Prescription Drugs: Misuse, Abuse, and Addiction
A Research Update
Tuesday, April 10, 2001, National Press Club, Washington, DC
| 1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. | Welcome
Alan I. Leshner, Ph.D.
Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse |
| 1:15 p.m. - 1:35 p.m. | Biological Bases of Drug Tolerance and Dependence
Alice Young, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Behavioral Neurosciences
Wayne State University
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1:35 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. | An Epidemiologic Overview of Prescription Drug Misuse
Howard Chilcoat, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Mental Hygiene
Johns Hopkins University |
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1:55 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. | Prescription Drug Use and Misuse in the Elderly
Kenneth Schmader, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine-Geriatrics
Duke University Medical Center |
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2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | First-Half Wrap-up and Discussion |
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2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Break |
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2:45 p.m. - 3:05 p.m. | Pharmacotherapy of ADHD and Later Substance Abuse
Timothy E. Wilens, M.D.
Director, Substance Abuse Services
Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard University
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3:05 p.m. - 3:25 p.m. | Physicians' Decisions To Prescribe Potentially Addictive Medications
Richard Brown, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
University of Wisconsin Medical School |
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3:25 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | Substance Abuse Issues in Chronic Pain Management
Steven Passik, Ph.D.
Director of Oncology Symptom Control Research
Community Cancer Care, Inc., Indianapolis, IN
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3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Wrap-up and Final Discussion
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