NIDA Town Meeting - Understanding Drug Abuse and Addiction: Myths vs. Reality - Agenda

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Understanding Drug Abuse and Addiction:
Myths vs. Reality

A Town Meeting

Agenda

8:30 a.m.	Welcoming and Introductory Remarks
8:45 a.m.	Keynote Address Understanding Drug Abuse & Addiction: Myths vs Reality Alan I. Leshner, Ph.D. Director National Institute on Drug Abuse
10:15 a.m.	*Break*
10:30 a.m.	Focus on Methamphetamine Timothy P. Condon, Ph.D. Associate Director National Institute on Drug Abuse
11:15 p.m.	Panel Discussion - Advances in Drug Abuse Prevention and Addiction Treatment Applying Research-Based Prevention Principles Elizabeth Robertson, Ph.D. Relapse Prevention Approaches in Substance Abuse Treatment Richard Rawson, Ph.D. The Influence of Managed Care on Drug Abuse Treatment Services Dennis McCarty, Ph.D.
12:30 p.m.	*Lunch* ATOD - TV: Community Attitudes Toward Alcohol and Drug Abuse
2:30 p.m.	Workshop A Relapse Prevention Approaches in Substance Abuse Treatment Richard Rawson, Ph.D. Workshop B Managing Managed Care: Issues for Drug Treatment Programs Dennis McCarty, Ph.D. Workshop C Understanding Drugs and the Brain: Biobehavioral Impact of Drug Abuse Scott Lukas, Ph.D. Brain Targets of Drugs of Abuse Celeste Napier, Ph.D. Workshop D Applying Research-Based Prevention Principles Elizabeth Robertson, Ph.D. Where Do We Go From Here: Community-Based Tools for Prevention Virginia Molgaard, Ph.D.
4:30 p.m.	Closing Remarks

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