ADAI Lunch & Learn: Pipe Distribution Through a Syringe Services Program to Reduce Higher Risk Drug Consumption (Jan 16, 12pm PT)

Join ADAI and presenter Tom Fitzpatrick, MD (UW Physician & Infectious Diseases Fellow) for our next ADAI Lunch & Learn!

In this session, Dr. Fitzpatrick will present interim results from his ADAI Small Grants Project.

Heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine can be injected or smoked. Distributing pipes may encourage people who use drugs (PWUD) to transition from injecting to smoking drugs, thereby reducing higher-risk injection behaviors and improving health outcomes. Dr. Fitzpatrick is leading a pilot RCT at a syringe services program (SSP) in Sacramento, California to evaluate the impact of pipe distribution on drug consumption behaviors.

Register for the January Lunch & Learn here!