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

Understanding Drug Abuse and Addiction:
Myths vs. Reality

A Town Meeting

8:30 a.m.	Welcoming and Introductory Remarks Mayor Bill Campbell (invited)
9:00 a.m.	Keynote Address Understanding Drug Abuse & Addiction: Myths vs Reality Alan I. Leshner, Ph.D. Director National Institute on Drug Abuse
10:30 a.m.	*Break*
11:00 a.m.	Workshop A Understanding Drugs and the Brain: The Biobehavioral Impact of Drug Abuse Treating the Addicted Brain Michael Kuhar, Ph.D. Brain Targets of Drug of Abuse T. Celeste Napier, Ph.D. Workshop B Pathways to Drug Abuse and Addiction: The Role of Risk and Protective Factors in Prevention Planning Claire Sterk, Ph.D. Resiliency: Research-Based Preventive Skill Reinforcement James P. Griffin, Ph.D.
12:15 p.m.	*Lunch*
12:45 p.m.	NIDA Video Gallery NIDA Research Gallery
1:45 p.m.	Satellite Broadcast NIDA Treatment Initiatives and Innovations Alan I. Leshner, Ph.D. Kathleen Carroll, Ph.D. Andrea G. Barthwell, M.D.
3:30 p.m.	*Break*
3:45 p.m.	Workshop C Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in the Treatment of Cocaine Abusers Kathleen Carroll, Ph.D. Workshop D (Repeat of Workshop A) Understanding Drugs and the Brain: The Biobehavioral Impact of Drug Abuse Treating the Addicted Brain Michael Kuhar, Ph.D. Brain Targets of Drug of Abuse T. Celeste Napier, Ph.D.
5:00 p.m.	Adjourn

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