2nd National Conference on Methamphetamine, HIV, and Hepatitis: Science & Response 2007

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2nd National Conference on Methamphetamine, HIV, and Hepatitis: Science & Response 2007

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This blog is for researchers, providers, users, community groups, policy makers, and others who are interested in reframing America's response to drug use using the approach exemplified by the 2nd National Conference. The conference is designed to be the "table" where the stakeholders and those most affected by methamphetamine can come together to create solutions that are based in science and compassion. We invite law enforcement and criminal justice professionals as well as treatment providers and harm reductionists because they all have a role to play, and by working together, we hope to reduce the harms associated with drug use and the harms associated with bad drug policy. We invite you to comment and send us news and information to post. Welcome to the table!

Sunday, January 7, 2007

National Conference on Methamphetamine, HIV and Hepatitis - Day One Agenda February 1, 2007 (final) www.methconference.orgTime Title of Presentation Presenter Position and Organization Room Type of Session 7:00 AM Yoga with Cottrell Director of Program Services, Harm Reduction Project, Salt Lake City Topaz 7:00 AM Acupuncture with Gross Acupuncturist, Harm Reduction Project, Denver Executive Boardroom 7:00 AM Registration Opens Unpaid Registrations: Coat RoomPrepaid Registrations: Alpine Foyer 8:00 AM Breakfast Grand Ballroom Foyer 9:00 AM Welcome and Keynote Grand Ballroom * Baca, Policy Analysis, Harm Reduction Project, Washington D.C. * Luciano Colonna, Executive Director, Harm Reduction Project * Mayor , Mayor, Salt Lake City * Case, Senior Scientist, Fen way Institute, Boston * Caitlin Padgett, Youth Organizer, Vancouver, Canada10:15 AM Break Break 10:30 AM Plenary I (CME) Grand Ballroom * Steve Shoptaw, PhD Research Psychologist, UCLA * Yves-Michel Fontaine, EdM, CASAC Crystal Clear Project Director, Addiction Institute of NY * Barbara Sullivan, PhD Associate Director, Utah Addiction Center * Allan Clear, HRC Executive Director, Harm Reduction Coalition * Reback, PhD Behavioral Research Sociologist, UCLA * Curtis, PhD Chair of Anthropology Dept., Jay College of CJ * Moderator: Heimer, PhD Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale 12:30 PM Lunch on your own 1:45 PM Major Session A: Women and Meth (CME) * Deborah Small, JD Break The Chains, NY * Case, Sc.D Fenway Institute, Boston * Sheigla , PhD Institute for Scientific Analysis, San Francisco * Wyndi Harm Reduction Project, Washington D.C. * Corrine Carey, JD Break The Chains, NY * Moderator: Kathy Bray Volunteers of America, Salt Lake City Major Session B: Interventions with MSM Grand Ballroom B * Adapting Gay-Affirmative, Evidence-Based Interventions for Use in a Community Based Drug Treatment Clinic - Theodore, PhD Friends Research Institute, Los Angeles * Community Education, Dialogue and Support in NYC - The GMHC Experience - Bill Stackhouse Gay Men's Health Crisis,, NY * Stonewall and Beyond - Siever Stonewall Project, San Francisco * Positive Reinforcement Opportunity Project: Looking at New Treatment Concepts for MSM Who Use Meth - Stona & Ivory Dept. of Public Health, San Francisco * Moderator: Ferguson - Utah AIDS Foundation, Salt Lake City Major Session C: Syringe Exchange (Part One) Alpine East Panel * Do methamphetamine injectors use syringe exchange programs differently that other injectors? Evidence from CalSEP - Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD, Rand Researcher, RAND Corporation, Santa , CA * Syringe Access for Meth Users: The California Policy Environment - Alessandra Ross CA Dept. of Health Services, Office of AIDS * TBA* Moderator: Nikos A. LeverenzFaith and Spirituality Salon I Breakout * 12 Step Support Groups and Reducing HIV Risk Among Meth Users - Lyons, PhD University of Illinois * You Are Called: A Faith-Based Initiative - Pearl Whitehurst, RN Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene, land * Spirituality in Communities of Color - Johanna Koskinen, Hepatitis C Multicultural Outreach, Kansas City, MO * The Work of LDS Family Services - Doug LeChiminant, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Utah (Invited)* Moderator: Simons Yale University Law Enforcement Panel Alpine West Breakout * Restorative Justice - Sim Gill, J.D. Chief City Prosecutor, Salt Lake City * Interdiction on the Rez - Vicki Salish Kootenai College-Nursing Dept., Pablo, MT * TBA Invited - Luna * Does Incarceration Prevent Drug Abuse? The Prisoners' Perspectives - Gahlinger, M.D., PhD, M.P.H. County Correctional Facility, Utah * Moderator: Sayegh Drug Policy Alliance, NY Working with Active Users Canyon C Breakout * Supervising Active Drug Users - Silva Life Foundation, Honolulu * Men of Color Outreach Project - Farrell & Terry Posive Health Project, NY * Project NEON: Peer Support Programs - DL Seattle Counseling