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Alcohol and Drug Abuse in Black C~Mmunities If you have issues viewing or accessing this file contact us at NCJRS.gov. Office for Substance Abuse Prevention National Institute on Drug Abuse Proceedings of a National Conference on Preventing Alcohol and rug buse in Black Communities May 22-24, 1987 Washington, DC 9y The Department Of , Human Services 'tion With A Network Of I( Organizations Oakland Parents ~ inAction ~ ~ MIBC'A TI NATIONAL ADDICTION ZETAe PHI BETA OAKLAND PARENTS MINNESOTA DELTA BLACK RESEARCH AND IN ACTION INSTITUTE ON SIGMA N ALCOHOLISM TREATMENT BLACK THETA COUNCIL CORPORATION CHEMICAL"'" ABUSE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration OSAP Printed by the otnce for Substance Abuse Prevention and distributed by the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information P.O. Box 2345 Rockville. MD 20852 L / ~ 3'1/0 Proceedinm; of a National Conference ~n Preventing Alcohol and Drug Abuse in Black C~mmunities May 22-24, 1987 Washington, DC Presented By The Department Of Health And Human Services In Cooperation With A Network Of Major Black Organizations ~1 ~~ Oakland Parents ,.,. tt;J: inAction W ~ ~ !>UBeA THEUNK5,INC. NATIONAL NATIONAL ADDICTION MEDICAL ZETA PHI BETA OAKLAND PARE~4TS MINNESOTA CELTA BlACK RESEARCH AND IN ACTION INsnTUTEON ASSOCIATION ALCOHOUSM mEATMENT SIGMA COUNCIL DUCK THETA CORPORATION CHEMICAL ABUSE • u.s. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration Office for Substance Abuse Prevention 5600 Fishers Lane Rockvillb, MD 20857 These Proceedings are based upon papers and discussions from A National Conference on PreventingAlcohol and DrngAbuse in Black Communities held in Washington, DC, in May 1987. The conference was originally funded through contract number 271-85-8401 by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Project Manager for the Proceedings was Arnold Miils, Office for Substance Abuse Prevention; Linda Franklin served as Production Manager. The writers were Preston Bright and Clarence Johnson. The presentations herein are those of the listed authors and may not necessarily reflect the opinions, official policy, or position of the Office for Substance Abuse Prevention, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, the Public Health Service, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. All material in this volume except quoted passages from copyrighted sources is in the public domain and may be used or reproduced without permission from the Office for Substance Abuse Prevention or the authors. Citation of the source is appreciated. 128810 U.S. Department of Justice Natlonallnstitute of Justice This document has been reproduced exactly as received from the person or organization originating it. Points of view or opinions stat~d in this docur18nt are those of the authors and do, not nec~ssaflly represent the official position or policies of the National Institute of Justice. Permission to reproduce this ~ material has been granted by Public Domain/U.S. Department of HeaLth and Human Serv; ees to the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS). Further reproduction outside of the NCJRS system requires permis­ sion of the ~owner. DHHS Publication No. (ADM)89-1648 Printed 1990 Foreword Alcohol and drug abuse has had a devastating effect on communities across the country. Its effect on the lives of our Nation's youth and families is evidenced by high delinquency rates and a myriad of school-related problems, among a number of other social indicators. The H~deral Government has long recognized the importance of voluntary groups and professional organizations in the fight against alcohol and other drug abuse. Organizations have already been successfully mobilized to address this very critical problem in communities across the country. Despite the fact that increased attention has been focused on alcohol and other drug problems in Black America, the community's response has not been commensurate with the gravity of these problems. Black communities are faced with an enormous challenge. New, coordinated approaches to dealing with the growing substance- abuse problem in Black communities are in order. The challenge of organizing a groundswell of support for prevention programming focused on Black communities is urgent. This National Conference on Preventing Alcohol and Drug Abuse in Black Communities was organized to give impetus to the development of alcohol and other drug abuse prevention programs in Black communities and to enlist the help of voluntary, social, professional, health, and mental health organizations, and other groups serving the Black community, in the much-needed and overdue organized fight against drugs. The planning committee, comprising representatives