Inhalant Abuse Among Children and Adolescents

Consultation on Building an International Research Agenda

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Monday, November 7, 2005

Keynote Presentation

• The Public Health Impact of Inhalant Abuse
  Robert L. Balster, Virginia Commonwealth University

World Reports: Epidemiology of Inhalant Abuse

• Epidemiology of Inhalant Abuse in Mexico: Impact on Public Health
  María Elena Medina-Mora, Mexican Institute of Psychiatry
• What the Data Tell Us about Solvent Abuse in Canada
  Colleen Anne Dell, Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
• Epidemiology of Inhalant Use in the United States: Correlates and Consequences
  Li-Tzy Wu, Duke University School of Medicine
• Summary of Russian Regional Data on Inhalants
  Edwin Zvartau, Pavlov State Medical University
• Epidemiology of Inhalants in Peru
  Inés Verónica Bustamante, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
• Isolating Precursors from Consequences of Inhalant Use
  Diana Fishbein, Research Triangle Institute-International

Special Reading

• Special Reading from "An Ex-Mas Feast" and Commentary
  Uwem Akpan, University of Michigan

Tuesday, November 8, 2005

Impact of Inhalants on the Brain: Neuroscience and Clinical Research

• Solvents and Ethanol: More Alike Than We Thought
  Silvia L. Cruz, Department of Pharmacobiology, Cinvestav
• Comparing Effects of Nitrous Oxide to Various Anesthetics and Alcohol
  Diana J. Walker, The University of Chicago
• Novel Cellular Targets for the Effects of Abused Solvents
  John J. Woodward, Medical University of South Carolina
• Recent Imaging Approaches to Studying Pharmacokinetics of Solvents
  Stephen L. Dewey, Brookhaven National Laboratory
• Early Research and New Opportunities for Neuroscience and Clinical Research at the Mexican National Institute on Psychiatry
  Jorge González Olvera, Mexican Institute of Psychiatry

Impact of Inhalants on the Brain: Neuroscience and Clinical Research

• Fetal and Neonatal Effects of Inhalant Abuse
  Milton Tenenbein, University of Manitoba
• Animal Models for Assessing the Effects of Maternal Inhalant Abuse
  Scott Earl Bowen, Wayne State University
• Inhalant Abuse and Related Toxicity: The Philippine Experience
  Irma Makalinao, University of the Philippines
• Pharmacologic Quagmire
  Charles Sharp, National Institute on Drug Abuse

Wednesday, November 9, 2005

Inhalant Abuse: Interventions for Prevention and Treatment

• Issues on Developing Prevention Interventions
  Harvey Weiss, National Inhalant Prevention Coalition
• Issues on Developing Treatment Interventions
  Debra Dell, Youth Solvent Addiction Committee
• The Work of Friends International in Cambodia From Mainstream to Gateway: Inhalants among Cambodian Street Children
  Sebastien Marot, Friends International
• Inhalant Abuse by Street Children in Brazil: Causes and Consequences
  Helena Maria Tannhauser Barros, Fundação Faculdade Federal de Ciências Médicas
• Glues or Paint Thinner: Understanding the Nature and Extent of Inhalant Use in Turkey
  Kültegin Ögel, Bakirkoy State Hospital
• Lessons from the Validation of Multisystemic Therapy (MST) for Substance-Abusing Adolescents
  Scott Henggeler, Medical University of South Carolina
• Finding Answers from Within: Interventions with Aboriginal Young People and Their Families
  Grant Charles, University of British Columbia
• Impact of Inhalant Use in Venezuela
  Elvia Amesty, José Félix Ribas Foundation

Reformulation of Products with Abuse Liability: Industry Responses to Research

• Abuse Liability
  Scott Earl Bowen, Wayne State University
• Industry Response to Research
  Edwin Zvartau, Pavlov State Medical University

Research Funding Opportunities

• Canada
  Richard Brière, Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction
• Mexico
  José Ángel Prado García, Consejo Nacional Contra las Adicciones