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Welcome to COPE

COPE promotes collaboration among those who share a commitment to improving physician education and training about substance use disorders.

COPE’s activities involve sharing information, identifying resources to support physician training and education, engaging medical students and faculty in curriculum development, and creating synergy among its members’ efforts.

COPE's Mission:

The Coalition on Physician Education in Substance Use Disorders (COPE) is a voluntary organization devoted to improving patient care and the public health by assuring that all physicians are trained to prevent, identify, and provide specialty appropriate interventions for patients who use tobacco or drugs, or who engage in unhealthy use of alcohol or non-medical use of prescription medications.

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October is #SubstanceUsePreventionMonth!

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For the first time since the pandemic, there is a noticeable and hopeful decline in drug overdose deaths in the U.S., according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with some states seeing reductions as high as 30%. Read more at

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Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant no. 1H79T1083343 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

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