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U.S.-Mexico Bi-National Conference
2000 Proceedings

US/Mexico Bi-National Demand Reduction

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FOREWORD

WELCOME LETTERS

CONFERENCE OVERVIEW

Organization of This Book

PLENARY SESSIONS

Opening Plenary Remarks

Challenges and Opportunities in Drug Demand Reduction

    Moderator: John W. Wilson, Acting Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Department of Justice, United States

    Providing Effective Treatment
    H. Westley Clark, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., CAS, FASAM, Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Department of Health and Human Services, United States

    What We Have Learned From Research
    Timothy P. Condon, Ph.D., Associate Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Department of Health and Human Services, United States

    Preventing Drug Abuse Among Our Youth
    Haydée Rosovsky, Technical Secretary, National Council on Addictions (CONADIC), Ministry of Health, Mexico

    Drug Free Workplaces: A Critical Prevention Component
    Mary Bernstein, Director, Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance, Department of Transportation, United States

    Drug Free Workplaces: A Critical Prevention Component
    Agustin Vélez, General Director, Trusteeship for the Institute for Street Kids and Addiction (FINCA), Mexico

    Bridging the Public Health and Public Safety Systems
    Melody Heaps, President and Founder, Illinois Treatment Assessment Screening Center (TASC), Inc., United States

    Rafael Velasco Fernández, President, Center in Studies on Alcohol and Alcoholism (CESAAL), Mexico

Mobilizing Parents for Prevention

Program Evaluation

    Moderator: José Vila del Castillo, Representative for Mexico and Central America, United Nations International Drug Control Program (PNUFID)

    Evaluation of Prevention Programs
    Abraham Wandersman, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, United States

    Evaluation of Treatment Programs
    D. Dwayne Simpson, Ph.D., Texas Christian University, United States
    Jesús Cabrera Solís, Director, Centers for Youth Integration (CIJ), Mexico

    Evaluation of Prison-Based Therapeutic Communities – Current Status and Future Steps
    George De Leon, Ph.D., Center for Therapeutic Community Research, United States

Focus on Youth

Closing Remarks

    Daniel Schecter, Deputy Director for Demand Reduction (Acting), Office of National Drug Control Policy, United States

PREVENTION

Prevention Pre-Conference Sessions: Successful Intervention Programs

    Moderator: Ruth Sanchez-Way, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, United States

    FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES

    Hablemos En Confianza
    Mark Weber, Luisa Pollard, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, United States

    Supporting and Financing Prevention Projects Focused on Youth
    Jesus Garcia, Director, Mexican Institute for Youth

    CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS: A SCHOOL AND FAMILY MODEL

    Building Me
    Aimee Graves, CODAC Behavioral Health Services, Tucson, Arizona, United States
    Raul Zapata, Centers for Youth Integration (CIJ), Mexico

    Drug Prevention in the Workplace
    Bernie McCann, Office of National Drug Control Policy, United States
    Juan Roman Uriarte Galvan, Secretary of Communications and Transportation, Mexico

    DRUGS AND VIOLENCE: OVERVIEW OF BORDER CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM IN BAJA, CALIFORNIA AND SAN DIEGO

    Developing a Culture of Lawfulness
    Edward Brand, Superintendent of Sweetwater Union School District, Chula Vista, California, United States
    Rosalia Salinas, Director of Curricula, Sweetwater Union School District, Chula Vista, California, United States
    Carlos Franco, Director of Curricula, Baja School District, Mexico
    Luciana Ramos, Mexican Institute of Psychiatry, Mexico

Prevention Training Sessions

    COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAMS INVOLVING THE FAMILY

    Introduction to Programs on Schools and Families Carmen Mille, National Council on Addictions (CONADIC), Ministry of Health,Mexico

    “Construye tu Vida sin Adicciones” (Build your Life Without Addictions) Program in Schools
    Carmen Mille, Maria Teresa Sanchez Fragoso, Fernando Bilbao, Norma Merena, Council on Addictions (CONADIC), Ministry of Health, Mexico

    Bi-national Implementation of “Construye tu Vida sin Adicciones” Program
    Dr. Ignacio Benedicto Reyes, Baja, California, Mexico

    EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION APPROACHES

    Drug-Free Communities Support Program: Community Mobilization in the Border States to Reduce Substance Abuse
    Mary Ann Solberg, Co-Chair, Advisory Commission on Drug-Free Communities, United States
    Harry Montoya, Hands Across Cultures Inc., Espanola, New Mexico, United States
    Luz Arriola, West Texas Council Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, El Paso, Texas, United States
    Lorenzo Merritt, Project HEAVY, Los Angeles, California, United States

    National Projects in Communities
    Luis Navarro, Chimalli System for the Integral Development of the Family (DIF), Mexico

    BUILDING EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIPS FOR DRUG PREVENTION IN THE WORKPLACE

    Robert Stephenson, Acting Director, Division of Workplace Programs, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, United States

    Building Partnerships for Drug Prevention in the Workplace
    Elizabeth Edwards, Gabriela Garcia, Arizonans for a Drug-Free Workplace, United States

    Model Program on Alcohol and Drug Use Prevention Between Workers and Their Families
    Agustin Vélez, General Director, Trusteeship for the Institute for Street Kids and Addictions (FINCA), Mexico

