Rx and Illicit Drug Summit
The Rx and Illicit Drug Summit is where solutions are formulated, stakeholders from Federal to family convene, and change begins. It is the most influential annual gathering for stakeholders to discuss what is working in prevention, treatment, and law enforcement. It is where connections are made, strategies are shared, and hope continues.
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April 21-24, 2025
Nashville, Tennessee
• Early Bird Registration ends November 15, 2024.
What You Can Expect at Rx Summit 2025
Stakeholders – ranging from federal agencies to families – will gather at Rx Summit, the most impactful event for shaping prevention, deflection, treatment, and recovery strategies. With fresh data, innovative concepts, cutting-edge technology, and the latest scientific advancements, this year’s agenda will offer new insights even for returning attendees.
Participants will be able to choose from 7 educational tracks, tailored to the work you do to address the opioid and addiction crisis including:
- Advocacy
- Clinical
- Illicit Drugs
- Prevention
- Recovery Support
- Trending Topics
- Public Safety
The National Advisory Board is currently in the process of reviewing the 350 presentation proposals is hard at work finalizing a comprehensive, highly educational, and data-driven agenda. An announcement on which presentations will be selected should be announced later this Fall.
About the Rx Summit
The 13th Rx and Illicit Drug Summit was held in Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center April 1-4, 2024. Approximately 2,500 people representing most U.S. states attended.
The program featured more than 95 educational sessions and offered more than 110 hours of CME/CE credits.
This was the second year to recognize “Hope Ambassadors.” Chauncey Parker, director of the New York/New Jersey HIDTA, received this year’s “Hal Rogers Beacon of Hope” award.
The Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit is the largest, most influential collaboration of professionals and advocates addressing the opioid and addiction crisis. It is where strategies are shared and put into action.
The Rx Summit regularly draws more than 3,000 people from all 50 states, U.S. territories, Canada, and other countries.
Attendees should include: Counselors, social workers, therapists, psychologists, and interventionists; physicians, psychiatrists, nurses, pharmacists, and dentists; advocates, families, and people in recovery; law enforcement personnel; public health and prevention officials; federal, state, and local officials, and lawmakers; education specialists and researchers; treatment center owners and operators; attorneys; first responders; and business leaders.
Through this type of collaboration, your work can be more impactful in bringing solutions to this issue that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared a public health crisis in 2012.
Operation UNITE is the Rx Summit’s Educational Advisor.
To stay informed about the latest Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit updates visit rx-summit.com/.
You can also follow @RxSummit on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram.
I’m a person in long term recovery who now works as a Peer Support Specialist and I believe that sharing resources with each other is the most important and vital way to ensure that clients get the help that they need!
I find the Rx Summit to be an invaluable conference led by thought leaders and experts in their respected fields. It feels like a collaborative and accessible space to share ideas and network.
Deadline to apply to be a Hope Ambassador is November 29.
Hope Ambassadors
Hope Ambassadors embody the “why” behind the Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit. It is an opportunity to share the message of hope – that it is possible to recover from addiction.
The Hope Ambassadors program, created in 2023, highlights the stories of people in recovery and those who have influenced the recovery journey of others. These men and women have struggled with the disease of addiction and now, as Hope Ambassadors, they are inspiring others to join with them on their recovery journey.
There are many forms of recovery, and there are many people who play key roles in making it possible. The work we do at the Rx Summit through sessions, workshops, and networking gives our community the power to create more stories of recovery and thus a stronger sense of hope.
Are you interested in becoming a 2025 Hope Ambassador?
