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US/Mexico Bi-National Demand Reduction logo Acknowledgements

Introduction

Letters from Dignitaries

Bi-National Demand Conference Overview

Conference Presentations

I. Opening Remarks

II. A Theoretical Framework for Demand Reduction –- Summary of Presentations

III. Summary of Keynote Addresses

IV. Drug Abuse Research: Science for Policy and Practice – Summary of Presentations

Dr. Donald R. Vereen
Medical Officer, Office of the Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, USA

Dr. Silvia L. Cruz
Professor Titular, Center for Research and Advanced Studies, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico

Dr. Donald Goldstone
Director, Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, USA

Dr. María Elena Medina-Mora
Director, Social and Epidemiological Research, Mexican Institute of Psychiatry, Ministry of Health, Mexico

V. Work Group Reports on Demand Reduction –- Summary of Overview, Discussion, and Recommendations

    Research Cooperation and Exchange of Technical Information

    Dr. Zili Sloboda
    Director, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research, National Institute on Drug Abuse, USA

    Dr. Silvia L. Cruz
    Professor Titular, Center for Research and Advanced Studies, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico

    Public Information and Awareness

    Mr. Roger Pisani
    Consultant, USA

    Ms. Carmen Millé
    Director of Information and Training, National Council on Addictions –- Ministry of Health, Mexico

    Community Participation

    Dr. William B. Hansen
    President, Tanglewood Research, Inc., USA

    Dr. Cristóbal Ruiz-Gaytán
    Minister of Health in the State of Jalisco, Coordinator of the State Council on Addictions, Mexico

    Youth

    Dr. James Kooler
    Deputy Director, California Mentor Initiative Office, Prevention Services Program, Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, USA

    Ms. María Elena Castro
    Director, Institute for Preventive Education and Risk Attention, Mexico

    Special Populations

    Dr. Juana Mora
    Professor, Department of Chicana/o Studies, California State University-Northridge, USA

    Ms. Patricia Reyes del Olmo
    Technical Director, Center Against Addictions, "Ama la Vida" Foundation, Mexico

    The Workplace

    Ms. Mary Bernstein
    Director, Office of the Secretary, Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance, Department of Transportation, USA

    Ms. Guillermina Natera
    Head, Psychosocial Research Department, Mexican Institute of Psychiatry, Ministry of Health, Mexico

    HIV/AIDS

    Dr. Antonio Estrada
    Assistant Professor, Mexican American Studies and Research Center, University of Arizona, USA

    Dr. Carlos Magis
    Director of Research, National Council of Prevention and Control of AIDS, Ministry of Health, Mexico

    Violence and Drug-Related Problems

    Dr. Albert Mata, Jr.
    Associate Professor, Division of Human Relations, University of Oklahoma, USA

    Dr. Walter Beller
    General Director of Crime Prevention and Community Services, Attorney General's Office, Mexico

VI. Summary of Closing Remarks

Dr. Nelba Chavez
Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, USA

Ms. Haydée Rosovsky
Director, National Council on Addictions–Ministry of Health, Mexico

Dr. Hoover Adger, Jr.
Deputy Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy, USA

VII. Appendices