WV's 17th Annual Statewide Substance Abuse Prevention Conference
November 17 & 18, 2009 - Charleston Civic Center
Workshops / Networking / Keynotes / Exhibits

"Bringing Home The Governor's Plan To Address Substance Abuse"

Keynote Speakers / General Session Information

Tuesday, November 17 Welcome/Opening

Kimberly Walsh, Deputy Commissioner of Programs
WV Department of Health & Human Resourcess: Bureau for Behavioral Health & Health Facilities
VIDEO

Chris Gould, Senator Robert C. Byrd's Office
VIDEO

Tuesday, November 17 Keynote Address

Prevention As Community Development


Francis M. Harding, Director (Biography)
U.S. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

Tuesday, November 17 General Session

Regional Cafe

Wendesday, November 18 General Session

Prescription Drug Abuse


James H. Berry, D.O.
WVU Hospitals - Chestnut Ridge

WV Prescription Drug Abuse Quitline
WV Prescription Drug Abuse Quitline

Wendesday Nov 18 Luncheon Speaker

"What could a sophisticated, cultured, refined, and cosmopolitan eastern state like West Virginia possibly learn from a backwoods, hayseed, hick, and country bumpkin western state like Wyoming?"


Rodney A. Wambeam, Ph.D. (Biography)
Manager, Center for Justice Research
Senior Research Scientist, Wyoming Survey & Analysis Center
Adjunct Professor, Univ. of Wyoming Dept. of Political Science
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If you have additional questions about the conference, please contact Conference Coordinator Jo Beyer.
Share the Vision is coordinated by the WV Prevention Resource Center with federal Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant funds administered through the WV DHHR's Bureau for Behavioral Health & Health Facilities. Additional support for Share The Vision 2009 is being provided by the WV Prescription Drug Abuse Quitline.