Day 3 Program

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7 am Yoga
7 am Acupuncture
8 am Registration Opens
8 – 9 am Breakfast

9 – 9:35 am Welcome and Keynote
Luciano Colonna, Executive Director, Harm Reduction Project
Peter Corroon, Mayor of Salt Lake County
Angie Allen, Consumer Advocate, Des Moines, IA
Mark Hammer, J.D., Coordinator, Bureau of Special Populations, AIDS Institute, NY State Deptartment of Health
Ryan King, M.S., Policy Analyst, The Sentencing Project, Washington D.C.

9:35 am Plenary 1: Treatment (CME)
Moderator: Glenn Backes, MPH, Consultant, CA
Jeanne Obert, MFT Executive Director, Matrix Institute on Addictions, CA
Michael Fiedling, Consultant, Matrix Institute on Addictions, CA
Don McVinney, MSSW, Director of Training, Harm Reduction Coalition, NYC

10:45 – 11:00 am Break

11 am Plenary 2: Family Welfare
Moderator: Lynn Paltrow, J.D., Executive Director, National Advocates for Pregnant Women, NYC
Ray Wahl, Juvenile Court Administrator, UT
Corrine Carey, J.D., Deputy Director, Break the Chains, NY
Duane Betournay, Director, Division of Child and Family Services
Carol Shapiro, Executive Director, Family Justice Institute, NYC

12:30 – 1:45 pm Lunch On Your Own

1:45 pm Major Session A (CME)
Within the Medical Setting
Moderator: Dan Ciccarone, MD, MPH, Dept. of Family and Community Medicine, San Francisco
Psychiatric Effects of Methamphetamine
Kristen Ochoa, Harbor - UCLA Medical Center
The Merging of Case Management, Mental, and Public Health
Elizabeth Ketcham Whitteker, Telecare Corporation, Encinitas, CA
Medications for Methamphetamine Dependence
Chris Stock, PharmD, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Utah

Major Session B
Syringe Exchange
Moderator: Alberto Mendoza, Drug Policy Alliance, CA
Dave Purchase, Executive Director, NASEN, Tacoma, WA
Shoshanna Scholar, Executive Director, Clean Needles Now, Los Angeles
Mary Howe, Executive Director, Homeless Youth Alliance, San Francisco
Donald Grove, Consultant, NYC

Breakout
Communities Respond
Moderator: Sue Purchase, Consultant, WA
Preliminary Outcomes of a Methamphetamine Community Mobilization Effort
Darlene CW Lopez Meth Free Alliance, Tucson, AZ
Developing a City Wide Crystal Methamphetamine Strategy for Vancouver
Cameron Duff, Vancouver Coastal Health, Canada
Community Readiness Model
Barbara Plested, PhD, Colorado State University, Colorado

Breakout (CME)
Treatment Options
Moderator: Mark Hammer, AIDS Institute, NYC Dept. of Health
Closing the Loop: The Effect of Comprehensive Substance Abuse Treatment on Case Intake, Retention, and Treatment Outcomes
Owen Simwale, MPH, Pennsylvania Dept. of Health
Characteristics of Treatment-Seeking Methamphetamine Users at a Mid-Atlantic Area Community Health Center
Elizabeth Disney, PhD, Chase Brexton Health Services, Baltimore, MD
Provigil (Modafinil) Plus Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Methamphetamine Dependence in Gay Men: A Pilot Study
Martin C. McElhiney, PhD New York State Psychiatric Institute

Workshop
Making a Difference in “Crystal World”: Sexual Behavior and HIV Prevention Among Methamphetamine-Using MSM
Linda Drach, Multnomah County Health Department, Portsmouth, OR
Kimberly Toevs, Multnomah County Health Department, Portsmouth, OR
Ben Anderson-Nathe, Multnomah County Health Department, Portsmouth, OR

Workshop
Treating the Sexual Side of Crystal Meth/Sex Fusion Addiction
David Schwartz, PhD, Whitman-Walker Clinic, Washington D.C.

