checkit! an organisation of Suchthilfe Wien gGmbH, is 20 years old!

To celebrate this occasion, the Medical University of Vienna and Suchthilfe Wien gGmbH organised the international and interdisciplinary conference reduse2018 - "New Aspects and Developments in Recreational Drug Use" organised. The reduse2018 Conference held on 13 and 14 September 2018 in the Van Swieten Hall in Vienna.

Below you will find the programme again. You can view the respective presentation by clicking on the title.

checkit!, an institution of Suchthilfe Wien gGmbH, is 20 years old!

To celebrate this occasion, the Medical University of Vienna and Suchthilfe Wien gGmbH organised the international and interdisciplinary conference reduse2018 - "New Aspects and Developments in Recreational Drug Use". The reduse2018 conference took place on September 13th & 14th, 2018 in the Van-Swieten-Saal in Vienna.

Below you will find the programme again. By clicking on the lecture title you can view the respective presentation.

13 September 2018

Lectures:

Analytical methods and techniques - Challenges and developments/Analytic Techniques utilised for Drug Checking - Challenges and current developments.
Anton Luf (Clinical Institute for Laboratory Medicine / Medical University of Vienna / checkit!, Vienna, AT)

Aufbau eines Drug Checking Angebots - Herausforderungen, Anforderungen und wertvolle Erfahrungen/Setting up a new Drug Checking Service - challenges, requirements and valuable experiences.
Guy Jones (The Loop / Reagent Test UK, Manchester, UK)

Drug Checking in the Netherlands: Eine Erfolgsgeschichte für die Prävention/Drug Checking in the Netherlands: a story of success for prevention.
Judith Noijen (Jelinek Prevention, Amsterdam, NL)

Chancen von Drug Checking für die Marktbeobachtung und weiterführende Forschungsprojekte/Opportunities for monitoring the market and current research projects based on Drug Checking
Mireia Ventura (Energy Control, Barcelona, ES)

Parallel Sessions:

Analytische Verfahren und Techniken & Forschung und Marktbeobachtung mit Drug Checking /Analytic Techniques utilised for Drug Checking & Research and Market Monitoring based on Drug Checking

NPS identification using a portable Raman instrument during on-site drug checking/NPS identification by portable Raman instrument during on-field checking.
Fabrizio Seganti (Centro Regionale Antidoping "A. Bertinaria", Turin, IT)

Der Einsatz von FT-IR für Drug Checking in den Niederlanden: Eine Reflexion aus zwei Jahren Arbeitserfahrung/Using FT-IR for Drug Checking in the Netherlands: A reflection of two years working experience.
Ruben Vrolijk (DIMS / Trimbos Institute, Utrecht, NL)

Practical aspects of analysing cannabinoids from plants and plant products/Practical aspects of cannabinoid analysis from plants and plant products.
Christian Fuczik (Institute for Hemp Analysis, Vienna, AT)

You can't overdose on music, can you? - The drugs that didn't make it to the festivals./You can't overdose on music, can you? - The drugs that didn't make it to the festivals.
Anca Frinculescu (TICTAC, London, UK)

Austria "East-West" - Market Monitoring - A new Ballad of East and West.
Alexandra Karden & Manuel Hochenegger (checkit! & Drogenarbeit Z6, Vienna & Innsbruck, AT)

Just can't get enough: Description of recreational drug use with drug checking./Just can't get enough: depicting recreational drug use with drug checking.
Carlos Paulos (4motion asbl . PIPAPO, Luxembourg, LU)

Schaffung neuer Drug Checking Angebote/Setting up a new Drug Checking Service

Establishment of a national network of drug checking services based on the existing public harm reduction services in France./Developing a national network of drug checking services based on the existing mainstream harm reduction public service in France.
Grègory Pfau (Médecins du Monde, Paris, FR)

"SubCheck" - Integrated Drug Checking in Thuringia / "SubCheck" - Integrated Drug Checking in Thuringia.
Patrick Krauße (Prevention Centre for Addiction Support in Thuringia GmbH, Erfurt, DE)

Die Herausforderung, das erste Drug Checking Angebot in Rumänien umsetzen - AWAKEN/The challenges of the opening of the first drug testing service in Romania - AWAKEN.
Gabriel Cicu (Colour Mind Clinic, Bucharest, RO)

Establishing Australia's First Official Drug Checking Service - 15 years in 15 minutes/Establishing Australia's First Official Drug Checking Service - 15 years in 15 minutes.
David Caldicott (STA SAFE Consortium, Canberra, AU)

Emergence of Drug Checking Services (DCS) in Canada: Implementing a Multi-site DCS Network in Toronto, Ontario for a Marginalised Population of People Who Use Drugs.
Nazlee Maghsoudi (Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation, Toronto, CA)

Interaction with Users of Drug Checking Services/Interaction with Users of Drug Checking Services

