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PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH
8:00 –
9:30
hrs.
REGISTRATION
Hall: Maria Izquierdo
10:00 11:30
hrs.
OPENING CEREMONY
Hall: Frida Kahlo
11:30 12:30
hrs.
PANEL: GENERATING EVIDENCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW
PUBLIC POLICIES: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON ADDICTION
RESEARCH
Hall: Frida Kahlo
Coordinator: Roberto Tapia-Conyer. President. Centros de Integracion
Juvenil National Board. Mexico. “Why Is a New Journal of Scientific Research
in Addiction Necessary?”
Silvia Cruz Martin del Campo. Principal Investigator in the Graduate
Program of Neuropharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. Research
and Advanced Studies Center. National Polytechnic Institute. Mexico.
Jose Octavio Nateras Dominguez. Dean. Iztapalapa Metropolitan
Autonomous University. Mexico.
Carlos Roncero Alonso.
Vice-Secretary. Spanish Society of Dual
Pathology. Spain.
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12:3014:00
hrs.
PANEL: INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC POLICIES ON DRUGS
Hall: Frida Kahlo
Coordinator: Carmen Fernandez Caceres. General-Director. Centros de
Integracion Juvenil. Mexico. “Drug Public Policies in Mexico.”
Astrid Nøklebye Heiberg. State Secretary. Ministry of Health and Care
Services. Norway. “International Drug Public Policies.”
Alejandro Mohar Betancourt. Member. International Narcotics Control
Board.
Alexandra Hill. Chief. Demand Reduction Section. Inter-American Drug
Abuse Control Commission. Organization of American States. “Drug Public
Policies in the Americas.”
Esbjörn Hörnberg. Chair. Civil Society Task Force on Drugs Steering Group.
UNGASS 2016. “Key Priorities for the Civil Society Towards UNGASS 2016.”
14:0014:30
hrs.
14:30 –
16:00
hrs.
BREAK
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Session 1
Coordinator:
ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IMPACT
Hall: Diego Rivera
Jose Angel Prado Garcia,
Operations and Board Deputy
General-Director.
Centros
de
Integracion
Juvenil.
Mexico.
“Alcohol Consumption Impact.”
Guillermina Natera Rey. Director
of
Epidemiological
and
Psychosocial Research. National
Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la
Fuente Muñiz. Mexico. “Early
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Detection of Alcohol and Drugs
Consumption in Primary Health
Care: A Possible Model for Public
Policy.”
Kristina Sperkova. President.
IOGT International. “Alcohol as an
Obstacle to Personal and Societal
Development.”
Víctor Manuel Guisa Cruz.
Normative
General-Director.
National
Comission
Against
Addictions. Mexico. “Alcohol, a
Public Health Problem.”
Ricardo Ivan Nanni Alvarado.
President. Mexican Central of
General Services of Alcoholics
Anonymous.
Mexico.
“AA
Assistance to Reduce the Impact
of Alcohol Consumption”
Session 2
Coordinator:
SUCCESSFUL PRACTICES IN
PREVENTION
Hall: David Alfaro Siqueiros
Alejandro Sanchez Guerrero.
Prevention Director. Centros de
Integracion
Juvenil.
Mexico.
“Prevention Program Based on
Promoting Prosocial Skills in
Adolescence. A Contribution to a
Sustainable
Human
Development.”
Gabriela Richard Rodríguez,
Director. Pro Health Foundation.
Argentina. “Contributions of the
Comprehensive Health Model to
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the Effectiveness of Prevention
Programs.”
Derya
Akyilmaz.
Education
Department Chief. Green Crescent
(Türkiye Yeşilay Cemiyeti).Turkey.
“Training Program on Addiction
Prevention of Turkey (TBM).”
Sue
Thau.
Public
Policy
Consultant. Anti-Drug Community
Coalitions of America. United
States. “Successful Prevention
Practices.”
Session 3
Coordinator:
CANNABIS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF
LEGALIZATION
AND
DECRIMINALIZATION
AND
ITS
IMPACT ON SOCIETY
Hall: Frida Kahlo
Erik
Leijonmarck.
General
Secretary. European Cities Action
Network for Drug-Free Societies.
Sweden.
Jeffrey Zinsmeister. Executive
Vice President and Director of
Government Relations. Smart
Approaches to Marijuana. United
States. “What Would a Legalized
Marijuana Industry Look Like?
