This weekend, members of the NDEWS Coordinating Center (CC) will be traveling to attend the 87th College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. CPDD is the oldest and largest organization in the US dedicated to advancing a scientific approach to substance use, misuse and dependence, serving as an interface among governmental, industrial and academic communities maintaining liaisons with regulatory and research agencies as well as educational, treatment, and prevention facilities and addictive disorders.
The NDEWS 4th Annual Summit will be held on Saturday June 14 from 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm CT.
Following the NDEWS Summit, the NDEWS team will be presenting a late-breaking abstract, an oral presentation, symposiums, and posters showcasing our latest data over the course of the conference. In addition to presenting at CPDD, NDEWS Director, Dr. Linda Cottler (MPI), will deliver the keynote during the 2025 CPDD/RSA Joint Program – Polysubstance Use: From Bench to Communities Session 2, focusing on NDEWS.
We invite you to join us for these presentations! Please find the presentation information below:
Sunday, June 15
3:30 pm – 4:45 pm CT
Late-Breaking Abstract – “Anesthetics (“-Caines”) Adulterate the Illicit Fentanyl Supply: A National Drug Early Warning System (NDEWS) Alert” Joseph Palamar, Joshua DeBord, Alex Krotulski, Bruce Goldberger
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm CT
Poster – “Trends in Nonfatal Fentanyl Poisonings Involving Stimulants in the United States, 2015–2023” Nicole Fitzgerald, Joshua Black, Linda Cottler, Silvia Martins, Joseph Palamar
Monday, June 16
10:45 am – 12:15 pm CT
Invited Symposium: Found in Translation: Coordinated Preclinical, Human Laboratory, and Epidemiological Approaches to Understanding Polydrug Use – “Trends in Nonfatal Fentanyl Poisonings Involving Stimulants in the United States, 2015–2023” Nicole Fitzgerald, Joshua Black, Linda Cottler, Silvia Martins, Joseph Palamar
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm CT
Oral Session – Sex Matters: Translational Evaluations of Sex-Specific Factors in Substance Use -“Sex Differences in Problematic Substance Use, Mental Health, and Social Determinants of Health among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in the All of Us Research Program” Vijaya Seegulam, Bia Whipp, Liva LaMontagne, Linda Cottler
5:45 pm – 7:15 pm CT
Poster – “Natural Language Processing Analysis of 7-Hydroxymitragynine Reddit Discussion” Daniel Van Zant, Kirsten Smith, Oliver Grundmann, Catherine Striley, Elan Barenholtz, Christopher McCurdy, Linda Cottler
Tuesday, June 17
3:45 pm- 4:45 pm CT
Mini Symposium: The Current Landscape of Medical and Recreational Ketamine Use – “Prevalence and Characteristics of Recreational Ketamine Use Among Nightclub Attendees and College Students in the New York Tristate Area” Joseph Palamar
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm CT
Poster – “Reported Use of Recreational and Medical Cannabis, Delta-8, and Delta-10: Findings from NDEWS Sentinel Sites and Hotspots (2022–2023)” Tamara Millay, Vijaya Seegulam, Monica Bhargavi Kodali, Linda Cottler
Wednesday, June 18
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CT
Poster – “Alcohol Polysubstance Use among past 30-Day Opioid Users in Northern Florida: A Model for Back Translational Research” Christian Conger, Linda Cottler
Friday, June 20 
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CT
2025 CPDD/RSA Joint Program: Polysubstance Use: From Bench to Communities Session 2 – “The National Drug Early Warning System Networks, Initiatives and Data: How can we help you?” Linda Cottler, keynote speaker