Additional Resources:
• Learn more about Naloxone/Narcan from NIDA
• National Domestic Violence Hotline
• Holiday stress coping tips
• Find harm reduction resources near you
• Never Use Alone (National Overdose Prevention Lifeline) — available 24-
  hours a day, 7 days a week
• Brave App
• Test strips for drug checking

Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2024, noon – 4 p.m.

Location: Virtual

The goal of this virtual workshop is to bring together research communities in the forefront of leveraging geospatial data in drug use and addiction research and inspire new directions in methodology and advancing practice.

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Date: December 5, 2024, 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. EST

Location: Virtual

Attendees will gain knowledge in how to strengthen seized drug analysis and reporting of drug-related substances; how the GUARDS method was developed and validated at the DEA Special Testing & Research Laboratory; how to adopt the GUARDS method at their laboratory; and how to confidently transition from helium to hydrogen as GC-MS carrier gas.

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Dates: December 12, 2024, 1 - 2 p.m. ET

Location: Virtual

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Dates: January 13 – 17, 2025, 8:45 a.m. – noon ET daily

Location: Virtual

This year’s symposium, which features presentations by scientists from academia, government, and industry, will focus on knowledge, best practices, and advances in science that can help improve effectiveness and efficiency.

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The Weekly Briefing is a newsletter published each week by the National Drug Early Warning System (NDEWS) Coordinating Center, which is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (U01DA051126) to the University of Florida (PI: Cottler, Co-Is: Goldberger, Nixon, Striley), New York University (Deputy Director: Palamar), and Florida Atlantic University (Co-I: Barenholtz). Any item may be reproduced provided the source is acknowledged.