In the last decade, heroin overdose has reemerged as a dramatic health issue for drug users. Simultaneously, innovations in drug services and research -- particularly in North America, Australia and Europe -- offer new tools to better understand, prevent and respond to heroin overdoses around the world.
In this conference -- taking place on January 13-14, 2000, in the Sheraton Hotel, Seattle, Washington -- service providers, researchers and those affected by overdose come together to examine issues from overdose risk factors and recent trends in overdose fatalities to the roles of different treatment modalities, outreach workers, emergency medical services and law enforcement.
Hosted by the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington. Initial co-sponsors include the Addictive Behaviors Research Institute, University of Washington, Evergreen Treatment Services, Harm Reduction Coalition, The Lindesmith Center, North American Users' Union, Seattle Police Department, Street Outreach Services, and Urban Health Study, University of California, San Francisco.
For further information, contact Nancy Sutherland at adai@u.washington.edu or Phillip Coffin at pcoffin@sorosny.org, or visit the conference web site at http://depts.washington.edu/adai/conf/heroin.htm for information or to register.
Fees are $75 per person ($40 for students), including all conference sessions and materials, a reception on Thursday evening, and continental breakfast and lunch on Friday. A limited number of partial scholarships will be available upon request. Registration form and payment are due no later than 12/10/99; late registration will be accepted pending availability of space.
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