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March 11, 2020
Information Deficiency is a Barrier to Opioid Treatment in Prisons/Jails
Medications for opioid use disorder like buprenorphine and methadone have been linked to lower mortality rates. Despite their effectiveness, they are still underutilized for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals. “Most jails are not providing our front-line treatment for opioid disorder,” said Mandy Owens, an ADAI research scientist who provides training to facilities and works to…
February 5, 2020
Cannabis Ads in Washington Mimic Strategies Used by Alcohol Industry
Recent research has shown that exposure to cannabis advertising is associated with cannabis use and/or intention to use, as well as more favorable attitudes toward its use — all consistent with what we already know from a wealth of similar studies about alcohol and tobacco advertising. In Washington State, cannabis was legalized for non-medical use…
February 3, 2020
Seattle to Distribute Naloxone Kits & Hold Trainings to Counter Fentanyl Overdoses
The city of Seattle will be distributing 700 naloxone kits and convening 25 training sessions with community organizations as part of an effort to counter overdoses caused by fentanyl. ADAI staff Alison Newman and Caleb Banta-Green provided input on the mayor’s plan and will be delivering many of the naloxone trainings. For more about this…
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 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…
October 22, 2019
“Treat Us Like Human Beings”: New ADAI Report Features Interviews with Syringe Exchange Participants
A new brief from Alison Newman, MPH, Connor Henry, MPH, and Caleb Banta-Green, PhD, MPH, MSW, “Treat us like individual human beings”: 2018 qualitative interviews with Washington State syringe exchange participants,” is now available on our Publications & Reports page. To get a richer understanding of the lives of syringe exchange participants, the authors conducted…
October 18, 2019
Sign Up to Get a Monthly Summary of New Opioid/Overdose Research
Susan Kingston of the Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute puts out a monthly email newsletter that features the latest in opioid and overdose-related research and commentary. If you’re interested in subscribing, send an email to stopovd@uw.edu. Here’s what was featured in the October 2019 issue: From Local Researchers Engaging an unstably housed population with low-barrier…
September 19, 2019
Peer Support Groups and Medications for OUD
A new ADAI research brief, “Peer Support Groups and Medications for OUD,” written by Alison Newman, MPH, and Caleb Banta-Green, PhD, MPH, MSW, is now available on our Publications & Reports page. For this brief, ADAI surveyed people with opioid use disorder and care providers who work with them to find out more about their…
July 26, 2019
Methamphetamine in Washington State Symposium, June 2019
The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute brought together more than 130 state policy makers, researchers, and leaders in behavioral health, health care, and social services for a symposium on Methamphetamine in Washington: Informing Policy and Research, held June 28, 2019 on the University of Washington campus. The conference began with two individuals who have lived…
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