SUDs in Tribal Courts, Webinar 2, Using MAT: Judicial Authority and Best Practices
Days & Times
12:30 p.m. PDT/1:30 p.m. MDT/2:30 p.m. CDT/3:30 p.m. EDT
Course Location
Online
This four-part webinar series focuses on practical tools judges can use from the bench to set clear expectations, make informed decisions, and respond to substance use issues in ways that promote safety, stability, and meaningful accountability in criminal, family law, and child welfare cases.
Webinar 2 — Medicine for Addiction Treatment (MAT): Judicial Authority and Best Practices
This session covers what judges need to know about methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone, including basic mechanisms of action, judicial authority and ethical limits, and common myths and misconceptions that can inadvertently interfere with treatment or increase risk. Discussion emphasizes practical decision-making from the bench — balancing accountability with appropriate medical care, avoiding conditions that undermine treatment, and ensuring court orders remain clear, enforceable, and focused on safety.
This webinar is funded by a grant from the SAMHSA-funded Opioid Response Network (ORN).
During this course, you will learn to:
- Recognize how justice system goals and MOUD are complementary.
- Understand the mechanisms of action of opioids that may lead to an opioid use disorder.
- Describe how medicine for opioid use disorder alleviates OUD symptoms and improves outcomes for justice-involved individuals.
This four-part webinar series focuses on practical tools judges can use from the bench to set clear expectations, make informed decisions, and respond to substance use issues in ways that promote safety, stability, and meaningful accountability in criminal, family law, and child welfare cases.
Webinar 2 — Medicine for Addiction Treatment (MAT): Judicial Authority and Best Practices
This session covers what judges need to know about methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone, including basic mechanisms of action, judicial authority and ethical limits, and common myths and misconceptions that can inadvertently interfere with treatment or increase risk. Discussion emphasizes practical decision-making from the bench — balancing accountability with appropriate medical care, avoiding conditions that undermine treatment, and ensuring court orders remain clear, enforceable, and focused on safety.
This webinar is funded by a grant from the SAMHSA-funded Opioid Response Network (ORN).