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December 11, 2019
Research Suggests Naloxone May Be Good Past Its Expiration Date
Naloxone products typically have an expiration date (“shelf life”) approximately 18-24 months from the date of manufacture. Expiration dates are based on how long a manufacturer guarantees the full potency and safety of a drug. Two peer reviewed articles have tested the stability of naloxone: A 2006 article examined the stability of an array of…
December 10, 2019
Bia Carlini Named Director, UW Tobacco Studies Program
Dr. Bia Carlini, PhD, MPH, has been named as the new director of the Tobacco Studies Program in the School of Public Health, beginning December 15, 2019. Her earlier participation in the TSP convinced her to focus her career on tobacco control: as part of the first cohort of tobacco scholars, (2003-4), her tobacco-related practicum…
December 2, 2019
UW Researchers Find Clue to Preventing Addiction Relapse
A study by ADAI Director Dr. Susan Ferguson was able to control relapse to heroin use in rats by using chemogenetic receptors to act as a “light switch” on neurons in the nucleus accumbens region of the brain. This process could prevent relapse for other addictions, like compulsive gambling or overeating, which affect the same…
November 25, 2019
Inside One of Seattle’s Biggest Opioid Busts
ADAI scientist Caleb Banta-Green was interviewed for a fascinating story about the drug fentanyl, and the multi-state effort to bring down a leading drug dealer in Seattle. Read the full story at Seattle Met . . .
November 18, 2019
“Addiction: Mechanisms, Treatment, Prevention” UW Course for Winter Quarter
The multidisciplinary course “Addiction: Mechanisms, Treatment, Prevention” (CONJ556) will be offered in Winter Quarter 2020, Thursdays from 3:30 – 5:20pm in Health Sciences Tower room T635. Organized by ADAI Director Dr. Susan Ferguson, this lecture and discussion-based course highlights key advances, insights, methods, and challenges for the understanding of drug addiction from psychological, pharmacological, psychiatric,…
November 14, 2019
Speaking from the Heart: The Parent-Child Assistance Program (PCAP)
The Parent-Child Assistance Program (PCAP) is an award-winning home visitation case‐management intervention working with a challenging population: pregnant and parenting women who have substance use disorders and trauma histories. Begun in 1991 at the University of Washington, PCAP now operates in fifteen counties throughout Washington State with the goals of helping mothers build healthy families…
Highly Potent Opioid Carfentanil Found in Seattle
Carfentanil, an opioid 10,000 times more potent than morphine and 100 times stronger than fentanyl, is showing up in Seattle with increasing frequency. In a KOMO News interview, ADAI principal scientist Caleb Banta-Green warns that users don’t know what they’re getting, or the dangers of this drug. View the full story on KOMO News. In…
November 5, 2019
“You don’t cure addiction — you manage it,” says ADAI scientist in interview with Variety.
Caleb Banta-Green, ADAI principal research scientist, told the entertainment news source Variety that “You don’t cure addiction — you manage it actively with counseling. You need to create a new life and a new way of interacting with people in a way that is healthy for you.” The interview was published on November 5 in Variety‘s Recovery…
November 4, 2019
Joe Merrill Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Joseph Merrill, associate professor in General Internal Medicine at the UW, received a lifetime achievement award from the Washington State Health Care Authority’s Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery. The award was presented at the state’s Co-Occurring Disorders Conference in Yakima in October 2019. Dr. Merrill was the driving force behind the initial three-year,…
November 1, 2019
ADAI Small Grant Awards for UW Research on Marijuana
ADAI awarded four Small Grants for Marijuana Research in the September 2019 cycle. The goal of the Small Grants Program is to stimulate research at the University of Washington by supporting promising pilot projects which may ultimately be developed into full studies with outside grant support. Congratulations to the recipients! Michael R. Bruchas, PhD, Professor,…
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