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- Our Book on Harm Reduction is Now Available! - Drs. Collins and Clifasefi have released a book that goes over the history of harm reduction, empirical evidence for harm reduction treatment (HaRT), and provides practitioners with the tools to integrate harm reduction in daily practice.
- You don’t have to stop using to start recovery - Harm reduction treatment is associated with reduced use and improved quality of life. See results from our HaRT-A and HaRP studies.
- The HaRTC Project is Recruiting Participants! - We’re excited to announce that the Harm Reduction Treatment Circles (HaRTC) project has launched! See the flyer below for more details and please share widely.
- Participants Needed! - Do you drink every day?
Do you like to use apps for tracking your health?
- Personal Experiences with High-THC Cannabis - Our colleagues at the University of Washington Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute (ADAI) have put together some videos from parents, health care providers, and individuals sharing how high-THC products have affected their families, their clients, or themselves. Check it out here: https://www.learnaboutcannabiswa.org/personal-experiences-high-thc-cannabis
- HaRRT Center at RSA - The West and East sides of the HaRRT Center are coming together to present at the 2023 Research Society on Alcohol (RSA) Annual Scientific Meeting on the HaRTC and LEAP findings! See our posters below:
- WA State Legislative Special Session - As the WA State legislative special session convenes today, let’s all remember to support people who have substance use disorders, not punish them. “It’s not only the right thing to do, it what works.” Read more on evidence-based ways to end the war on drugs in PubliCola op ed from HaRRT Center codirector, Susan Collins, […]
- HaRRT Center Qualitative Review of the Literature on Involuntary Treatment - Over the past few years, we have been asked by various colleagues, community members and journalists about our Center’s stance on “coerced,” “mandatory,” or “involuntary treatment” and its evidence base. These requests have become more frequent as mainstream and social media have picked up lay assertions that involuntary treatment could/should be used to treat people […]
- Our WSU Spokane Team is Hiring! - We have posted a full time, Research Study Assistant role through WSU to work in collaboration with the UW HaRRT Center on our studies that intersect Native health and harm reduction treatment for substance use disorder. Currently, the primary projects on which this person will be assisting include randomized controlled trials of patient-centered and culturally […]
- Winter Community Resource Guide - A brochure of resources available in the greater Seattle area.
- Read Our Publication On Harm Reduction Goal-Setting! - Our latest article written with our students in the Psych 499 class has been published in the journal Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. This article looks at the efficacy of harm reduction goal-setting from both our HaRT-A and HaRP studies. Click here to read the article: Dual Study Describing Patient-Driven Harm Reduction Goal-Setting Among People Experiencing […]