Trends from Colorado
and
Washington Experiences.”
Bertha K. Madras. Professor of
Psychobiology. Harvard Medical
School. United States. “Cannabis,
Medicine, and the Law.”
Asia
Shraf.
Director
of
Rehabilitation.
Sunny
Trust
International.
Pakistan.
“Legalization
and
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Decriminalization
of
Cannabis…Not an Option for
Pakistan?”
Eduardo Santillan Perez. Former
Deputy. Mexico.
Oscar
Prospero
Garcia.
Researcher.
Physiology
Department. National Autonomous
University of Mexico. Mexico.
Session 4
Coordinator:
DIMENSION AND DAMAGES OF
TOBACCO CONSUMPTION
Hall: Rufino Tamayo
Jaime
Quintanilla
Bendek.
Research and Teaching Director.
Centros de Integracion Juvenil.
Mexico.
Francisco Javier Lopez-Espino
y de Antuñano. President. Alianza
contra el tabaco, A.C. Mexico.
“Tobacco: A Global Threat of NonCommunicable Diseases (NCDs).”
Luz
Myriam
Reynales
Shigematsu. Head of the Tobacco
Research Department. National
Institute of Public Health. Mexico.
“Dimension and Damages of
Tobacco Consumption in Mexico.”
Raúl H. Sansores Martinez. Head
of Smoking and COPD Research
Department. National Institute of
Respiratory Diseases (INER).
Mexico. “The Impact of a Brief
Advice to Quit Smoking.”
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Session 5
Coordinator:
PREVENTION AND TREATMENT IN
THE LAW SYSTEM
Hall: Jose Clemente Orozco
Gerardo
Laveaga
Rendon.
Director-General
of
Crime
Prevention
and
Community
Services. Office of the Attorney
General. Mexico.
Ángel Manuel Turbi Pinazo.
Professor. San Vicente Martir
Catholic University. Valencia,
Spain. “Reasons for Relapses in
Female Inmates in Spanish
Prisons, a Gender Perspective.”
Julius Lang.
Training and
Technical Assistance Director.
Center for Court Innovation. United
States. “Court-Based Models for
Linking Offenders to Treatment.”
Robert Teltzrow. Project Manager
of Drugs in Prison Programs. Cooperation Group to Combat Drug
Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in
Drugs (Pompidou Group). "Drug
Treatment Systems in European
Prisons.”
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH POSTERS
Lobby
VOLUNTEERISM POSTERS
Lobby
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH
9:0010:30
PANEL: DRUG USE IN DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE WORLD
Hall: Frida Kahlo
Coordinator: Thom Browne. President and CEO. Rubicon Global
Enterprises. United States. “Emerging Public Health Implications from Illicit
Drug Use.”
Jorge Ameth Villatoro Velazquez. Coordinator of the Survey Unit. National
Institute of Psychiatry Ramon de la Fuente Muñiz. Mexico. “The Paths of Drug
Use in Mexico among Young People.”
Savas Yilmaz. General-Director. Green Crescent (Türkiye Yeşilay Cemiyeti).
Turkey. “National Drug Policy of Turkey.”
Eunice Rendon Cardenas. General-Director of Inter-secretariat
Coordination. Deputy Secretariat for Prevention and Citizen Participation.
Ministry of the Interior. Mexico.
Victor Lye. Chairman. National Council Against Drug Abuse. Singapore.
10:30 –
12:00
hrs.
PANEL: COMORBIDITY ON CANNABIS USERS
Hall: Frida Kahlo
Coordinator: Rodrigo Marin Navarrete. Principal Investigator and
Coordinator of the Addictions and Mental Health Clinical Trials Unit. National
Institute of Psychiatry Ramon de la Fuente Muñiz. Mexico. “Comorbidity
between Cannabis Use Disorder and Other Psychiatric Disorders.”
Carlos Roncero Alonso.
Vice-Secretary. Spanish Society of Dual
Pathology. Spain. “Comprehensive Treatment for Cannabis Users-Patients
with Dual Pathology.”
Ihsan Salloum. Researcher of the Project Florida Node Alliance. National
Network of Clinical Trials for the Treatment of Substance Abuse. University of
Miami. United States. “Marijuana Use Disorder and Major Depression
Comorbidity: Causal Effects and Treatment Response.”