    PREVENTION ACROSS THE LIFE CYCLE

    Introductory Remarks
    Ruth Sanchez-Way, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, United States

    Prevention in Early Childhood
    Rosa Bonifaz, Carmen Mille, National Council on Addictions (CONADIC), Ministry of Health, Mexico

    U.S. Efforts - Prevention in Early Childhood
    Eileen O’Brien, Casey Family Program, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, United States

    PREVENTION IN YOUNG ADULTHOOD

    Higher Education Programs
    John Clapp, San Diego State University, United States

    Parent Prevention Education in the Workplace
    Bernie McCann, Office of National Drug Control Policy, United States

    Screening and Brief Alcohol Interventions with Older Adults
    Kristen Barry, University of Michigan, United States

    DRUG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION PRESENTATIONS ON SAFE-SCHOOLS

    Moderator: William Modzeleski, Director, Safe Schools Program, Department of Education, United States

    Healthy Students Initiative
    Ann Clark, Houston Independent School District, Houston, Texas, United States
    Philmer Bluehouse, Pinon Unified School District #4, Pinon, Arizona, United States
    Forrest Van Camp, Leon County School District, Tallahassee, Florida, United States
    Martha Fletcher, Leon County School District, Tallahassee, Florida, United States

    Latin American Institute for Family Studies
    Dra. Marisa Oceguera, Latin American Institute for Family Studies, Mexico

TREATMENT

Treatment Pre-Conference Sessions

    Moderator: Arturo Ongay Pérez, National Council on Addictions (CONADIC), Ministry of Health, Mexico

    COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT PLANS
    Comprehensive Treatment Approaches for Women
    Robin Hoskins, Women’s Treatment Network, Pheonix, Arizona, United States

    THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITIES
    Standards for Prison-Based Therapeutic Communities
    George DeLeon, Center for Therapeutic Community Research, United States

    Treatment Program for Heroin Use
    María Elena Ramos, Programa Compañeros, A.C., Mexico

    RECOVERY PROGRAMS: FAITH-BASED MODELS
    Christianity Interventions
    Roberto Bital Pineda, Alcance Victoria, Mexico

    RECOVERY PROGRAMS: SOCIAL MODELS
    EVAC and PREHAB of Arizona: Successful Multi-Systemic Approaches within a Community Context
    Tom Hutchinson, Prehab of Arizona, United States

    HIV Prevention, Addictions and Social Reintegration of Street Kids
    Martín Pérez, El Caracol, Mexico

Treatment Training Sessions

    New Developments in Oversight and Treatment of Opiate Addiction: Pharmacology and Behavioral Therapies
    Mark W. Parrino, M.P.A., President, American Methadone Treatment Association, United States
    Andrea G. Barthwell, M.D., President, Encounter Medical Group, United States
    Víctor Manuel Guisa, Centers for Youth Integration (CIJ), Mexico

    Program Accreditation
    Stephen Shearer, health care consultant, United States
    Nora Gallegos, National Council on Addictions (CONADIC), Ministry of Health, Mexico

    Innovations in the Treatment of Stimulant Use Disorders
    Jeanne Obert, Executive Director, Matrix Center, Los Angeles, California, United States

PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS

Initiating and Evaluating Public Awareness Campaigns

PUBLIC HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY

Linking Public Health and Public Safety

    Moderators
    Steve Wing, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, United States
    Oscar Fuentes Fierro, Attorney General’s Special Office for Crimes against Health (FEADS/PGR), Mexico

    Introduction
    Allen Ault, National Institute of Corrections, Department of Justice, United States

    Special Populations: Adolescents
    Wilfred Rios Sánchez, Attorney General’s Special Office for Crimes against Health (FEADS/PGR), Mexico
    Duane McBride, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, United States
    Richard Dembo, University of South Florida, United States
    Mario Alva Rodriguez, National Institute of Sciences of Penal Investigations (INACIPE), Mexico

    Special Populations: Dually-Diagnosed
    David M. Wertheimer, M.S.W., King County Department of Community and Human Services, United States
    Mark Simpson, Lexington Federal Penitentiary, Department of Justice, United States

    Engagement into Treatment and Retention
    Tom McLellan, University of Pennsylvania, United States

    Relapse Prevention and Recovery Support
    D. Dwayne Simpson, Texas Christian University, United States

    A System-Based Approach
    Steve Wing, United States
    Oscar Fuentes Fierro, Mexico

    Diversion and Community Corrections: Pre-trial Diversion, Drug Courts, and Pre-Trial Diversion
    Barbara Zugor, Executive Director, Treatment Assessment Screening Center (TASC) Arizona, United States

    Drug Courts
    Tim Murray, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Department of Justice, United States

    Incarceration: Adult Populations
    Allen Ault, National Institute of Corrections, Department of Justice, United States

    Parole and Community Corrections
    Dave Gaspar, Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections, United States

    Adolescents
    Jennifer Mankey, Project Director, Denver Juvenile Justice Integrated Treatment Network, United States
    Hiram Suárez Villa, Office of Secretary of the Government, Mexico
    Lilia Vasquez Portales, Office of the Attorney General (PGR), Mexico

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