Breakout
Complexities of Women Using Meth
Moderator: Maria Chavez, Consultant, CA
Initiation of Methamphetamine Use, Transition to Injection, and HIV Risk Among Rural Methamphetamine-Using Women
Candice M. Daniel, University of Wyoming, Dept. of Psychology
The Challenge of Treating Women who use Methamphetamine
Robert E. Ingram, CSW, Catholic Community Services, Salt Lake City
Sex Work and Harm Reduction
Laura Murray, Project SAFE, Philadelphia
The Face of Methamphetamine
Holly Catania, International Center for Advancement of Addiction Treatment, NY

Panel (CME)
Ibogaine Panel
Dana Beal, Cures Not Wars
Patrick Kroupa, Phantom Access
Howard Lotsof, Dora Weiner Foundation
Jeremy Brath, Ibogaine Treatment Individual
Jeff Kamlet, MD, Florida Society of Addiction Medicine
Dimitri Mugainis, Ibogaine Underground
Phillip Fiuty, New Mexico Department of Health

Workshop
Do Drugs and Die: The Effects of Substance Abuse on the Heart
Janeen Gray, The Chocktaw Nation of Oklahoma Jeanie Jackson, The Chocktaw Nation of Oklahoma Joe Bray, The Chocktaw Nation of Oklahoma

Breakout
What Clients Are Telling Us
Moderator: David Ferguson Utah AIDS Foundation
Gay Men, Risk-Taking, and Mental Health
Spencer Cox, Medius Institute for Gay Men’s Health, NYC
What Can Narratives of Clients Tell Us about the Relapse Potential for Methamphetamine_
David A. Jones, MA, CADC, Siloam International Inc., Portland, OR
Safety Counts & MSM/IDU
John E. Cottrell III, PhD, Harm Reduction Project, Salt Lake City
MSM Who Inject Meth
Michael Clatts, PhD National Development and Research Inst., NY

Workshop
Gay Men and Crystal: Exploring Intimacy, Sexuality, and Identity
Yves-Michel Fontaine, EdM, CASAC “Crystal Clear Project”, Addiction Institute of NY
Joe Ruggiero, PhD, “Crystal Clear Project”, Addiction Institute of NY

3:30 – 3:45 pm Break

3:45 pm
Workshop
Evidence Based Treatment in a “One Stop Shopping” Program for the Homeless HIV Positive and Hepatitis C Positive Addicted Consumer
Randy Gearhart, MSSA, LCSW, Phoenix Shanti Group, Inc. Louie Nardone, MAC, LISAC Phoenix Shanti Group, Inc.

Panel
Pathways: Efforts to End Chronic Homelessness in Salt Lake City
Melanie Zamora, Ed Snoddy, Ruth Miller, Leif Oldert, Kristy Wuthrich, Mark Manazer, John Sefridge, Bill Nighswonger, Michelle Flynn, The Road Home, Salt Lake City

Workshop
2 Cities, 2 Approaches, 1 Goal: Harm Reduction with Gay and Bi Crystal Users
Philip Hendricks, APLA, Seattle Counseling Services, Project NEON
DL Scott, APLA, Seattle Counseling Services, Project NEON

Workshop
Intervening Online Against Meth
David Phillips, D.C. Crystal Meth Working Group

Breakout (CME)
Hepatitis Innovations
Moderator: Melanine Walentine, Utah Department of Health
How to Create A Task Force
Bill Remak, California Hepatitis C Task Force
Ibogaine in the Treatment of Methamphetamine Dependence and HCV
Howard S. Lotsof, Dora Weiner Foundation, Staten Island, NYC
Partnering with Public Health to Advance Methamphetamine, HIV, and Hepatitis Prevention
Chris Taylor, National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD), Washington D.C.

Workshop
Sex Positive Recovery: A Fresh Approach to Crystal Meth Relapse Prevention
Douglas Braun-Harvey, MFT, CGP, The Sexual Dependency Institute of San Diego

Workshop
Act Now Against Meth: Community Mobilization and Public Policy in an Urban Setting
Richard Zaldivar, The Wall-Las Memorias/Act Now Against Meth Coalition, Los Angeles

Workshop
Treating the Triggers: The Effects of Exposure Response Prevention on Reducing Addictive Cravings
Robert DeLetis, CADC, ERP Therapy, SLS Health, Brewster, NYC

Workshop
How to Keep an Open Heart without Losing Your Cool or Your Mind: Harm Reduction Counseling with Gay Men who do Crystal Meth
Michael Siever and the Stonewall Project Staff, Stonewall Project, San Francisco, CA

5:30 pm
Closing
The Staff and Board of the Harm Reduction Project