January 2008 Events

Tues Jan 8 NIDA TPRC Planning Retreat

8 am-2 pm, University Club, Hall of Fame Room

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Wed Jan 9NIDA Executive Committee Meeting

10:30 am-Noon, Rubenstein Hall, Room 207

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Wed Jan 9Science to Service Speaker Series:
Does Money Prevent Substance Abuse? A Longitudinal Investigation
Jane Costello

12-1:30 pm, Sanford Institute, Rhodes Conference Rm

A longitudinal community study (the Great Smoky Mountains Study) has been following a representative sample of American Indian and Anglo children since 1993. In 1996 a casino opened on the Indian reservation, and since then every tribal member has received a bi-annual income supplement amounting to around $6000. Analyses after four years of the supplement showed a marked reduction in behavioral symptoms in Indian youth whose families were moved out of poverty by the supplement.
In the analyses to be presented, the impact of exposure to a family income supplement by age 21 on drug use and abuse in early adulthood will be examined. Findings demonstrate a dose-response effect of length of exposure to the income supplement while the youth remained in the family home, but a different effect once the youth took over as recipients of their own income supplement after they left school. Implications will be discussed for using income supplementation as a preventive strategy.

Jane Costello is a professor of medical psychology in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University Medical Center.

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Wed Jan 16

Public Policy Staff Meeting

8:30 am, Rubenstein Hall, Room 153
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Thurs Jan 17

Parent Behavior and Child Adjustment Across Cultures

8 am-4 pm, Rubenstein Hall, Room 242

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Fri Jan 18

Parent Behavior and Child Adjustment Across Cultures

8 am-4 pm, Rubenstein Hall, Room 242

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Mon Jan 21

Policy Team Meeting

10 am, Rubenstein Hall, 287
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Tues Jan 29

CCFP Administrative Committee Meeting

1:30-3 pm, Rubenstein Hall, Room 207