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SAMHSA Advisory

Date: 7/19/2007
Media Contact: SAMHSA Press
Telephone: 240-276-2130

SAMHSA to Convene Media Roundtable During National Meeting to Discuss Methadone Mortality

As part of a special meeting to discuss strategies for reducing deaths associated with methadone, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will hold a media roundtable on July 20th at 12:45pm in Washington, DC to give reporters the opportunity to hear about current activities related to preventing methadone-associated mortality.

WHO: Speakers for the event will include:

  • H. Westley Clark, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Facilitator)
  • Bruce A. Goldberger, Ph.D., DABFT, (President, American Academy of Forensic Sciences), Professor and Director of Toxicology, Departments of Pathology and Psychiatry, University of Florida College of Medicine
  • Mark W. Parrino, M.P.A., President, American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence
  • Seddon R. Savage, M.S., M.D. , Director, Dartmouth Center on Addiction Recovery and Education (DCARE), and Pain Consultant, Manchester VA Medical Center, and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Dartmouth Medical School

WHEN: July 20, 2007 12:45pm – 1:15pm

WHERE:
National Housing Center
Room D
1201 15th Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20005

SAMHSA is a public health agency within the Department of Health and Human Services. The agency is responsible for improving the accountability, capacity and effectiveness of the nation's substance abuse prevention, addictions treatment, and mental health services delivery system.


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