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December 7, 2023

New Paper from CERP: Identifying Policy Options to Regulate High Potency Cannabis

New from ADAI: Identifying policy options to regulate high potency cannabis: Multiple stakeholder concept mapping study in Washington State, USA

Citation: Carlini BH, et al. Identifying policy options to regulate high potency cannabis: Multiple stakeholder concept mapping study in Washington State, USA. International Journal of Drug Policy 2024;123:104270. Dr. Beatriz Carlini, Sharon Garrett, and Lexi Nim, of ADAI’s Cannabis Education & Research Program (CERP), have a new paper out that aims to describe and contextualize…


December 6, 2023

ADAI Lunch & Learn: Addressing Stigma Through the Lens of a System’s Change Model (Dec 12, 12pm PT)

ADAI Lunch & Learn: Addressing Stigma Through the Lens of a System's Change Model

Join us on December 12, 2023 (12-1pm PT) for our next Lunch & Learn, featuring Denna Vandersloot, MEd, Co-Director of the Northwest ATTC and the ADAI Center for Advancing Addiction Health Services (CAAHS). Despite wide-spread awareness of the detrimental effects of stigma for individuals facing behavioral health challenges, stigma often remains an intractable problem. The…


November 30, 2023

ADAI: Celebrating 50 Years!

ADAI Celebrating 50 years

The University of Washington’s Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute (ADAI) was established by the Board of Regents in November 1973. We are celebrating our 50th anniversary this fall and will be spending our 50th year sharing our history and plans for the future with you in a variety of ways! Let’s start with a recap…


November 27, 2023

Webinar: What’s the Latest? Drug Trends (Nov. 29, 12-1pm PT)

ADAI webinar: What's the Latest? Drug Trends.

Join us on November 29, 2023 (12-1pm PT) for our next “What’s the Latest” webinar: Drug Trends with ADAI’s Caleb Banta-Green, PhD, MPH, MSW. Dr. Banta-Green will provide an overview of current drug trends in Washington State with a focus on fentanyl, methamphetamine and overdoses. Data sources will include qualitative interviews and surveys with people who use drugs,…


NEW ADAI Brief: The Use and Impact of Community Drug Checking Services

New ADAI Report: Use and Impact of Community Drug Checking Services

How to cite the new ADAI Brief: Kingston S, Biamont B, Banta-Green C, WA State Community Drug Checking Network. The Use and Impact of Community Drug Checking Services. Seattle, WA: Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Washington, November 2023. Drug checking services (DCS) provide ways…


November 21, 2023

ADAI Researchers Bryan Hartzler and Mandy Owens Receive Garvey Institute Innovation Grants

Garvey Institute Awards to Two ADAI staff

The UW Medicine Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions is funding 12 new partnerships that will develop and test new ways to extend the impact of mental health professionals in Washington. Two of these awards will go to ADAI projects: Implementing Contingency Management in a Supportive Housing Context to Promote Resident Well-Being Principal Investigator: Bryan Hartzler, PhD Supportive…


November 13, 2023

CEDEER Webinar: Harm Reduction 101: From Yesterday to Today (Nov. 15, 11am PT)

ADAI/CEDEER webinar: Harm Reduction 101: From yesterday to today

Join ADAI’s Center for Community-Engaged Drug Education, Epidemiology & Research (CEDEER) for their next webinar, Harm Reduction 101: From Yesterday to Today. In this webinar you will learn: Presenters:Emalie Huriaux, MPH, Program Manager, Office of Infectious Disease, WA State Dept of Health Lupe Hurtado, Peer Counselor, Opioid Treatment Network, Downtown Emergency Services Center Register here!


November 9, 2023

RECORDING AVAILABLE: UW Substance Use & Addiction Research Open House – Nov. 8, 2023

UW Substance Use & Addiction Research Open House. Nov 8, 2023

Did you miss our November 8, 2023 virtual Open House? Catch up by viewing the recording! You can also download the slides and view the contact list. The goal of this event is to welcome a new generation of addiction professionals and encourage young people from diverse communities to consider this field. The UW Addictions,…


November 1, 2023

ADAI Lunch & Learn: WA State Behavioral Health Workforce Development: Addition of the Behavioral Health Support Specialist (Nov. 16, 12pm PT)

ADAI Lunch & Learn: Washington State Behavioral Health Workforce Development: Addition of the Behavioral Health Support Specialist. November 16, 2023

The effort to establish a new Behavioral Health Support Specialist (BHSS) role reached a milestone in May 2023 when Governor Inslee signed the role into law, paving the way for credentialing of the new role to start in January 2025. This innovative solution creates a new entry-level role for mental health care professionals without a master’s…


October 30, 2023

RECORDING AVAILABLE: CEDEER webinar: What’s New with Naloxone?

What's New with Naloxone. ADAI/UW Webinar: Oct 24, 2023 | 2-3pm PT

For this webinar, held on October 24, 2023, the CEDEER team at ADAI partnered with the WA Dept of Health and Dr. Sharon Stancliff of the NY State Dept of Health to answer frequently asked questions about naloxone and overdose response. Webinar topics included: View the recording here!



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