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8^th Biennial International Conference

 on

Drugs and Society in Africa

Chelsea Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria

23-25 July 2008

 PROGRAMME

 Tuesday, 22 July 2008
Arrival

WEDNESDAY, 23 JULY 2008

8 am-5 pm:      Registration
9 am:               Opening session              

Introductions (Prof. Isidore S. Obot)

Opening remarks by Chairperson (Ahmadu Giade, Chairman/Chief Executive, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency)

Welcome by CRISA Director (Prof. Isidore Obot)

Greetings/Addresses by Invited Guests

(1) Dr Peter Eriki, Country Representative, Nigeria

                                    Award Ceremony

                                    (2) Representative of Commandant, Nigerian Defense College          

10.30 am:        Break

11 am:                         Invited presentation  

Hope Obianwu: Cannabis (Indian hemp) in Nigeria: history, psychopathology and recent research

11.30 am         Special Populations

1. Ebiti N. William: Prevalence of substance use in a Nigerian prison and it’s determinants

2. Ochinya, O. Ojiji, Kudirat, B. Sanni, Abayomi, A. Okediji, Monday U. Nnamani, & Okokon, O. Umoh: The influence of psychoactive substance intake and gender on crime committed among prisoners

3. Daboer, J. C., Chingle, M.P. &   Ashikeni, M. A: Prevalence of substance abuse amongst commercial motorcyclists in Jos, Nigeria

4. Habakuk Aboki: Youth and drugs in Karu abattoir: Economic perspective

5. Audu M. D., Tesfaye M., Gurmu S., Mela M: Lifetime prevalence of substance abuse and mental distress among homicide offenders in Jimma Prison, Ethiopia

1pm:                LUNCH

 2 pm:               Young People and Drugs 

1. Nnodu O.E., & Jamda M.A.: Assessment of cigarette smoking pattern and sources of negative influences that drive it among students of the University of Abuja, Nigeria 

2. Ogba Kalu T. U. & M. B. Nwoke: Young people and nicotine 

3. Vasco Abudu: Young people and drugs 

4. James T. Gire: Alcohol and tobacco use in central Nigeria: examining the gateway drug use hypothesis 

5. Onyilo Benedict Oyifioda: Causes and effect of drug abuse among youths in secondary schools in Benue South senatorial zone 

6. Ayodele Durodola: Secondary school students’  knowledge, perceptions and exposure to alcohol advertisement in the mass-media in Ibadan North Local Government, Nigeria 

 3.30 pm:          Alcohol Policy                       

1. David H. Jernigan: The extent of global alcohol marketing and its impact on youth.
 

2. David Ndetei & Mary Kuria: Alcohol policy in East Africa 

                        3. Rogers Kasirye: Alcohol policy in Uganda 

4. Louis Gliksman, Margaret Rylett & Ronald R. Douglas: Alcohol policy development with Ontario municipalities: a community action demonstration 

5. Alcohol policy in Nigeria 

6. Derek Rutherford: Global Alcohol Policy Alliance (GAPA) 

7. Louis Gliksman & Margaret Rylett: The global information system on alcohol and health (GISAH) 

 5 pm:               End of Day One

THURSDAY, 24 JULY 2008

 9 am–1 pm: ALCOHOL POLICY WORKSHOP

 WORKSHOP FACULTY

Tom Babor, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA

Kerstin Stenius, STAKES, Helsinki, Finland

David Jernigan, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD

Louis Gliksman, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, London, Ontario, Canada

Isidore S. Obot, CRISA, Inc. & University of Uyo, Nigeria

David Ndetei, University of Nairobi, Kenya

Derek Rutherford, Global Alcohol Policy Alliance, London, UK

WORKSHOP AGENDA 

Overview of Alcohol Policy (Tom Babor) 

The global information system on alcohol and health (GISAH) (Marg Rylett) 

Global Alcohol Epidemiology (Louis Gliksman) 

Alcohol Marketing and Promotion (David Jernigan) 

The Policy Arena (Isidore Obot) 

Evidence-based Policy Options (Tom Babor) 

BREAK 

Alcohol Policy and the Industry (Kerstin Stenius) 

Exercise and Report Back 

Wrap up  

 1 pm:               LUNCH

 2 pm:   Causes and Consequences of Drug Use 

1. Vasco Abudu: Young people and drugs 

2. Nwoke, Mary Basil: The effect of teratogens on the health of developing human beings 

3. Thank-God Okosun: Gender issues and relationship to HIV/AIDS risk among female undergraduates in University of Abuja 

4. Olisah VO, Adekeye O, Sheikh TL, Yusuf AJ: Alcohol-related problems and high risk sexual behaviour in patients with HIV/AIDS attending medical clinic in Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria 

5. Stella Idorenyin Etim & Iboro F. A. Otu: Psychological correlates of substance abuse in non- psychiatric and psychiatric populations 

6. Uche Okonkwo: Drinking in Lagos 

7. Sadiq Abubakar Suleiman: Goskolo: The devastating drink on the Plateau

3.30 pm: Interventions

2. Adekeye B.O, Sheikh T.L: Self efficacy and religiousity: determinants of CBT treatment outcome in substance use disorders 

3. Akan Ibanga, Alex Copello, Lorna Templeton, Jim Orford, & Richard Velleman: Early experience with a web-based intervention with family members of alcohol or drug misusing relatives

 4. Clement S. Deveau: HIV prevention among drug and alcohol users, models of interventions in Kenya 

4. Chia Francis: Influence of drug abuse and treatment on the criminal behaviour of young offenders in Nigerian corrections facilities 

5. Joshua Gandi: The effect of medications in the rehabilitation of persons with substance induced psychiatric disorders 

6. Tor Iorapuu: Talking drugs, young people and social development in Plateau State: the

transformative theatre approach  

7. Richard Pates: Why a harm reduction approach to substance misuse is important

5 pm: General session

7 pm: Closing Reception

FRIDAY, 25 JULY 2008

9 am – 1 pm:  WRITING AND PUBLISHING WORKSHOP

Workshop Faculty

Tom Babor, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Addiction (USA)

Richard Pates, Editor, Journal of Substance Abuse (UK)

James Gire, Editor, Virginia Journal of Social Science (USA)

Kerstin Stenius, Editor, Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (Finland)

Isidore S. Obot, Editor-in-Chief, African Journal of Drug and Alcohol Studies (Nigeria)

Workshop Agenda

9 am:               Welcome and introductions (Isidore Obot)

9.15:                How to choose a journal (Richard Pates) 

                        Lecture and discussion

9.45:                Assigning authorship (Kerstin Stenius)

                        Lecture and discussion

10.15:              Ethical Issues (Tom Babor)

                        Lecture and discussion

11:                   Break

11.15:              Good citation practices (James Gire)

                        Lecture and discussion

11.45:              How to write a paper using qualitative data

                        Kerstin Stenius

12.15:              Science and industry: Ethical issues in relationship with funding agencies

                        Tom Babor

12.45:              Editors’ Roundtable: Responding to reviewers’ comments; dealing with journal editors; etc.

                        Tom Babor, Kerstin Stenius, James Gire, Richard Pates, Isidore Obot

1.15:                Wrap up and closing