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Substance Use Disorders & the Opioid Crisis

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Social workers are on the frontlines of our nation’s opioid addiction crisis, helping people, families and communities recover. Social workers also help people overcome other substance use disorders, including alcoholism, and harmful behaviors such as gambling addiction. Here are our experts. To arrange interviews or speaking engagements email media@socialworkers.org.

Name	State	Specific Expertise
Laurie Eldred	Michigan	EMDR Treatment for Addictions
Deirdre Drohan Forbes, LCSW, SIFI	New York	Substance Use & Mental Health
Michael Hayter	Virginia	Substance Abuse Treatment
Lee King	New Mexico	Substance Abuse Treatment
Dr. La'Tesha Sampson	New Jersey	Links Between Trauma and Addiction, Culturally Competent Treatment
Alexandra Solomon	Connecticut	Trauma Therapy, EMDR
An-Pyng Sun	Nevada	Substance Use Disorders
Nick Szubiak	District of Columbia	Substance Use & Addiction
Melissa Torregrossa	New York	Substance Use & Mental Health
Katherine Stuart van Wormer, MSSW, Ph.D.	Wisconsin	Alcoholism Counseling
Orlando Wright	Maryland	ASAM Criteria for Substance Use Disorders
Jana Wu	Connecticut	Kratom Use