2000 Expected to Attend Second National Conference on Methamphetamine: Science & Response 2007

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2000 Expected to Attend Second National Conference on Methamphetamine: Science & Response 2007Monday July 24, 8:16 am ET

'Methamphetamine Remains Number One Drug Problem for Nation's Counties*'

SALT LAKE CITY, July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Conference on Methamphetamine, HIV and Hepatitis is our nation's largest and most prestigious conference held on Methamphetamine. Health departments, preeminent scientists, treatment providers, criminal justice professionals, public health workers, federal and state employees, and drug-policy experts from around the world will gather in Salt Lake City from February 1st through the 3rd, 2007, for this unique confluence of expertise. *County law enforcement officials across 44 states reported that

methamphetamine remains the number one drug problem in their county

according to a new survey released this week by the National Association

of Counties (NACo).

-- Call For Abstracts: Due Date July 31, 2006 --

Submit online at http://www.methconference.org

A Random Selection of Featured Speakers

-- Mayor Ross "Rocky"

-- King, Author of The Next Big Thing? - The Sentencing Project

-- Honorable Judge Janet Berry, JD, MJS, 2nd Judicial Dist. Court,

Reno, NV

-- Cranston, MP, Chair, National Alliance Of State And Territorial

AIDS Directors

-- Grabowski, PhD, Substance Abuse Research Center, Dept. of

Psychiatry, Univ. of TX

-- Rawson, PhD, Assistant Director, Integrated Substance Abuse

Programs, UCLA

-- Sherman, PhD, Bloomberg School of Public Health, s Hopkins

Univ.

-- Deborah Small, JD, Exec. Dir., Break the Chains, NY

-- Ethan Nadelmann, Exec. Dir., Drug Policy Alliance, NY

-- Siever, PhD, Executive Director, Stonewall Project,

San Francisco, CA

-- Mark Hammer, MPH, Coordinator of Special Populations, NYC Dept. of

Health, NY

-- Simarjit Gill, JD, Salt Lake City Prosecutor, Salt Lake City, UT

-- Carol Shapiro, President, Family Justice, Inc., NY, NY

-- Dr. Reis, Univ. of Utah School of Medicine,

Salt Lake City, UT

Contact:

Luciano Colonna, (801) 635-7736

Whipple, (801) 355-0234

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