONEbox\u2122<\/strong> was invented by WV native and entrepreneur Joe Murphy, owner and CEO of Murphy Media.<\/p>\n

\u201cDrug overdoses caused by fentanyl are now the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18 to 45,\u201d explained Dr. Susan Bissett, president of the West Virginia Drug Intervention Institute. \u201cAs a former campus administrator who, unfortunately, responded to an overdose on one of our state\u2019s campuses, I know all too well the trauma an overdose can cause not only to a student\u2019s family but the entire campus community. We can now truly say that West Virginia campuses are among the safest in the country with the installation of ONEboxes\u2122<\/strong> and commitment to the Be The One <\/strong>program.\u201d<\/p>\n

As of Dec. 7, all West Virginia public and private four-year colleges and universities, and the state\u2019s community and technical colleges, either already have the ONEbox\u2122<\/strong> on campus, or are committed to the installation of the boxes prior to 2023.<\/p>\n

After achieving adoption of this initiative with the 11 schools that are part of the Alliance for the Economic Development of Southern West Virginia, it became the mission of the West Virginia Collegiate Recovery Network to provide these lifesaving tools on every campus in West Virginia.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am so proud of our presidents across the state for joining this voluntary effort and that West Virginia is the first state to have naloxone and the ONEbox\u2122 on every campus,\u201d said Susie Mullens, program coordinator for the West Virginia Collegiate Recovery Network, who has led the team to coordinate the statewide expansion. \u201cWest Virginia is setting a national precedent that we hope other states will adopt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Matt Christiansen is the director of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources\u2019 Office of Drug Control Policy.<\/p>\n

“Our colleges and universities across the state serve as pillars of their local communities,\u201d Christiansen said. \u201cWe are so proud that they are leading our state in supporting students in recovery, offering naloxone and helping to spread the message that recovery is possible for everyone.”<\/p>\n

The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission\u2019s Behavioral Health Programs have supported the naloxone-on-campus initiative since the beginning. This state-level support includes recent grant funds to recruit student ambassadors on college campuses to share opioid misuse prevention and medication safety education with their peers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are proud to be part of a network of people and organizations committed to working together to increase access to resources in support of students\u2019 health and educational success on every college campus across the state,\u201d said Dr. Sarah Armstrong Tucker, West Virginia\u2019s chancellor of higher education.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the ONEbox\u2122<\/strong> and the West Virginia Drug Intervention Institute, visit https:\/\/www.wvdii.org\/onebox<\/a>. For more information regarding the West Virginia Collegiate Recovery Network, the Alliance for the Economic Development of Southern West Virginia or the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, is available at the links below:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.wvcollegiaterecovery.com<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/aedswv\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.wvhepc.edu\/<\/a><\/p>\n

For more information, contact Bissett by e-mail at susan@wvdii.org<\/a> or by phone at 304-941-4182, or Susie Mullens at mullens20@marshall.edu<\/a> or 304-614-7177.<\/p>\n

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Photo:<\/em> An example of the ONEbox being installed at college and university campuses across West Virginia.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In early 2022, the West Virginia Drug Intervention Institute, the West Virginia Collegiate Recovery Network (WVCRN) and Marshall University launched a new overdose prevention initiative on West Virginia\u2019s college and university campuses titled \u201cBe The One.\u201d The initiative focuses on opioid overdose prevention from a bystander\u2019s perspective, encouraging students, staff and faculty to Be The One to save a life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24795"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24797,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24795\/revisions\/24797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}