RECORDING AVAILABLE: ADAI/CEDEER Webinar: Focus on Meth: Latest Overdose Trends & Reasons for ED Visits

Methamphetamine-involved deaths continue to rise in WA State, and communities and organizations are working to address the issue. Understanding the health impacts of methamphetamine is key to developing solutions.

This webinar, held on January 23, 2025, covered the following topics:

• What is methamphetamine and why people use it.
• Current WA State data on methamphetamine, health impacts, and deaths.
• How and why people present in the emergency department for health issues related to their meth use.

Presenters:

• Dr. Lauren Whiteside, MD, MS, Emergency Medicine Physician, Harborview Medical Center, UW
• Dr. Caleb Banta-Green, Phd, MPH, MSW, Research Professor, UW Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute

Watch the recording of this session here!