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SUMMARY:HSABC Webinar: Methamphetamines and Psychosis
DESCRIPTION:"Methamphetamines and the Brain" is a webinar designed with a
  harm reduction lens to help individuals understand the physiological ef
 fects of methamphetamines. This webinar will help identify how understan
 ding these physiological effects play a crucial role in individual pract
 ice. This webinar will discuss neurotransmitters and their function in o
 ver amping and psychosis. Later in the presentation, we will dive into w
 hat happens to the brain when an individual stops using methamphetamines
 . Science plays a vital role in how we, as front-line workers, respond t
 o methamphetamine over amping and psychosis; understanding these body re
 actions will help develop a greater understanding.\n\n \n\nInstructor: 
 Hailey Mawer \n\nHailey Mawer is a Registered Nurse and Owner/ Co-Found
 er of Westside Harm Reduction; she has been an activist for people's hum
 an rights and public health who use drugs for more than a decade. Hailey
  has a passion for evidence-based care and dismantling problematic polic
 ies, practices and structural stigma through; education, program develop
 ment, and consulting with organizations to develop and implement harm re
 duction frameworks, guidelines, and quality improvement initiatives. She
  provides both in-person and virtual learning opportunities across both 
 Alberta and B.C.\n\nHailey started her nursing career in sexual health a
 nd played a founding role in the opening and developing of the first Sex
 ual Health clinic, providing health services to Maskwacis, Treaty 6. Sin
 ce then, Hailey has been working tirelessly to build capacity, develop p
 olicies and frameworks and implement quality improvement initiatives to 
 reduce mortality rates associated with the drug poisoning crisis and sys
 temic necropolitics that impact the most vulnerable. After implementing 
 quality improvement initiatives, an organization saw a 96% reduction in 
 overdoses/drug poisonings recently.\n\nAs a clinician, educator, consult
 ant, and advocate with a passion for reducing social and institutional i
 nequities, she aims to bridge gaps in knowledge related to sex, drugs, a
 nd harm reduction through culturally safe and evidence-based services.
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