Events
March 28, 2023
DATE CHANGE! ADAI Lunch & Learn: Addressing the Risks of High THC Cannabis (now on April 20, 12pm PT)
Join us on April 20, 2023 (12-1pm PT) for our next ADAI Lunch & Learn: Addressing the Risks of High-THC Cannabis: The Public Health and Legislative Saga Presenters: Beatriz Carlini, PhD, MPH, Sharon Garrett, MA, MPH, Lexi Nims, BA (ADAI Cannabis Education & Research Program) With cannabis commercialization has come the wide availability of new…
March 24, 2023
RECORDING AVAILABLE: Fentanyl Epidemic Townhall, March 23, 6pm (in-person & virtual)
March 23, 2023 | 6-7:30pm PT | View recordingPacific Northwest University, Butler-Haney Hall 200 University Parkway Yakima, WA 98901 Hear directly from experts in Washington State as they share their role in preventing fentanyl overdose. Drug overdose is a growing public health crisis in Yakima County. In 2021, 98 sons, daughters, wives, husbands — community members…
March 14, 2023
Virtual Tour of Syringe Services Programs, March 29 (12-1pm PT)
Join us to take a virtual tour of syringe services programs in Washington State! Wednesday, March 29th 12-1pm PT Curious what a syringe services program looks like and what they do? Here’s your chance to visit the SSPs in Tacoma, Centralia, and Walla Walla on a virtual tour of their mobile and indoor sites. Walk…
February 22, 2023
ADAI Lunch & Learn: Community Engaged Research with People Who Use Drugs: Lessons Learned from the READU Team (March 14, 12pm PT)
Join ADAI and presenters Jenna van Draanen, PhD, MPH and Courtney Wetterman (both of the UW School of Nursing) for our next virtual Lunch & Learn, March 14, 2023, 12-1pm PT. This presentation will cover principles and methods of community-engaged research, using an example from our research team of people with lived and living experience…
January 18, 2023
Webinar: What’s the Latest on Xylazine? (Feb 15, 12pm PT)
February 15, 2023 | 12-1pm PT | View recording Xylazine is a veterinary tranquilizer that has been found mixed with other drugs like fentanyl and heroin. Evidence indicates overdose deaths involving Xylazine have increased throughout the United States, including in the Pacific Northwest, with the largest impact occurring in the Northeast. This webinar from ADAI’s…
January 5, 2023
Webinar: How the Addiction Workforce Can Work with the Media to Improve Reporting on Addiction (Jan 25, 12pm PT)
Calling all reporters and addiction workforce members! Join the Northwest ATTC at ADAI on January 25, 2023 (12-1pm PT) for this exciting new webinar on how we can work together to improve reporting on addiction! Harnessing Your Expertise: How the Addiction Workforce Can Work with the Media to Improve Reporting on Addiction January 25, 2023…
November 29, 2022
ADAI Lunch & Learn: Screening & Treating Cannabis Use Disorder in Primary Care (Dec. 6, 12pm PT)
Join ADAI and presenter Tessa Matson, MPH (PhD Candidate), UW School of Public Health, for our December Lunch & Learn session: Evaluation of Screening, Assessment, Diagnosis and Treatment for Cannabis Use Disorder in Primary CareDecember 6, 202212-1pm PTRegister here Nearly 44 million people use cannabis in the past year, and of those, 21% use cannabis daily….
November 10, 2022
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November 1, 2022
ADAI Lunch & Learn: Improving Interactions Between Law Enforcement and People Who Use Substances (Nov 16, 12pm)
Please join us on November 16 (12-1pm PT) for our next ADAI Lunch & Learn session, featuring ADAI Assistant Professor Mandy Owens, PhD. In this talk, Dr. Owens will introduce and provide updates on two ongoing projects with law enforcement: a) developing training content on substance use disorders for the statewide basic law enforcement academy,…
October 27, 2022
Webinar: Drug Trends (Nov. 16, 12pm PT)
ADAI is offering a 4-part quarterly webinar series covering the latest topics on treating opioid use disorder and related subjects in Washington State. These virtual 60-minute sessions can support you in developing your skills to work with patients who have opioid use disorder. The first presentation, Drug Trends, will be presented by Caleb Banta-Green, PhD,…
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