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Our Native Methamphetamine Crisis ATNI Winter Conference

The American Indian/Alaska Native National Resource Center for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services. Our Native Methamphetamine Crisis ATNI Winter Conference. Dale Walker, MD Patricia Silk Walker, PhD Michelle Singer Methamphetamine Conference

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Our Native Methamphetamine Crisis ATNI Winter Conference

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  1. The American Indian/Alaska Native National Resource Center for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Our Native Methamphetamine Crisis ATNI Winter Conference Dale Walker, MD Patricia Silk Walker, PhD Michelle Singer Methamphetamine Conference Portland, Oregon. February 13, 2007

  2. Native Communities Advisory Council / Steering Committee One Sky Center

  3. One Sky Center Partners Tribal Colleges and Universities Cook Inlet Tribal Council Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Prairielands ATTC Red Road Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board One Sky Center Harvard Native Health Program United American Indian Involvement Jack Brown Adolescent Treatment Center National Indian Youth Leadership Project Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research Na'nizhoozhi Center

  4. One Sky Center Outreach

  5. Methamphetamine: Epidemiology

  6. Oregon Methamphetamine Admissions

  7. OHSU Substance Abuse Clinic Enrollees

  8. National Methamphetamine Initiative Survey Mark Evans Tactical Intelligence Supervisor New Mexico Investigative Support Center 4-12-2006

  9. IHS-Wide Outpatient Encounters for Amphetamine Related Visit by Calendar Year

  10. Why is Methamphetamine so Devastating? • Cheap, readily available • Stimulates, gives intense pleasure • Damages the user’s brain • Paranoid, delusional thoughts • Depression when stop using • Craving overwhelmingly powerful • Brain healing takes up to 2 years • We are not familiar with treating it

  11. Methamphetamine, Why Now? • The Internet • Diffused local production, less reliance on imports • Multi-drug use – no one uses only crystal • National outbreak • Varied sub-populations • More smoking • Strong association with HIV, hepatitis C • Community level responses to AIDS deaths, 9/11, war • National discussion

  12. PreventionPrograms Should . . . . Target all Forms of Drug Use . . .and be Culturally Sensitive

  13. Treatment Outcomes Myth Clients addicted to Methamphetamine have poorer treatment outcomes Reality Data show that methamphetamine treatment outcomes are not very different than those for other addictive drugs

  14. Contact us at 503-494-3703 E-mail Dale Walker, MD onesky@ohsu.edu Or visit our website: www.oneskycenter.org

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