Oscar Prospero Garcia. Researcher. Physiology Department. National
Autonomous University of Mexico. Mexico. “Genetic Basis of Cannabis
Dependence and its Correlation to Other Mental Disorders.”
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12:0013:30
hrs.
13:3015:00
hrs.
PANEL: FUTURE DRUG POLICIES
Hall: Frida Kahlo
Coordinator: Linda Nilsson. General Secretary. World Federation Against
Drugs. “Priorities of WFAD Members for the Future of Drug Policies.”
Jeffrey Zinsmeister. Executive Vice President and Director of Government
Relations. Smart Approaches to Marijuana. U.S. Embassy in Mexico. United
States.
Saul Takahashi. Deputy Head of Office. Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights.
Bertha K. Madras. Professor of Psychobiology. Harvard Medical School.
United States. “The Cannabis-Opioid Connection.”
Erik Leijonmarck. General Secretary. European Cities Action Network for
Drug-Free Societies. Sweden.
PANEL: YOUTH AND ADDICTION PREVENTION
Hall: Frida Kahlo
Coordinator: Carmen Fernandez Caceres. General-Director. Centros de
Integracion Juvenil. Mexico.
Hector Fernandez Varela Mejia. Director. Medical Services. National
Autonomous University of Mexico. Mexico. “Addiction Prevention Networks in
Student Communities.”
General Arthur T. Dean. Chairman and CEO. Community Anti-Drug
Coalitions of America. United States. “Youth and Addiction Prevention.”
Alejandra del Pilar Sandoval Salas. Deputy General-Director. Welfare and
Youth Services. Mexican Youth Institute. Mexico.
Jose Maria Lopez Landiribar. Director of the Psychology Department.
Anahuac University. Mexico. “Identification of Risk Factors for Drug Use:
Domestic Violence.”
Salvador Vega y Leon. Dean. Metropolitan Autonomous University. Mexico.
Juan Eulogio Guerra Liera. Dean. Autonomous University of Sinaloa.
Mexico.
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15:00 –
16:30
hrs.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Session 1
Coordinator:
RISK
AND
VULNERABILITY
FACTORS: FROM BIOLOGICAL TO
SOCIAL ASPECTS
Hall: Frida Kahlo
Alfredo Nateras Dominguez.
Research Professor. Metropolitan
Autonomous University. Mexico.
“On the Edge of Consumption:
Social Uses in the Mara
Salvatrucha (MS-13) and Barrio 18
Gang (B-18).”
Linda Bucay Harari. Research
Assistant. National Institute of
Psychiatry Ramon de la Fuente
Muñiz. México. “Temperament and
Character in Substance Abuse
Consumers.”
Martha
Romero
Mendoza.
Medical Sciences Researcher.
National Institute of Psychiatry
Ramon de la Fuente Muñiz.
Mexico.
“Substance
Abuse
Disorders: Are Women More
Vulnerable?”
Ricardo
Sanchez
Huesca,
Normative
Deputy
GeneralDirector. Centros de Integracion
Juvenil. Mexico. “An Approach to a
Vulnerable Population: Central
American
Undocumented
Immigrants.”
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Session 2
Coordinator:
THE CHALLENGE OF ADDICTION
PREVENTION
Hall: Diego Rivera
Sandra Ortiz Avila. Head of the
Community
Mobilization
Department.
Centros
de
Integracion
Juvenil.
Mexico.
“Virtual Promoters of Addiction
Prevention.”
Javier Cordova. President. The
Kantoriano Group, Drug Policy and
Education for the 21st Century.
United
States.
“Addiction
Prevention:
Challenges
and
Confrontations.”
Maribel
Mendoza
Rivera.
Specialized psychologist. Centros
de Integracion Juvenil. Mexico.
“Drug Use Prevention at an Early
Age.”
Bruno Diaz Negrete. Head of
Research. Centros de Integracion
Juvenil. Mexico.
Rafael Camacho Solis. GeneralDirector. Institute of Addiction
Assistance and Prevention in
Mexico City. Mexico. “The Value of
Trust in the Training of Teenagers.”
Session 3
Coordinator:
SUCCESSFUL PRACTICES IN
TREATMENT
Hall: David Alfaro Siqueiros
Laura Margarita Leon Leon.
Director
of
Treatment
and
Rehabilitation.
Centros
de
Integracion
Juvenil.
Mexico.
“Comprehensive Treatment for
Heroin Users, a Challenge.”
