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November 1, 2022
ADAI’s Bia Carlini, PhD Interviewed on Q13 About High-THC Cannabis Products
Acting Associate Professor Beatriz Carlini, PhD, director of ADAI’s Cannabis Education & Research Program (CERP), was recently interviewed for Q13 FOX about the health risks of high-THC cannabis products. Dr. Carlini talks in the video about how cannabis legalization brought new jobs and less criminalization of individuals, both good things, but that the market has…
October 13, 2022
ADAI’s Dr. Susan Stoner Appointed as Holder Ann Streissguth Endowed Professorship in FASD
In 1973, UW pediatricians Kenneth L. Jones, David W. Smith, and Christy Ulleland, along with psychologist Ann Streissguth, published a landmark study of 8 children born with serious disabilities and a specific pattern of birth defects that could only have been caused during gestational development – all 8 had alcoholic mothers. Jones and Smith named…
October 5, 2022
ADAI in the News: Dr. Beatriz Carlini’s Work on High-THC Cannabis Profiled in the Seattle Times
Seattle Times reporter Hannah Furfaro attended our recent ADAI Symposium on High-THC Cannabis in Legal Regulated Markets, then spoke to the Director of ADAI’s Cannabis Education & Research Project (CERP), Beatriz Carlini, PhD, MPH, as well as several other presenters at the symposium, for this article in the Seattle Times: Researchers warn of mental health…
June 29, 2022
New Look for StopOverdose.org!
ADAI and the CEDEER team are excited to launch a new version of our website, StopOverdose.org. Check out the webpage and let us know what you think! Features of the new site include: Improved navigation and organization Better accessibility Translation into 20 different languages (by Google Translate) The redesign work was done by Heather Larson at Day…
June 17, 2022
ADAI in the News: High THC Concentration Products (Bia Carlini) and Safer Smoking Kits (Caleb Banta-Green)
High THC Concentration Products are a “Time Bomb” ADAI Research Scientist Beatriz Carlini, PhD, MPH was interviewed for an article in The Times (UK) about high THC concentration products and how it’s a “time bomb” in terms of its potential effects on the mental health of people who use it. “We are not paying attention…
June 6, 2022
Get Free Naloxone by Mail in WA State
Do you have naloxone (a.k.a. Narcan) in your first aid kit? This medication is given when an opioid overdose happens and can help save someone’s life. Anyone who uses opioids (even if they are prescribed by a physician) or who has friends or family who do should have naloxone on hand just in case. Additionally,…
May 23, 2022
ADAI in the News: How to Keep Loved Ones Safe from Fentanyl (NY Times)
ADAI Principal Research Scientist Caleb Banta-Green was interviewed by Melinda Wenner Moyer at the New York Times for this piece about how to talk about opioids with your family. Dr. Banta-Green talks about how widely and safely fentanyl is used in hospitals – “most people who have had a day surgery have had fentanyl” –…
May 9, 2022
Why ADAI is Using “Cannabis” Instead of “Marijuana”
Words matter. And that’s why we’re working to replace the term “marijuana” on ADAI websites and resources with “cannabis,” following the recent passing of Washington State’s HB 1210. This new law makes Washington State a pioneer on removing discriminatory language from cannabis-related official documents in the United States. The term “marijuana” came into popular usage in the U.S….
May 4, 2022
Get News, Events, & Research Updates on Opioids & Stimulants from CEDEER
The Center for Community-Engaged Drug Education, Epidemiology and Research (CEDEER) group at ADAI joins research with the “real-world” to generate innovative, evidence-based, and person-centered responses to the use of opioids, stimulants and other illicit substances. The group works to collect and share knowledge gained from research, local data, clinical expertise, and personal lived experiences of…
May 2, 2022
ADAI in the News: High-Potency Cannabis a Concern in WA and CO
ADAI cannabis expert Beatriz Carlini, PhD, MPH was interviewed for a national NBC News article exploring the impact of high-THC concentration products in states that have legalized cannabis for retail sale, like Washington and Colorado. Dr. Carlini, who was part of a team of UW and WSU researchers who put together a consensus statement and…
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