Focus on Meth 2025
In Focus on Meth 2025 we’ll be looking at methamphetamine use in Washington State through the lenses of harm reduction, clinical care, and real-world research. This project is coordinated by the ADAI Center for Community-Engaged Drug Education, Epidemiology, and Research (CEDEER).
Watch this webpage for new webinars, learning spaces, research briefs, and a one-day virtual event coming soon!
2025 Webinars and Symposium
January 23, 11am-12pm PT: Latest Overdose Trends and Reasons for ED Visits, Dr. Lauren Whiteside and Dr. Caleb Banta-Green. Recording available here.
February 26, 12pm-1pm PT: Harm Reduction at SSPs and in Primary Care, Christina Muller-Shinn, Mason County Department of Health and Dr. Sarah Leyde, UW Harborview. Recording available here. Slides available here.
March
- March 12, 12-1 PT: What’s in the Meth? Results from the WA Community Drug Checking Network
- March 27, 1-2pm PT Syphilis, HIV, hepatitis C and other infectious diseases, Dr. Tim Menza, UW, and Melissa Cross, Blue Mountain Heart to Heart
April 17, 11-12pm PT Meth Use among Men who have Sex with Men, Peter Cleary, Project NEON, and Mike Barry, UW Department of Epidemiology PhD candidate.
June 12, one-day virtual event
As part of CEDEER’s Focus on Meth 2025 series, this one-day online symposium will focus on the scope and impact of methamphetamine use in WA State and ways to best support people across a spectrum of health care, harm reduction, and treatment needs. Be in conversation with diverse experts on the latest data, research, and in-the-field approaches to this complex issue.
Coming Soon
The State Opioid Response TA Team will host webinars focused on clinical care for people who use methamphetamine.
Related Resources
- What’s New in Harm Reduction Research? Focus on Harm Reduction and Methamphetamine (February 2025)
- WA State methamphetamine overdose death data (ADAI data)
- Methamphetamine Overdose/Overamping (StopOverdose.org)
- What is Stimulant Use Disorder? (LearnAboutTreatment.org)
- Overview of Treatment for Stimulant Use Disorder (LearnAboutTreatment.org)
- Results from the 2023 WA State Syringe Services Program Health Survey (ADAI)
- Perspectives of People Who Use Methamphetamine on Reducing or Stopping Their Use, qualitative interviews from 2021 (ADAI)
- WA State Community Drug Checking Network data on methamphetamine (ADAI data page)
- What’s the Latest? Methamphetamine and Psychosis, webinar March, 2024 (YouTube)
