Western governors, drug policy experts and Administration officials met in Boise, Idaho, June 5-6, 2001, for a Drug Policy Summit to raise awareness of the region's drug and alcohol abuse problems and discuss effective solutions. For more information about the meeting, please refer to the materials below.

Drug Summit Agenda

Speakers’ Biographies

Directory of Registrants

Power Point Presentations:

Plenary I – "Effective Drug Strategies: Learning from Experience"

Peter Hart, Peter Hart Research

Plenary II – "Innovations in the Courts and Criminal Justice System"

Gloria Danziger, American Bar Association

Adelle Harrell, Law and Behavior Program, Urban Institute

Ed Jurith, Acting Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy

John Varin, Idaho Attendance Court Judge

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Data – Assessment & Accountability – Scientifically-Based Research

Ken Stark, Director, Washington Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse

Kevin Mulvey, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

Faith-Based Initiatives

State Sentencing and Corrections Reform

Thomas Ross, Executive Director of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation

Methamphetamine

Plenary III – "Drug and Alcohol Treatment in Managed Healthcare"

Dr. Dwayne Simpson, Institute of Behavioral Research, Texas Christian University

Gwen Grams, Oregon Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Chip Silverman, Former Vice President of Government Relations and Addictions Programs Magellan Health Services, Inc.

Plenary IV – "Effective Prevention: Programs that Keep People from Trying Drugs"

General Arthur Dean, Anti-Drugs Coalition of America