Drug Abuse Research: Science for Policy and Practice - Summary of Presentations
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united States and Mexico High Level Contact Group @ ? _ .....d.ngs of the United States and Mexico. " :~tional Demand Reduction Conference ~.~. 8-20, 1998 ~:, :::~Texas Sponsoredby The Office of National Drug Control Policy and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration U.S. Department of Health and Human Services t , United States and Mexico High Level Contact Group Proceedingsof the United States and Mexico Bi-National Demand Reduction Conference PROPERTY OF National CriminalJustice ReferenceService (,NGJR$) Box 6000 ~,,,.......... Rockville, MD 20849-6000 March 18-20, 1998 El Paso, Texas Sponsored by The Office of National Drug Control Policy and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration U.S. Department of Health and Human Services i Acknowledgments This report is based upon presentations and discussions at the U.S.-Mexico Bi-National Demand Reduction Conference held at the Camino Real Hotel, March 18-20, 1998, in El Paso, Texasl All remarks were edited for clarity. It is our hope that we have accurately captured each speaker's intent. Any errors or omissions in content are entirely the responsibility of the editorial staff. The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) acknowledge the cooperation and support given by the following organizations and individuals or those sponsoring the event: In the United States: the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA); the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); the U.S. Department of Education (ED); the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL); the Utah National Guard; and the Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA). In Mexico: the Under-Secretariatefor Disease Prevention and Control, Ministry of Health; the National Council on Additions (CONADIC), Ministry of Health; the Directorate of • Epidemiolo~, Ministry of Health; and the Mexican Institute of Psychiatry. Table of Contents Acknowledgments .................................................. i Introduction .............................................. , ..... vii Letters from Dignitaries .................................. •...... , ..... ix Bi-National Demand Reduction Conference Overview ............................ I Conference Presentations ............................................. 3 I. Opening Remarks ....................................... •, . 3 General Barry R. McCaffrey .......................................... 3 Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy, LISA Mr. Juan Rebolledo Gout ............................................ 3 LInder-Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Mexico Dr. Nelba Chavez ................................................ 4 Administrator, SubstanceAbuse and Hental Health ServicesAdministration Department of Health and Human Services, USA Mr. Mariano Francisco Herren Salvatti .................................... 4 Attorney General's Special Office for Crimes Against Health, Hexico Dr. David F. Musto ................................................ 5 Professor of Child Psychology and History of Hedicine, Yale University School of Hedicine, LISA Dr. Juan Ram6n de la Fuente ......................................... 5 Secretary of Health, Mexico II. A Theoretical Framework for Demand Reduction - Summary of Presentations .... 7 Research and Evaluation .................................... 7 Dr. Karol L. Kumpfer .............................................. 7 Director, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, SubstanceAbuse and Mental Health ServicesAdministration, LISA Ms. Hayd~e Rosovsky .................................... .......... 8 Director, National Council on Addictions, Ministry of Health, Mexico Treatment .............................................. 9 Dr. Shirley Coletti ..... ............................................ 9 President, Operation Parental Awareness Response, Inc., LISA Dr. Victor Guisa Cruz .............................................. 10 Director, Treatment and Rehabilitation, Youth Integration Centers, Mexico • Prevention ...... ....................................... I I Dr. Gilbert J. Botvin .................................... .......... 11 Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry, Director of the Institute for Prevention Research Cornell University Medical College Department of Public Health, LISA Mr. Jestis Cabrera Soils ............................................ 12 Director General, Youth Integration Centers, Mexico Public Awareness, the Media, and Information Dissemination ............. 13 Mr. Daniel Schecter ........................................... .... 13 Assistant Deputy Director/Acting Deputy Director, Office of Demand Reduction Office of National Drug Control Policy, USA Ms. Carmen Mill~ ................................................ 14 Director of Information and Training, National Council on Addictions, Ministry of Health, Mexico III. Summary of Keynote Addresses ................................ 1 7 Dr. Nelba Chavez ................................................ 17 Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, USA Mr. Jestis Cabrera Soils ............................................ 18 Director General, Youth Integration Centers, Mexico IV. Drug Abuse Research: Science for Policy and Practice - Summary of Presentations. 19 Dr. Donald R. Vereen ............................................. 19 Medical Officer, Office of the Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, LISA iii Dr. Silvia L. Cruz ........................................ ........ 20 Professor Titular, Center for Research and Advanced Studies, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico Dr. Donald Goldstone ................... .......................... 20 Director, Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, USA Dr. Maria Elena Medina-Mora ........................................ 24 Director, Social and Epidemiological Research, Mexican Institute of Psychiatry, Ministry of Health, Mexico V. Work Group Reports on Demand Reduction - Summary of Overview, Discussion, and Recommendations ........................... 25 Research Cooperation and Exchange of Technical Information ............ 25 Dr. Zili Sloboda Director, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research, National Institute on Drug Abuse, USA Dr. Silvia L. Cruz Professor Titular, Center for Research and Advanced Studies, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico Public Information and Awareness ............................. 27 Mr. Roger Pisani Consultant, USA Ms. Carmen Mill~ Director of Information and Training, National Council on Addictions-Ministry of Health, Mexico Community Participation ................................... 29 Dr. William B. Hansen President, Tanglewood Research, Inc., USA Dr. Crist6bal Ruiz-Gayt~n Minister of Health in the State of ]alisco, Coordinator of the State Council on Addictions, Mexico Youth ............................................... 30 Dr. James Kooler Deputy Director, California Mentor Initiative Office, Prevention Services Program Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, USA iv Ms. Man'a Elena Castro Director, Institute for Preventive Education and Risk Attention, Mexico Special Populations ........................................ 32 Dr. Juana Mora Professor, Department of Chicana/o Studies, California State University-Northridge, USA Ms. Patricia Reyes del Olmo ' Technical Director, Center Against Addictions, "Area la Vida" Foundation, Mexico The Workplace .......................................... 34 Ms. Mary Bernstein Director, Office of the Secretary, Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance Department of Transportation, USA Ms. Guillermina Natera Head, Psychosocial Research Department, Mexican Institute of Psychiatry, Ministry of Health, Mexico HIV/AIDS ............................................. 36 Dr. Antonio Estrada Assistant Professor, Mexican American Studies and Research Center, Uiniversityof Arizona, LISA Dr. Carlos Magis Director of Research, National Council of Prevention and Control of AIDS, Ministry of Health, Mexico Violence and Drug-Related Problems 38 Dr. Albert Mata, Jr. Associate Professor, Division of Human Relations, University of Oklahoma, LISA Dr. Walter Belier General Director of Crime Prevention and Community Services, Attorney General's Office, Mexico Vl Summary of Closing Remarks 41 Dr. Nelba Chavez Administrator, SubstanceAbuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, LISA Ms. Hayd~e Rosovsky Director, National Council on Addictions-Ministry of Health, Mexico V Dr. Hoover Adger, Jr. Deputy Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy, USA VII. Appendices... .... ...................................... 43 New Powerful Messages ............................................. 43 Conference Agenda ............................................... 45 List of Conference Participants ........................... •............. 49 List of Exhibitors .......................... ....................... 65 Program Committee for the U.S. and Mexico .............................. 67 vi Introduction The people of the United States and Mexico share a common commitment to combat drugs. Both countries alike recognize that drug use puts our children, our families and even our democracies at risk. We hold a common understanding that the demand for drugs, which is a universal problem, drives the deadly trade in these illegal substances.