TASK FORCE TO STUDY INCREASING THE AVAILABILITY OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS

Appointed by Governor: Shirley B. Baskerville; Judith L. Boyer-Patrick, M.D.; Thomas W. Davis; Anne Boland Docimo, M.D.; Chief John S. Farrell; Margaret A. Kuta; Peter F. Luongo, Ph.D.; Brian V. Lynch; David A. MacLeod; Jacob I. Melamed, Ph.D.; Charles R. Messmer; Ruth A. Phillips; Carolyn A. Quattrocki, Esq.; Morton I. Rapoport, M.D.; Henry J. Richards, Ph.D.; Kenneth H. Rumsey; Frank Satterfield; April A. Sharp; Gloria J. Valentine.

Appointed by Senate President: Joan Carter Conway; Robert R. Neall.

Appointed by House Speaker: Pauline H. Menes; Dan K. Morhaim.

Jennifer D. Collier, Executive Director

c/o Center for Substance Abuse Research
4321 Hartwick Road, Suite 501, College Park, MD 20740
(301) 403-4391
e-mail: jcollier@dhmh.state.md.us

In December 1998, the Task Force to Study Increasing the Availability of Substance Abuse Programs was initiated (Chapter 778, Acts of 1998). The Task Force was to devise a strategy for increasing the funding and availability of substance abuse programs in Maryland. To that end, the Task Force examined the extent of substance abuse in the State and the number of existing programs for treatment; collected data to determine the correlation between substance abuse and the commission of crimes; and determined to what extent programs are accessible to drug addicts and alcoholics who seek treatment (Code 1957, Art. 41, sec. 18-316).

The Task Force submitted an interim report on December 7, 1999. Its final report was issued on February 6, 2001, and titled, "Drug Treatment Task Force Final Report - Blueprint for Change: Expanding Access to and Increasing the Effectiveness of Maryland's Drug and Alcohol Treatment System.".

AVAILABLILITY COMMITTEE
Judith L. Boyer-Patrick, M.D., Chair
Stephen P. Amos; Diane Banchiere; Peter L. Beilenson, M.D.; Wayne Brewster McCarthy; Brandy Britton, Ph.D.; Ann Ciekot; Joan Carter Conway; Paula Crippen; Thomas W. Davis, Jr.; Shane Dennis; Anne Boland Docimo, M.D.; Lorraine Doo; Adelaide C. Eckardt; Robert C. Embry, Jr.; Ann Failing; Paul Gentile; Elaine Gisriel; Carmela Gobbo; Stephen B. Goldklang; James Graham; Jane Harrison; Harold S. Imber; Kathryn G. King; Robert Kupier; David A. MacLeod; Betty Malkus; Ya'qub McAteer; Robert Mekelburg; Jacob I. Melamed, Ph.D.; Robert R. Neall; Carolyn A. Quattrocki, Esq.; Kathleen Rebbert-Franklin; Kenneth H. Rumsey; Frank Satterfield; Robert Schwartz, M.D.; Steven Shapiro; April A. Sharp; Patricia Davis Spann; Fereidoon Taghizadeh, Ph.D.; Pegeen Townsend; Gloria J. Valentine; Robert K. White; Floyd Wilson; Eric D. Wish.

EFFECTIVENESS COMMITTEE
Peter F. Luongo, Ph.D., Co-Chair
Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, Co-Chair
Andrea Amprey; Amelia Arria, Ph.D.; Shirley B. Baskerville; Jay O. Casey; Rosemary Catalana; Bonnie Cypull; Thomas Dolan; John S. Farrell; Stephen B. Goldklang; David Goldman; Kenneth Hall; David Hoffberger; Margaret A. Kuta; Brian V. Lynch; David McDuff, M.D.; Pauline H. Menes; Charles R. Messmer; Edward T. Norris; Ruth A. Phillips; Loretta Richardson; Joan Roache; Robert Schwartz, M.D.; Salima Siler Marriott; Carl Soderstrom, M.D.; Patricia Stabile; Suzan Swanton; Faye S. Taxman, Ph.D.; Shawn Thomas; Valerie Wethered.

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