Workshop I: Innovative Treatment Approaches (From ONDCP International Workshop: Drug Abuse Treatment Technology Proceedings, 1995, P 2-1 - 2-96)

• NCJ Number: 163298
• Author(s): H Kleber; D W Landry; T McLellan; G Woody; A Friedman; J Lehrer
• Date Published: 1996
• Length: 96 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: Office of National Drug Control Policy
• Sale Source: NCJRS Photocopy Services; Office of National Drug Control Policy
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: DCC

Annotation

This is a record of topics discussed at the technical workshop on innovative treatment approaches to drug addiction.

Abstract

The workshop included presentations on: (1) Innovative Treatment Approaches; (2) Cocaine Intervention Program; (3) Anti-Cocaine Catalytic Antibodies; (4) Effect of Treatment on Drug-Related Behavioral Problems; (5) Clinical Approach to Medications Development for Addiction; and (6) The Development of Medications for the Treatment of Drug Addiction. A section on a national evaluation of substance abuse treatment contains statistics on the size of the problem, requirements for such an evaluation, and what it will provide. A representative of Guilford Pharmaceuticals, Inc. described the cocaine intervention program. The final presentation is a discussion of the primary reasons for the current reluctance of pharmaceutical companies to invest in the research, development, and marketing of medications for the treatment of opiate and cocaine addiction. Figures, references