CPDD 78th Annual Scientific Meeting Program

WORKSHOPS
Monday, June 13
VII.
Introducing the National Drug Early Warning System (NDEWS)
Chairs: Eric D. Wish and Moira O’Brien
In 2014, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) funded the Center for Substance
Abuse Research (CESAR) at the University of Maryland, College Park, to serve as the
Coordinating Center for its new National Drug Early Warning System (NDEWS). NDEWS
builds on the infrastructure of a successful earlier NIDA project, the Community
Epidemiology Workgroup (CEWG). NDEWS supports the cross-disciplinary collection
and exchange of information on the availability of drugs, consumption of drugs, and
consequences of drug use. NDEWS-coordinated activities include early detection and
communication by the NDEWS virtual network, social media scans, and a partnership
with the American Association of Poison Control Centers. NDEWS also monitors
emerging local drug trends in 12 Sentinel Community Sites (SCS) and through targeted
Hot Spot Studies. This workshop will present the methods and findings generated by
NDEWS during its first two years. The presenters will 1) introduce NDEWS and review
its components; 2) highlight NDEWS advancements; 3) discuss emerging drug use
patterns and trends in the SCSs; 4) highlight emerging drug use trends and patterns in
San Francisco (a SCS); 5) review the results of recent ethnographic interviews
conducted as part of a Hot Spot study on the use of synthetic cannabinoids; and 6)
describe new techniques for scanning and interpreting drug-related tweets.
VIII.
A gender lens to addressing adolescent substance use disorders and
trauma with systems level approach / SASATE Business Meeting
Chairs: Michael Dennis and Sally Stevens
Adolescents who have experienced trauma report more substance use, criminal
activity, homelessness, and mental and physical health challenges. These youth are in
need of trauma-informed integrated services — including girls and lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender (LGBT) youth. The effectiveness of treatment can be improved if
services incorporate a systems-integration approach specifically tailored to these highrisk
groups. The specific aims of the workshop are to (1) provide an overview of
adolescent substance use disorders and trauma by sex and gender identity; and (2)
present outcome data on the effectiveness of systems-integrated, trauma informed,
gender- and LGBT-targeted interventions for substance-involved adolescents who
present with histories of trauma. Reports will include information on substance use
disorders and trauma symptoms in national data from adolescents entering substance
abuse treatment by sex and sexual identity; substance use, trauma, sexual behaviors,
and outcomes of a trauma-informed and systems-integrated intervention effective in
reducing substance use, trauma symptoms, and risky sexual behaviors among
adolescent girls; trauma-responsive system of care for LGBT youth and how this
system of care improved outcomes with regard to substance use, mental health and
homelessness for this population; a clustered randomized pilot trial that reached
female adolescent dropouts who use drugs in a South African study and have been
traumatized and live in violent poor townships, their response to a pilot study and the
government response.