Abstract: This item contains the abstracts of the presentations given at the 1^st annual National Conference on Substance Abuse, held at the Amari Watergate Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, from 25-27 September 2002. The conference was supported by the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) and the Narcotics Affairs Section, Embassy of the United States.

The objectives of the conference were to present (1) a new national assessment of the substance abuse situation and the evidence-based macro and micro areas scenario and situation in some specific population in Thailand; (2) the current interventions outcomes at the district level in provincial areas; (3) Thailand in the context of the regional and global scene; and (4) to present the outlook of research and interventions in the future.

Below is a list of abstract titles contained in the document. All the abstracts are one to two pages in length, and include the author’s name and affiliation.

· The status of production and trafficking illicit drugs in Thailand

· Status of demand of illicit drugs in Thailand

· Youth and drug abuse: A knowledge synthesis from selected research

· Drug problems among hill tribal Thais

· Research and related information about substance abuses in marginal people: The studies of mobile groups, fishery workers and truck drivers

· Rural Isaan: Culture and substance abuse in case of Yaba

· Estimation of population related with substance abuse project: Methodology

· Estimation of population related with substance abuse project: Northern region

· Estimation of population related with substance abuse project: Northeastern region

· Estimation of population related with substance abuse project: Central region

· Estimation of population related with substance abuse project: Southern region

· Estimation of population related with substance abuse project: Bangkok and adjacent provinces

· Monitoring the future research of Thai youth quality: A nationwide survey of full-time students (from P6 students up to university students) in all education al settings in Thailand

· Estimation of population: Results from drug abuse survey research

· Critical thinking on survey research and polling in Thailand

· A qualitative study of the behavioral aspects of substance abuse

· A comprehensive training program for Thai drug counselors

· Community participation in drug problem solving

· Evaluation of the national coalition programme for substance abuse control and prevention: A district-based case study

· Current drug situation in Europe, trends and demand reduction response

· Japan’s situation on methamphetamine abuse including HIV and HCV infection

· Current trends in substance misuse approaches to intervention in Australia

· Functional use of ATS and related problems among high-risk occupational groups in China, Nigeria, Philippines and Thailand

· The pharmacotherapy of opioid dependence in South-East Asia and Western pacific region

· In search of promising practices: A cross-cultural study of therapeutic communities in nine countries

· United States substance abuse treatment in 2002: Priorities and possibilities

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Type of Document: Abstract of Presentations at Conference

Title: 1^ST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE, 25-27 September 2002: ABSTRACTS

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Corporate Authors: Committee of Consultants on Substance Abuse, Office of the Narcotics Control Board, and Assumption University, Chang Mai University, Chulalongkorn University. Khon Kaen University, Prince of Songkla University

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Date of Publication: 2002

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Availability: For more information, please contact the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB), Din Daeng Road, Phyatai district Bangkok 10400, Thailand; Phone: (66 2) 245 9073; Fax: (66 2) 247 0901; http://www.oncb.go.th.