ACDC Drug Checking Summit 2021

ACDC has been improving drug user-facing, harm reduction- based drug checking since 2019. Attend our annual learning summit!
About this Event

The Alliance for Collaborative Drug Checking (ACDC) was established in 2019 as a hub for learning, developing, and improving drug user-facing, harm reduction- based drug checking. We are spectrometer technicians, syringe service providers, chemists, psychonauts, researchers, and people who use drugs from many different countries. We share experiences, lessons learned, training materials, and drug checking implementation strategy with the overarching goals of working toward safe supply and supporting bodily autonomy by increasing informed consumption of substances. ACDC has a group listserv, holds monthly calls and an annual summit.

Are you interested in starting drug checking? Do you have questions about spectrometers? Want to know what trends are from on-the-ground programs? Concerned about equitable access to drug checking? Are you hearing conflicting information about checking for fentanyl? Curious to know more about drug checking that's been going on for more than 20 years (DanceSafe, DrugsData & more)? You can join us for one day only or for the whole three days- we'll address all this & more!

ACDC is an all-volunteer, unaffiliated, and unfunded learning collaborative. The reason we are charging for Summit attendance is 1) to pay for translation for attendees who speak Spanish and 2) to offer the speakers an honorarium for presenting their expertise. However, if the cost will prevent you from joining, PLEASE let us know at [email protected]!

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

2021 ACDC Learning Summit

Wednesday November 3, 2021

12:45-2:00pmE/9:45-11:00amPDT

Drug Checking Startup Workshop

• Sarah Mackin
  
• Vilmarie Fraguada Narloch
  
• Yarelix Estrada
  

2:15 - 3:30pm/11:15-12:30pmPDT

Detection of Fentanyl

• Emanuel Sferios
  
• Ju Park
  
• Mint Ti
  
• Daniel Ciccarone
  

3:45 - 5:00pm/
12:45-2:00pmPDT

Frontline Drug Checking in the Americas: State of Drug Checking

• Nazlee Maghsoudi
  
• Dina Perrone
  
• Jaime Arredondo Sanchez Lira
  
• Maya Doe-Simkins
  

5:15 - 6:30pm/
2:15-3:30pmPDT

Accessibility of Drug Checking in BIPOC Communities

• Yarelix Estrada
  
• Mohawk Greene
  
• Said Slim
  
• Fany Pineda
  
• Vilmarie Fragauda Narloch
  

Thursday, November 4, 2021

12:45-2:00pmE/9:45-11:00amPDT

Research and Ethics in Advancing Drug Checking

• Nabarun Dasgupta
  
• Megan Reed
  
• Alex Betsos
  
• Suzanne Carlberg-Racich
  
• Dina Perrone
  

2:15 - 3:30pm/11:15-12:30pmPDT

Drug Checking Trends

• Fire & earth Erowid
  
• Sam Tobias
  
• Guy Jones
  
• Traci Green
  

3:45 - 5:00pm/
12:45-2:00pmPDT

Opioid-Focused and Festival Drug Checking

• Chloe Sage
  
• Mohawk Greene
  
• Lori Kufner
  
• Karen McDonald
  

5:15 - 6:30pm/
2:15-3:30pmPDT

Secondary Uses of Drug Checking: Commutations and Interpretations among Cops and Markets

• Mike Gilbert
  
• Leo Beletsky
  
• Traci Green
  
• Jaime Arredondo Sanchez Lira
  

Friday, November 5, 2021

12:45-2:00pmE/9:45-11:00amPDT

Confirmatory Testing

• Fire & earth Erowid
  
• Marya Leiberman
  
• Mandi Mohr
  
• Karen Mcdonald
  
• Sam Tobias
  

2:15 - 3:30pm/11:15-12:30pmPDT

Training Development and Best Practices

• Rebecca Lauw and Taylor
  
• Jenny Matthews
  
• Mary Figgatt
  
• Julie-Soleil Meeson
  

3:45 - 5:00pm/ 12:45-2:00pmPDT

Drug Checking Startup Workshop

• Jarred Aasen
  
• Sarah Mackin
  
• Julian Quintero
  
• Yarelix Estrada
  

5:15 - 6:30pm/
2:15-3:30pmPDT

Communicating Drug Checking Results

• Piotr Burek
  
• Chloe Sage
• Clare Schmidt
  
• Alejandra Medina
  
• Julie-Soleil Meeson
  

THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO A FEW MINOR CHANGES. BECAUSE OF THIS, ALL TICKETS ARE TOTALLY REFUNDABLE UNTIL THE DAY BEFORE THE EVENT.

We are not able to provide continuing education credits, but are happy to provide the info you need to apply for them independently within your state/province.