Problems of Drug Dependence, 2002: Proceedings of the 64th Annual Scientific Meeting, The College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Inc.

This publication summarizes the activities of the most recent meeting of the nation's most influential drug abuse professionals and measures progress in a variety of areas. Outcomes of symposia, meetings, and presentations are discussed. Symposia include: (1) "Is Dopamine the Answer? Evidence for the Importance of Other Systems in the Reinforcing/Neurochemical Effects of Psychostimulants" (S. Izenwasser and Y. Itzhak); (2) "Substance Abuse, Immunomodulation and Infections"(H. Friedman and T. K. Eisenstein); (3) "hat Are They Thinking? The Mediating Role of Parental Cognitions in the Parenting Processes of Drug-Dependent Mothers and Fathers"(N. E. Suchman and T. J. McMahon); (4) "rug Reward in Humans: What Does Dopamine Do?"(H. deWit); (5) "Medical Consequences of Problems of Drug Dependence" (D. J. Jones and S. Genser); (6) "Understanding the Abuse-Relevant Effects of Drugs: Studies by Young Investigators" (P. W. Czoty and K. M. Wilcox); (8) "Prescription Drug Abuse: What Do We Know?" (S. Schnoll and F. Sapienza); (9) "Cocaine Addiction: To the Amygdala and Beyond" (K. M. Kantak and F. Weiss); (10) "Longitudinal Studies of Pathways to Drug Abuse: Current Status, Emerging Findings, and Implications for Prevention" (J. D. Colliver and M. D. Glantz); (11) "Drugs and Crime" (R. A. Millstein and L. Erinoff); (12) "Violence Exposure and Substance Abuse" (W. Klieweer and D. Svikis); (13) "Neuropeptidergic Responses to Psychostimulant Drugs of Abuse: Strategies for Drug Development" (R. S. Rapaka and G. R. Hanson); (14) "The New Thing: Applying Information Technologies to Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment" (W. K. Bickel and A. T. McLellan); (15) "French Experience with Buprenorphine" (E. C. Strain and H. W. Clarke); and (16) "Drug Choice: What We Know and What We Need to Know" (S. S. Negus and W. L. Woolverton). (GCP)