April 19, 2023
Ask an Expert: What are “High THC” Cannabis Products and What Policies Could Help Limit Harm from Their Use?
Meet our expert Beatriz Carlini, PhD, MPHDirector, ADAI Cannabis Education and Research Program What are high-THC concentration cannabis products? How much THC is considered “high-THC”? Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the best-known psychoactive ingredient in the cannabis plant–the ingredient that causes people to feel “high.” High-THC cannabis concentrates include things like shatter, wax, butters and oils used…
January 30, 2023
High THC Policy | Final Report: Exploring Policy Solutions: Report to the WA Legislature
To address this emerging public safety challenge of increasingly available high-THC products (e.g. dabs, wax, concentrates), the WA State Health Care Authority was directed by ESSB 5092 (2021) to contract with the University of Washington’s Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute (ADAI) to identify areas of common ground and consensus, and develop recommendations for state policies related to cannabis concentration…
October 5, 2022
Webinar Oct 17 (10am PT): Low-Threshold Buprenorphine: Opportunities and Challenges
ADAI Acting Professor Caleb Banta-Green, PhD, MPH, MSW will bringing his expertise on health services research and clinical intervention development to this upcoming webinar about low-threshold buprenorphine for opioid use disorder, sponsored by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP): Low-Threshold Buprenorphine: Opportunities and ChallengesOctober 17, 2022 | 10am-12pm PT (1-3pm ET)Register here Low-threshold…
August 3, 2022
Overdose Prevention, Harm Reduction, & Treatment – Webinar Series August 8-19
The Washington Poison Center (WAPC) is hosting a webinar and social media series this month on Overdose Prevention, Harm Reduction, & Treatment, August 8-19th. Through presentations from staff at the WAPC and experts from a range of other organizations, including ADAI, the series will explore unintentional and intentional factors that can lead to overdose, how…
August 1, 2022
How to Talk to Your Partner About Their Addiction (UW Right as Rain)
This piece from the UW Medicine magazine Right as Rain (by McKenna Princing) features advice from ADAI/Psychiatry Assistant Professor Mandy Owens, PhD on how couples can talk to each other about their substance use. The pandemic has led to worsened mental health for many folks, including an increase of use of substances to cope. “People…
June 29, 2022
Speakers
Keynote Speakers Jonathan Caulkins, PhDProfessor of Operations Research and Public Policy Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College Dr. Caulkins specializes in systems analysis of problems pertaining to drugs, crime, violence, COVID-19, and prevention, work that earned him the David Kershaw Award from the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management, a Robert Wood Johnson Health Investigator Award…
June 27, 2022
New Article: Insights into a Recovery Community Center Model: Interviews with Staff from Recovery Café
Key findings: Participants noted that having a safe, welcoming place was important, as was having access to food, community, and resources. Participants also highlighted that having opportunities to contribute to the Café and areas for growth were essential components. Overview In Spring 2020, focus groups and interviews were done virtually with ten Staff and six…
May 17, 2022
College Students/Educators
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Parents/Community Groups
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Professionals/Providers
On this page, you’ll find websites and other tools with information and data/statistics of particular relevance to professionals and providers in the substance use disorder field. Got a resource to suggest? Email Meg Brunner at meganw@uw.edu.
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