Services * Moderator: Howe San Francisco Needle Exchange Drug Policy: A Primer Topaz Breakout * How States are Dealing With Meth Offenders - Politics Driven by Fear Rather Than Reason - Tamar Todd Drug Policy Alliance, Berkeley * Responding to Meth: California's Proposition 36 Demonstrates the Promise of Treatment Instead of Incarceration - Theshia Naidoo Drug Policy Alliance, Berkeley * Meth and the Brain: Three Biological Motifs to Consider When Implementing Drug Policy - Harry , PhD Salt Lake Community College * Moderator: Sayegh State Organizing and Poicy Project, Drug Policy Alliance Is La TINA Latina? Canyon B Workshop An Intervention for Concerned Partners and Friends of Methamphetamine Users * , PhD Cesar E. Chavez Institute, San Francisco * J. Antionio Aguilar-Karyianni Cesar E. Chavez Institute, San Francisco * Gutierrez, MPH AIDS Project of Los Angeles * Ayala, PsyD AIDS Project of Los Angeles Designing a Community MAP Canyon A Workshop A Workshop on Strategies for Conducting a Community Meth Assessment Project * P. Minugh Datacorp, Providence, RI * Janke Datacorp, Providence, RI Research: From Utah to the Ukraine Salon II Breakout * A Review of Deaths Involving Methamphetamine in Utah, 1995-2005 - Gambrelli Layco Utah Public Health Laboratories * Substance Use Patters and Meth Use in a Nationally Representative Sample - Brain Flaherty, PhD University of Washington * Stimulant Injectors From Three Ukraine Cities - Booth, PhD University of Colorado * The Impact of Meth Use on Inpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities for Youth in Canada - Russ Callaghan, PhD Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Vancouver * History of Methamphetamine - Tilmann Holzer University of Mannheim, Germany * Moderator: Marla Corwin University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Reaching the Active Gay/Bisexual User: Social Seminar Theater Workshop Marketing with Unique Marketing Strategies * Contios HIV Funding Collaborative, San Diego 3:30 PM Break 3:45 PM Crystal Meth and HIV (CME) Salon III Workshop * Kapila, MD Fenway Community Health Center, Boston Online Interventions Seminar Theater Breakout * What's Love Got To Do With It? Sex, Addiction and the Internet - Clint Ibele Northern Kentucky Health Department * The Clean, Sober and Sexy Campaign - Barrett Desert AIDS Project, Palm Springs, CA * Hi! My Name is Tina - Nick Boyce AIDS Committee of Toronto * Moderator: Don McVinney, MSSW Harm Reduction Coalition, NY HIV and Meth Prevention in the Transgender Community Canyon C Workshop * Billie-Kanios Walden House, Inc., San Francisco Men and Skillful Means: Salon II Workshop A Therapy for MSM Speed Users * Simons Yale University * Yves-Michel Fontaine, EdM, CASAC (trainee) "Crystal Clear Project", Addiction Institute of NY Understanding MSM and Meth Today Canyon A Panel * Crystal Meth: Underlying Issues Motivating Use for Gay, Bisexual and MSM of Color - Norman Candelario Community Based Research Coordinator, NY * Crystal: It's Not Just For White Boys Anymore - Barrios, South Beach AIDS Project, FL * Struggling with Meth Use HIV+ MSM in a San Francisco bay Area County - Maggie Chartier PGSP-Stanford Consortium * Meth Use Among Gay Men: Findings >From GLMA's 2006 "Breaking the Grip" Project - Beaudreau Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, San Francisco * Moderator: Mark Hammer New York State Dept. of Health * Don't Lie To Me: Moving Beyond Scare Canyon B Panel * Tactics and Surveillance Programs in Meth Prevention * Caitlin Padgett Youth Organizer, Vancouver, CAN * Kern Drug Policy Alliance, San Francisco * Camilla Field Drug Policy Alliance, San Francisco * Moderator: Campolucci Homeless Youth Resource Center, Salt Lake City Raising the Speed Limit Topaz Panel * Panelists to be announced * Roach Health Promoter - Waihi Waikato District Health Board Hamilton, New Zealand* Moderator: Bill Piper Drug Policy Alliance, Washington D.C. Neighbors Building Community Salon I Workshop * Herrera Meth Free Alliance, Tuscon, AZ Building Skills on Advocating for Research Alpine East Workshop * s Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP), Providence, RI Curriculum aimed at HIV/STD Prevention for Women who are at High Risk due to Substance Abuse and Trauma Alpine West Workshop * Germayne Tizzano Views From a Treehouse, Inc., Ohio 7:30 PM- 8:45 PM NCOMHH Film Festivla C Grand Ballroom A (popcorn will be provided)FilmsOpening - KUED New Documentary On Methamphetamine: 10 Minute Teaser Feature Presentation ROCK BOTTOM - Gay Men & MethDirected & Produced by Jay CorcoranProduced by Colin A. Weil"Cautionary...disturbing...remarkable candor. [director] Jay Corcoran has never shied away from...painful and politically touchy aspects of gay male sexuality." ??- Holden, New York Times "Terrific" - Bay Area Reporter "Too alarming to be ignored" - Philadelphia City Paper "A testament to how difficult addiction and recovery is, a message that bears repeating" - Philadelphia Gay NewRunning Time: 61 mins

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