Know Drugs - Digitale Ansätze für die Interaktion mit Nutzer*innen von Drug Checking Angeboten /Know Drugs - Digital Approaches in the interaction with Drug Checking Service Users.
Philipp Kreicarek (Know Drugs, Berlin, DE)

Interaction with service users - the impact of drug checking on information, counselling and campaigns/Interaction with service users. The effects of drugchecking to information, counselling and campaigns.
Matthias Humm (SaferParty, Zurich, CH)

The impact of drug checking on consumers' behaviour. Outreach evidence from Portuguese festivals/Impact of Drug Checking on consumers' behaviour. Outreach evidence from Portuguese festivals.
Jacopo Ellero (CHECK!N, Lisbon, PT)

Drug Checking and Couselling: Instrumente zur Sensibilisierung der Menschen und zum Schutz der Gesundheit/Drug Checking and counselling: tools to increase people's awareness and protect the health.
Elisa Fornero (Cooperativa Sociale Alice Onlus, Alba, IT)

Psychedelic Welfare Service
Orsi Fehér (Students for Sensible Drug Policy , Vienna, AT)

Die Implementierung externer Drug Checking Ergebnisse bei schadensmindernden Maßnahmen im Nachtleben. - Eine Bewertung der Vorteile und Grenzen/Implementing external Drugchecking results in harm reduction based interventions in nightlife settings - An assessment of its advantages and limitations
Manuela Schulz (Sonics Psy Care, Potsdam, DE)

14 September 2018

Lectures:

The attitude comes first! 20 Jahre Suchtprävention - Bilanz und Ausblick / The attitude comes first! 20 years of addiction prevention - results and outlook.
Sonja Grabenhofer & Karl Schubert-Kociper (Suchthilfe Wien gGmbH / checkit!, Vienna, AT)

Nach dem Krieg gegen Drogen; Regulierung und die Zukunft der Harm Reduction/After the war on drugs; regulation and the future of harm reduction.
Steve Rolles (Transform Drug Policy, Bristol, UK)

Europa nach Acht - Ein europäischer Blick auf aktuelle Prävention, Harm-Reduction und "Botschafter"-Strategien/Europe after Eight. - An European view on actual prevention, harm reduction and night "ambassador" strategies.
Alexander Bücheli (N.P.S. Consulting / NewNet, Zurich, CH)

Highly potent drugs, high strength products: a problem for Europe?
Roumen Sedefov (European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Lisbon, PT)

Psychedelic Emergency and High-Risk Situations/Psychedelic Emergency and High-Risk Situations
Maria Carmo Carvalho (Kosmicare Association / Catholic University of Portugal, Porto, PT)

Buying drugs online - Quantitative and qualitative data from a German-Austrian research project on drugs and organised crimeBuying Drugs Online - Quantitative and Qualitative Data from a German-Austrian Research Project on Drugs and Organised Crime.
Gerrit Kamphausen (Centre for Drug Research / Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, DE)

Cryptomärkte und Harm Reduction: Neue Strategien für ein sich entwickelndes Phänomen /Cryptomarkets and Harm Reduction: New strategies for an evolving phenomenon.
Fernando Caudevilla aka Dr X (Energy Control, Barcelona, ES)

Vienna, 16 November 2012 - Billrothhaus, Frankgasse 8

New substances - new challenges? 15 years of experience as a contribution to possible approaches in prevention and counselling Associate Professor Dr Rainer Schmid and Sonja Grabenhofer

The "New Psychoactive Substances Act" (NPSG) Dr.ⁱⁿ Johanna Schopper

New psychoactive substances - developments, trends and handling from a European perspective Alexander Grabenhofer-Eggerth

Risk assessment of psychoactive substances: Possibilities and limitations Dr Leslie A. King

Party drugs can change your life! Who uses them, what risks are they taking and what successful prevention approaches are there? Alexander Bücheli, MA

"Tell us what you take" The Global Drug Survey and Drugs Meter or: Two birds with one stone: How to find out what, how much and why people consume and promote consumer reflection at the same time Dr Adam R. Winstock

"Tell us what you know" - In dialogue with consumers: the basis for innovative prevention approaches and harm reduction methods Katy MacLeod and Levente Móró, MSc

Vienna, 19 October 2007 - Billrothhaus, Frankgasse 8

Early intervention in a leisure setting using the example of ChEck iT! (Vienna) Dr Artur Schroers

Recreational drug use - Trends from a European perspective Dipl.-Psych. Roland Simon

Recreational drug use from a sociological perspective Dr Sabine Haas

Cannabis - a realistic assessment of the problem Dipl.-Psych. Roland Simon

Cocaine and Club Health Prof Dr Mark Bellis

What do the intervention programmes "realise it" and "quit the shit" achieve? Dr Peter Tossmann

Psychosocial interventions with cocaine Dr Richard Pates

European responses - the DC&D Safer Nightlife Workgroup Dipl.-Psych. Stephane Leclercq