December 2002 Workshop

"I have a lot of info to consider now that I may not have considered before. I'll also be better at asking questions and not relying so much on what other agencies feed me."

"My objectivity remains the same but my outlook as far as the whole issues technical and social aspects have improved greatly. As they say, knowledge really is power."

"Gave me story ideas. Clearer understanding of variety of scientific basics. Contacts with resources."

"It's opened my eyes about what to look for and added a new element to my reporting."

"It will give me the ability to ask questions based on deeper level of understanding, it gives me a basis to decide what questions to ask and how to ask them." 

"It gave me a good background and a great idea of what's going on in the heads of drug users."

"The speakers were great but their credentials were even more impressive."

"Non-competitive atmosphere among fellow journalists because our coverage areas are so vastly different. Also allows for fascinating exchange of ideas and opinions representing each region of the US. General enlightenment on prevalent issues to knowledgeably pass on to readers."

"I truly enjoyed every aspect of the program and feel as I will truly benefit from the information received, as will my readers and co-workers."

"Keep it up and don't give up on journalists. Most of us really try hard to do a good job; but, time constraints and unavailability of resources can hamper us in doing as good a job as we want to."

Sue Rusche
Co-Director
Addiction Studies Program for Journalists
Chairman, President, & CEO
National Families in Action
Atlanta, Georgia

Donna Kozlowski
Coordinator
Addiction Studies Program for Journalists
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Douglas B. Marlowe, J.D., Ph.D.
Director
Section on Criminal Justice Research
Treatment Research Institute
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Susan Rook
Recovery Advocate
Faces and Voices of Recovery
Alexandria, Virginia

Rochelle "Shelly" Schwartz-Bloom, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology
Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Jack Strandhoy, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Robert W. Williams, Ph.D.
Professor
Anatomy & Neurobiology
The University of Tennessee
College of Medicine
Memphis, Tennessee

RWJ Faculty
David Altman, Ph.D.
Professor
Public Health Sciences
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Frank J. Chaloupka, Ph.D.
Director
ImpacTeen
University of Illinois
Chicago, Illinois

Marjorie A. Gutman, Ph.D.
Director
Prevention Research
Treatment Research Institute
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Joseph O. Merrill, M.D., M.P.H.
Acting Instructor
General Internal Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

9:15 Animal Models of Addiction
Jack Strandhoy

10:00 A History of Drug Abuse and Addiction in the U.S.
Sue Rusche

11:00 Break

11:15 Lecture/Discussion
The Neurology ofAddiction
David Friedman

12:45 Lunch

1:45 Lecture/Discussion
The Pharmacology of Drug Addiction
Shelly Schwartz-Bloom

3:15 Break

3:30 Lecture/Discussion
Genetics of Complex Traits
Robert Williams

5:00 Adjourn

6:00 Reception

7:00 Dinner
Dinner Speaker
Susan Rook

Monday, December 9, 2002
8:45 Reviewing the Discussion
Jack Strandhoy

9:00 Effective Strategies for Drug Abusing Offenders
Doug Marlowe

10:45 Break

11:00 Treating the Offender Population
Doug Marlowe

12:00 Lunch

1:15 Introduction to the RWJ Substance Abuse Policy Research Program Presentations
David Altman

1:45 The Economics of Substance Use and Abuse
Frank Chaloupka

2:45 Substance Abuse and Welfare Reform
Marjorie Gutman

3:45 Break

4:00 Office-Based Opiate Addiction Treatment
Joe Merrill

5:00 Evaluations

5:30 Adjourn

7:00 Reception
RWJ Substance Abuse Policy Research Program