Methamphetamine Use and Treatment in Native American Communities in the Southwest Kamilla Venner, Ph.D. Michael Bogenschutz, M.D. Lead Investigators Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions (CASAA) University of New Mexico 2650 Yale Boulevard Southeast Albuquerque, NM 87106 kamilla@unm.edu mbogenschutz@salud.unm.edu

The first area of research emphasis in the NIDA Strategic Plan on Reducing Health Disparities (2004 Revision) is the epidemiology of drug abuse, health consequences and infectious diseases among minority populations. Because there are limited data available on methamphetamine use in American Indian communities, exploratory and pilot studies will be conducted as part of CTN protocol CTN-0033 to develop collaborations with tribes and Native American treatment programs and to explore the epidemiology of methamphetamine use and co-occurring problems and disorders in diverse Native American communities.

Protocol CTN-0033b will conduct exploratory and preliminary studies to develop collaborations with tribes and Native American treatment programs in the Southwest and explore the epidemiology of methamphetamine use and co-occuring problems and disorders in Native American communities in the Southwest.

(Description based on NIDA Director's Report to the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse - February 2008.)

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