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
March (dates/times TBD)
- What’s in the Meth? Results from the WA Community Drug Checking Network
- Infectious Disease Testing, Prevention, and Treatment, Dr. Tim Menza, UW, and Melissa Cross, Blue Mountain Heart to Heart
April (dates/times TBD)
- Meth Use among Men who have Sex with Men, Peter Cleary, Project NEON, and Mike Barry, UW Epidemiology PhD candidate.
June 12, one-day virtual event
Methamphetamine Symposium
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.
Registration details coming soon!
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)