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PERSPECTIVES ON THE ISSUES
Tuesday, December 7, 1999 |
| 7:00-8:30
a.m. |
REGISTRATION
West Registration Area
CONTINENTAL
BREAKFAST
Regency Ballroom
RESOURCE
TABLES
West Conference Center
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| 8:30-9:15
a.m. |
KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
Regency Ballroom
| Convener: |
Donald
Vereen, Jr., Deputy Director, Office of National Drug Control
Policy |
The convener
will introduce the National Assembly and its goals, including a
statement of the relationship between the National Assembly and
the Office of National Drug Control Policy's National Drug Control
Strategy. He will then introduce the keynote speakers.
| Speakers: |
Laurie
Robinson, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice
Programs, U.S. Department of Justice
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Nelba
Chavez, Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services |
Assistant Attorney
General Robinson will provide an overview of the major issues facing
the criminal and juvenile justice systems related to drugs, alcohol
abuse and crime. She will emphasize how providing appropriate and
cost effective interventions throughout the criminal and juvenile
justice systems, from the point of arrest through post release supervision,
enhance public safety and public health by reducing alcohol and
drug use and related criminal/ delinquent behavior. Administrator
Chavez will provide an overview of major public health issues that
must be addressed in a systems approach to substance abuse and crime.
She will emphasize how effective treatment for offenders can enhance
public health and public safety, helping policymakers achieve the
complementary goals of the two systems.
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| 9:15-10:00
a.m. |
DRUGS, ALCOHOL
ABUSE, AND CRIME: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON NATIONAL POLICIES
Regency Ballroom
| Presenter: |
David
Musto, Professor, Child Psychiatry and History of Medicine,
Yale University |
Dr. Musto will
provide a historical perspective on national policies related to
drug control, drug use, drug-related crime, and drug treatment,
including discussion of the impact of national policy on ethnic
minorities, women, and youth. He will discuss past attempts to address
epidemics of substance abuse, and how drug laws and other social
controls have been influenced by public perceptions. Public attitudes
toward the use of alcohol and other drugs, and criminalization of
substance abuse, will be discussed in a historical context.
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| 10:00-10:15
a.m. |
BREAK
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| 10:15-11:15
a.m. |
DRUGS, ALCOHOL
ABUSE, AND CRIME: A STATE AND LOCAL PERSPECTIVE
Regency Ballroom
| Assembly |
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| Moderator: |
Larry
Meachum, Director, Corrections Program Office, Office of
Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice
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| Moderator: |
Richard
Stalder, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Corrections
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| Presenters: |
Thomas
Merrigan, First Justice, Orange District Court, Massachusetts
Lewis
Gallant, Director, Virginia Office of Substance Abuse
Services
Jeff
Griffin, Mayor, Reno, Nevada
Chris
Martin, Sergeant, Sacramento County, California, Sheriff's
Department
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The moderator
will engage the panel members in a discussion of the issues and
problems related to substance abusing offenders in the criminal
and juvenile justice systems and the relationships between public
safety and public health agencies in reducing drug use and crime.
The discussion will focus on issues related to accountability; the
need for testing, treatment and a range of graduated sanctions;
availability of services; who is/should be responsible for treatment
services; managed care; cost shifting; etc. The moderator will also
encourage the audience to ask questions of the panel and to challenge
current policies and practices.
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| 11:15-11:30
a.m. |
BREAK
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| 11:30
a.m.-12:30 p.m. |
DRUGS, ALCOHOL
ABUSE, AND CRIME: A RESEARCH AND POLICY PERSPECTIVE
Regency Ballroom
| Moderator: |
David
Deitch, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of
California, San Diego
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| Presenters: |
Alan
Leshner, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
Jeremy
Travis, Director, National Institute of Justice, Office
of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice
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Directors Leshner
and Travis will each provide a brief overview of research related
to substance abuse and effective interventions for drug and alcohol
abusing offenders in the criminal and juvenile justice systems.
The moderator will then engage the two presenters and the audience
in a discussion on how policymakers can use this information to
implement effective programs.
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| 12:30-2:00
p.m. |
LUNCH
AND STATE/LOCAL TEAM DISCUSSIONS
Empire and Blue Rooms
The state and local teams will meet over lunch to discuss public
safety and public health issues relating to substance abuse and
crime. Discussion will focus on relationships between criminal and
juvenile justice and public health agencies in controlling drugs
and crime. Representatives from the national associations will meet
during this time to discuss the role that they can play in assisting
their constituents to implement a systems approach integrating accountability,
treatment, and rehabilitation.
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| 2:00-3:45
p.m. |
THE SYSTEMS
APPROACH: A DISCUSSION OF IMPLEMENTATION AND OBSTACLES
Regency Ballroom
| Moderator: |
Michael
Link, Assistant Chief, Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug
Addiction Services |
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| Panel
A |
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| Presenters: |
Jennifer
Mankey, Denver Juvenile Network
John
Robinson, Undersheriff, Cook County, Illinois
Michael
Sarbanes, Executive Director, Maryland Governor's Office
of Crime Control and Prevention
Michael
Couty, Director, Missouri Division of Alcohol and Drug
Abuse
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| Panel
B |
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| Presenters: |
Roger
Peters, GAINS Project and Assistant Professor, University
of South Florida
Mark
Fontaine, Executive Director, Florida Juvenile Justice
Association
Carol
Shapiro, Project Director, Bodega de la Familia Neighborhood
Drug Crisis Center, New York
Thomas
Conklin, Director of Health Services, Hampden County,
Massachusetts Correctional Center
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The moderator
will engage Panel A members, who represent state and local jurisdictions
that are implementing a systems approach to drug and alcohol treatment,
in a discussion of how such an approach can be defined, its critical
elements and components, and public safety and health benefits that
can be achieved by implementing it.
The moderator will then turn to the Panel B members to discuss
obstacles or challenges to the systems approach. These include such
issues as co-occurring disorders (substance abuse and mental illness),
gender specific issues, age-related issues (juvenile offenders,
geriatric inmates), infectious diseases, and family issues.
The moderator will facilitate a discussion between the two panels
focusing on how such obstacles can be overcome, including questions
and feedback from the audience.
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| 3:45-4:00
p.m. |
BREAK
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| 4:00-5:00
p.m. |
THE ECONOMICS
OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE POLICY
Regency Ballroom
| Moderator: |
Robert
Taylor, Administrator, Illinois Criminal Justice Information
Authority
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| Presenters: |
Susan
Foster, Vice President and Director, Policy Research and
Analysis, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse
at Columbia University
Rick
Harwood, The Lewin Group
Michael
Opat, Commissioner, Hennepin County, Minnesota
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This session
will provide an overview of the costs and economic benefits of substance
abuse treatment. It will include a discussion of the cross-agency
impact of various policy decisions (e.g., “cost shifting”).
The panel will discuss the distribution of resources related to
substance abuse across federal and state agencies and the cost and
cost-effectiveness of substance abuse interventions at various stages
of the criminal and juvenile justice systems.
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| 5:00-7:00
p.m. |
RESOURCE
TABLES
West Conference Center |
Last Updated: March 4, 2002
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