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Jean M. LaCour, President. NET
Institute Center for Addiction and
Recovery
Education.
United
States. “The Power of Social
Support in Clinical Addiction
Treatment.”
Raul Martin del Campo Sánchez.
General-Director of Attention and
Treatment. National Commission
Against
Addictions.
Mexico.
“Public Policies on Addiction
Treatment.”
Laura Soubran Ortega. Deputy
Director of Outpatients. Centros de
Integración Juvenil. Mexico.
Session 4
Coordinator:
COMMUNITY NETWORKS
Hall: Jose Clemente Orozco
Nora Frias Melgoza. GeneralDirector
of
Coordination,
Prevention
and
International
Cooperation. National Comission
Against Addictions. Mexico.
Beatriz Leon Parra. Chief of the
Department of Preventive Model
and Technologies. Centros de
Integracion
Juvenil.
Mexico.
“Citizen Participation: Community
Networks
Empowerment
and
Training
in
Drug
Abuse
Prevention.”
J. Eric Siervo. Vice President.
International
Programs.
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of
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America.
United
States.
“Community Networks.”
Arnulfo L’Gamiz Matuk. Director.
Anahuac University Institute of
Public Health. Mexico. “Social
Benefit Actions as a Means to
Anticipate
a
Public
Health
Addiction Problem.”
Nora Gallegos Vazquez. General
Coordinator. Community Coallition
Network. Mexico. “The Experience
of the Mexican Network of
Community Coalitions.”
Roberto Esteban Moro. Deputy
Secretary of Mental Health and
Addictions. Ministry of Health. La
Pampa, Argentina. “Drugs Public
Policy in La Pampa.”
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH POSTERS
Lobby
VOLUNTEERISM POSTERS
Lobby
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH
9:00 –
10:00
hrs.
PANEL: INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION
AND TREATMENT PROFESSIONALS (ISSUP)
Hall: Frida Kahlo
Coordinator: Brian A. Morales. Chief of the Criminal Justice Division.
Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), U.S.
Department of State. United States. “ISSUP and the Professionalization on
the Demand Reduction Field.”
Tay Bian How. Director. International Centre for Certification and Education
of Addiction Professional (ICCE). The Colombo Plan Secretariat.
“Professionalizing the Drug Demand Reduction Workforce.”
10:00 12:00
hrs.
PANEL: ADDICTION IMPACT ON HEALTH IN MEXICO
Hall: Frida Kahlo
Coordinator: Carmen Fernandez Caceres. General-Director. Centros de
Integracion Juvenil. Mexico.
Maria Elena Medina-Mora Icaza. General-Director and Member of the
National College. National Institute of Psychiatry Ramon de la Fuente Muñiz
Mexico. “Access to Palliative Care and Pain Control: the Contribution of
Addiction Specialists.”
Jorge Salas Hernandez. General-Director. National Institute of Respiratory
Diseases Ismael Cosio Villegas. Mexico. “The Harmful Effects of Addictions
in the Respiratory System.”
David Kershenobich Stalnikowitz. General-Director. National Institute of
Nutrition and Medical Sciences Salvador Zubiran. Mexico.
Antelmo Abelardo Meneses Garcia. General-Director. National Institute of
Cancer Research. Mexico.
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12:0014:00
hrs.
PANEL: CONTRIBUTIONS TO DRUG PUBLIC POLICIES ON ROAD TO
UNGASS 2016
Hall: Frida Kahlo
Coordinator: Alejandro Vassilaqui. Executive Director. Information and
Education Center to Prevent Drug Abuse. Peru. “Legalize Drugs and a
Universal Addiction Epidemic Will Continue.”
Sven-Olov Carlsson. International President. World Federation Against
Drugs. “A Comprehensive Drug Policy.”
Maria Eugenia Mata Chavarria. Head of Prevention Projects Unit. Costa
Rican Drug Institute. Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission,
Organization of American States. “Costa Rica Looking at UNGASS 2016:
The Country Position Regarding the New Challenges in Drug Public Policy.”
Linda Nilsson. Secretary General. World Federation Against Drugs.
Kevin Sabet. President and Director. Smart Approaches to Marijuana. United
States.
Carmen Fernandez Caceres. General-Director. Centros de Integracion
Juvenil. Mexico.
14:00 –
15:00
hrs.
CLOSING CEREMONY
Hall: Frida Kahlo
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