from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the Office of Minority Health, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, the Office for Substance Abuse Prevention, and the Drug Enforcement Administration, established the following goals for the conference: • To raise the awareness of the alcohol and other drug abuse problems that exist in Black communities across the Nation and create a broad-based prevention­ focused response to that problem • To share state-of-the-art information on prevention research, evaluation, and resources and knowledge of innovative programs and strategies, as well as to . create new or extend existing networks • To stimulate action by Black communities at the local level to eliminate alcohol and other drug abuse problems Information from the conference will serve as the foundation for expanding alcohol and other drug abuse prevention initiatives and will provide an impetus for increased involvement of voluntary organizations in alcohol and other drug abuse prevention programming in Black communities across the country. Elaine M. Johnson, Ph.D. Director, Office for Substance Abuse Prevention iii Acknowledgments Honorary Chair and Cochairpersons The conference planning committee is pleased to have had the following persons serve as honorary chairperson and cochairpersons: Honorary Chairperson • The Honorable Otis R. Bowen, M.D., Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services Honorary Cochairpersons • Mrs. Lonise Bias, Parent, Lanham, MD • Dr. Dorothy l. Height, President, National Council of Negro Women, Washington, DC e Dr. William Harvey, Executive Director, Narcotics Service Council, Inc., St. Louis,MO National Cochairpersons/Coplanners The conference planning committee acknowledges the special contributions of those private-sector groups and their representatives who served as coplanners and advisors, providing expert guidance and direction throughout the planning of the conference. Special thanks are extended to each of these persons for their time, their technical knowledge and assistance, and their expressions of concern for one of the gravest problems confronting Black America today, alcohol and other drug abuse. The names and organizational affiliates of those who ably served as national cochairpersons/coplanners and advisors to the conference planning committee are as follows: • Peter Bell, Executive Director, Minnesota Institute on Black Chemical Abuse, Minneapolis, MN • Joan A. Brann, Project Director, Oakland Parents in Action, Oakland, CA • Walter Faggett, M.D., Physician Director, PCP Unit, DC General' Hospital, Washington, DC • Leonard Lawrence, M.D., Board of Trustees, National Medical Association, San Antonio, TX v • Beny Primm, M.D., Executive Director, Addiction Research and Treatment Corporation, Brooklyn, NY • Jeanne Spurlock, M.D., Deputy Medical Director, American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC • Lynette Taylor, Program Director, Delta Sigma 111eta Sorority, Inc., Alexandria, VA • Eunice Thomas, National President, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Washington, DC • Flavia Walton, Ph.D., National Director of Services to Youth, The LINKS, Inc., Las Vegas, NV • Maxine Womble, Chairperson, National Black Alcoholism Council, Chicago, IL Conference Planning Committee The conference planning committee, consisting of representatives from several agencies and offices within the US Department of Health and Human Services and the Drug Enforcement Administration, represented a unique cooperative arrangement. For the first time, the resources of several offices were joined together to plan and implement a major departmental initiative focused specifically on alcohol and other drug abuse prevention issues and the Black community. The committee members were as follows: Department of Health and Human Services • Elaine M. Johnson, Chairperson of the Conference Planning Committee, Deputy Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse Offke of the Secretary • Stephanie Lee-Miller, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs • Madeline Lawson, Special Assistant, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs • Neil Romano, Manager, Special Initiatives, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Office of Minority Health tI Warren Hewitt, Associate Director for Policy • Jacqueline Bowles, M.D., Senior Research Advisor • CloLeeta Simpson, Research Assistant National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism • Brenda Hewitt, Special Assistant to the Director • Fleetwood Roberts, Special Health Advisor, Division of Extramural Research • Fulton Caldwell, Consumer Affairs Specialist, Office of the Director • Yvonne Hefley, Consumer Affairs Specialist,
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