Ensure substance use policies and protocols best support students.

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Ensure substance use policies and protocols best support students.

Columbia is committed to developing strategic messaging campaigns that educate students about the risks and consequences of substance use. Prevention measures will include expanded training for first responders and key community personnel to identify and quickly respond to substance use.

Working Group Members:

LEAD MEMBER

Melanie Bernitz
Associate Vice President/Medical Director, Columbia Health

MEMBERS

Michael McNeil
Chief of Administration, Columbia Health

Jim Fey
Director of Morningside Operations, Public Safety

Lichinia Beltre
Executive Director of Compliance, Student Financial Services

Sam Roberts
Faculty

Lisa Rosen-Metsch
Dean, School of General Studies

Sharon Sperling-Silber
Nurse Practitioner, Columbia Health Medical Services

Supriya Makam
Student, Columbia College

Alexander Meshel
Graduate, Columbia College

Dean Foskett
Student, School of General Studies

Kevin Graves
Graduate, School of General Studies

Nicky Ganek
Student, School of General Studies

Progress on the Objective

Complete April 2018

Columbia Health pilots a social norms marketing initiative to help address the misperception regarding prescription stimulant use.

Complete April 2018

Columbia University Public Safety partners on the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)’s annual National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, a free service to the Columbia community to anonymously and at no cost turn in unused or expired prescription medication for safe disposal.

Initiated September 2018

All policies around alcohol and other drugs are being reviewed and consistent policy recommendations at the University level on policy, including the Responsible Community Action (amnesty) policy, will be provided.

Complete October 2018

The National Prescription Drug Take Back semi-annual event takes place and is utilized by approximately 25 people.

Complete December 2018

Ninety percent of Medical Services staff in Columbia Health complete training in use of Naloxone. Pilot program to expand Naloxone training to the Columbia community is in development.

Complete December 2018

A Columbia Health Nurse Practitioner completes training and receives her waiver to be a Suboxone prescriber – a first among our peer universities.

Complete December 2018

Columbia Health receives a $15,000 Irving Institute Collaborative and Multidisciplinary Pilot Research CaMPR Phase 1 Planning Grant funded by the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) for work on the dissemination and implementation of opioid education and Naloxone training on campus.

Complete December 2018

The Columbia Recovery Coalition’s membership increases from seven to 33 members, resulting in two active weekly group meetings.

Initiated April 2019

Work continues around expanding Naloxone training to the Columbia community, including enhancing the design of Naloxone access training. The training will contain student feedback obtained from five focus groups representing key student groups ,including student athletes, military vets and resident advisers.

Complete April 2019

The Columbia University Department of Public Safety hosts a second National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on April 27, in partnership with the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), to provide a safe and anonymous disposal location for unused prescription medications. The Z-100 radio station was present with movie ticket and t-shirt giveaways, and made a live broadcast announcement during the event.

Complete May 2019

Columbia Health Medical Services now has three clinicians who have completed the required training and are able to prescribe maintenance Suboxone treatment.

Complete May 2019

Columbia Health is registered with New York State as an Opioid Overdose Prevention Program

Complete July 2019

Columbia Health's Phase 2 Irving Institute Collaborative and Multidisciplinary Pilot Research CaMPR Planning Grant is successfully awarded. The additional $50,000 grant will ensure continued work on opioid awareness education and Naloxone training.

Complete October 2019

As part of the opioid research and naloxone training program, 630 members of the Columbia community now carry life-saving naloxone. The program has identified and trained members of the campus community — both students and staff — to recognize signs of an opioid overdose and administer lifesaving medication. The program met its year-one training goal in just 9 weeks. Research continues as part of the phase 2 funding received through the Irving Institute CTSA at Columbia University pilot Collaborative and Multidisciplinary Pilot Research Awards (CaMPR).

Columbia-JED Campus Objectives

Ensure substance use policies and protocols best support students.

Other Objectives