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Pacific Southwest ROTA-Regional Center

The overall goal of Pacific Southwest Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Regional Center (ROTA-R) project is to assist rural communities in effectively addressing opioid and stimulant misuse by providing high quality/innovative training and technical assistance activities.

Activities focus on evidence-based practices/promising practices focused on prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services related to opioid/stimulant use disorders tailored to rural communities by creating and implementing Pacific Southwest ROTA-R.

The Pacific Southwest ROTA-R serves the rural areas of Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and the Pacific Jurisdictions. Pacific Southwest ROTA-R will collaborate with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Cooperative Extension staff, State Opioid Recipients (SOR) and Tribal Opioid Recipients (TOR), HHS Region 9 Technology Transfer Centers, community/faith-based organizations, recovery community groups, consumers and family members and other stakeholders including racial and ethnic and/or LGBTQ+-specific organizations.

Trainings & Events

Derived Intoxicating Cannabinoids: Why Have Regulations and Bans Failed to Reduce Their Availability?

October 17, 2024
3:00 PM to
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This presentation will examine the widespread availability and use of derived intoxicating cannabis products, including delta-8 THC, despite state and federal regulatory efforts.

Cannabis- Clarifying truths and Facts Through the Haze Consultation Session

August 28, 2024
3:00 PM to
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As a follow-up to the webinar from January 2024, this consultation session is designed for attendees to obtain information and guidance on cannabis topics, including terminology, types of psychoactive cannabis products, problematic marketing, public health harms associated with these products, and more.