This may be of interest to some list members. I know it's late but I can only pass this stuff along when people send it to me. I understand they are still accepting abstracts:
7TH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE
ON
DRUGS AND SOCIETY IN AFRICA
Announcement & Call for Participation
The African Centre for Research and Information on Substance Abuse (CRISA), a leading non-profit organization devoted to research on psychoactive substances and the prevention of substance related problems in Africa, announces the seventh in its series of biennial scientific international conferences. Researchers, health care professionals, policymakers, other experts and students interested in all issues related to alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs are invited to participate in the conference.
Conference Theme:
Responding to Alcohol and Drug Problems: A Focus on Effective Policies and Interventions
26 - 28 July 2006, Chelsea Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria
Sub-themes include:
? Social, cultural and historical aspects of substance abuse
? Alcohol marketing, youth and social welfare
? Patterns of alcohol and other drug use
? Alcohol and drug use among youth, women, special populations
? Health and social consequences
? Alcohol, drugs and HIV/AIDS
? Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of alcohol and drug policies
? Prevention and treatment of licit and illicit drug problems
? Community responses to alcohol and drugs
? Drugs trafficking: Law enforcement and correctional services responses
? Drugs, the media and drug control
Papers that address other aspects of any psychoactive substance use will be accepted for presentation. Preference will be given to papers based on original research or comprehensive reviews of the literature.
Papers accepted for presentation will be published in Perspectives on Drugs and Society, Volume 2 (CRISA Monograph Series) after the conference. Authors are also encouraged to submit their papers for publication in the African Journal of Drug and Alcohol Studies.
Special Events
v Presentation of special issue of the African Journal of Drug and Alcohol Studies on "Alcohol and alcohol policy in Africa"
v Research, writing and publication workshop
Conference Registration
The conference fee is N6000 ($50 for international participants, and N2000 for students). This covers conference materials, snacks, and participation in all conference activities.
Submission Deadlines
Abstracts: 30 May 2006 Full Papers: 7 July 2006
Abstracts should be limited to 150 words. Priority will be given to papers based on empirical research (especially those that test for relationships between substance use and health or social consequences), social and policy analysis. These papers will be selected for publication in Perspectives on Drugs and Society (CRISA Monograph Series) after the conference. Authors may also elect to submit their papers for publication in the African Journal of Drug and Alcohol Studies.
Abstracts can be submitted by e-mail or in hard copy, and full papers on floppy disk with three hard copies to the address shown below.
For further information about pre-registration, travel and hotel accommodation, etc., please contact:
Dr Andrew Zamani
Chairperson, Local Organizing Committee
CRISA Conference Secretariat
4 Ontario Crescent, Off Mississippi Street,
Maitama, Abuja, Nigeria
Phone: 234-805-9581-331
E-mail: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]
www.crisanet.org
Rowdy Yates
Senior Research Fellow
Scottish Addiction Studies
Department of Applied Social Science
University of Stirling
E: [log in to unmask]
T: 01786 - 467737
W: http://www.dass.stir.ac.uk/sections/scot-ad/
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