Treatment of Opiate Addiction in Vermont
Is It Working?
Featuring Rick Rawson PhD
Sponsored by Brandon Cares
Thurs, April 27th, 7 pm
The Brandon Inn, 20 Park Street
Brandon, VT
RICHARD A. RAWSON, PH.D.
Richard Rawson is a research professor at the Center for Behavior and Health at the University of Vermont and a professor emeritus in the UCLA School of Medicine. Dr. Rawson has a 40-year history of addiction research and treatment at UCLA, where he has conducted research on many forms of addiction treatment. He has worked with US and UN agencies, including the World Health Organization, on international addiction projects in many parts of the world. He established a nonprofit treatment program, the Matrix Institute, in Los Angles in 1984 and subsequently over 15,000 patients have received treatment in the Matrix clinics. Dr. Rawson has published 6 books, 40 book chapters and over 240 professional papers and annually conducts over 50 workshops, paper presentations and training sessions.
In the summer of 2015, Dr. Rawson returned to Vermont to establish a farm sanctuary. He has become involved in evaluating Vermont’s innovative response to the opioid crisis. He is currently traveling throughout the state, interviewing and collecting data from patients, family members, doctors and opioid users not in treatment, to evaluate the state’s effort and provide feedback for improvement.