2026 Drug Impact Conference

Topics Covered:

  • Everything You Need to Know about Cannabis
  • Kratom: The New Drug Substitute
  • Digital Underworld: How Social Media Fuels the Drug Trade
  • Target to Takedown
  • Community Drug Threats: Fentanyl, Fake Pills and Vaping
  • Substance Use, Trauma, Grief, and Loss: Hidden Drivers of Relapse in Justice-Involved Clients
  • Jailhouse Drug Smuggling: Detection and Disruption
  • Special Opioid Populations - How to Impact Them
  • Beyond Addiction: Building Self-Efficacy and Resilience in Justice Involved Populations
  • Monsters Among Us: Ethics in the World of Community Corrections
  • Stimulants/Hallucinogens - Recognition, Management and Expectations
  • From Emotion to Action: Using the Unified Protocol for Substance Use Recovery
  • Consequences of Fentanyl and Nitazenes in the Carceral Setting
  • Current Drug Trends from Arrest to Conviction

Who Should Attend:

  • Jail/Prison
  • Community Corrections
  • Leadership
  • Support Staff
  • Other
  • Juvenile Probation
  • Community Supervision Officers
  • ISD Law Enforcement
  • Law Enforcement Personnel
  • Specialty Court Personnel

Training Hours: 18

Date/Time:

Jul 20 - 23, 2026

Registration Deadline:

Jun 29, 2026

Fee Policy:

Early Registration - $290.00
Late Registration - $363.00

Location Information:

Marriott Dallas Allen Hotel & Convention Center
777 Watters Creek Blvd
Allen, TX 75013

Hotel Information: *

Marriott Dallas Allen Hotel & Convention Center
777 Watters Creek Blvd
Allen, TX 75013

Call (469) 675-0800 or CLICK HERE

Conference check-in begins on Monday, July 20 from 1pm-5pm and continues on Tuesday, July 21 from 7-8am. The first session is on Monday, July 20 at 3pm. The conference will end at noon on Thursday, July 23

For more information, contact:
Vanessa Farmer, Project Coordinator
Correctional Management Institute of Texas
George J. Beto Criminal Justice Building
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX 77341-2296
Fax: (936) 294-1671
Phone: (936) 294-1706
vfarmer@shsu.edu

Cancellation Policy:
If the participant has already paid, he/she will be refunded half the cost of the registration fee if written notice of cancellation is received by the Correctional Management Institute of Texas no later than ten (10) business days prior to the program. No refunds are available after this date, but substitutions of attendees are permitted. If no written cancellation is received and the participant does not attend the program, the participant/agency will be required to pay 100% of the registration fee if the registration fee was not previously paid.

* Unless otherwise noted, hotel arrangements are the responsibility of the participant.