Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute

2025 Highlights from CEDEER

12/17/2025
The CEDEER team

ADAI’s Center for Community-Engaged Drug Education, Epidemiology & Research (CEDEER) team just sent out a great newsletter recapping all the amazing work they did in 2025!

Read all about the ways they partnered with people across Washington State to better:

  • Center, support, and learn from people who use drugs
  • Help educate the public and professionals
  • Promote the implementation of humane, kind, and effective services

Some of the work the CEDEER team did this year involved:

  • The Orca Center (post-overdose recovery center in Seattle)
  • Harm reduction surveys and interviews
  • Drug checking
  • The CLEARS Project (community & law enforcement collaboration)
  • Methamphetamine-focused events and materials
  • Virtual and in-person trainings
  • Youth opioid use disorder work
  • Work with policymakers and state and local governments
  • And more!

Check out the newsletter issue here (and subscribe here to join their mailing list!)