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    AGENDA
    Public Hearing on Alcohol & Drug Abuse Treatment
    Thursday, September 26, 2002
    State Capitol, Room 113
    Sacramento

    Public Hearing:  9 a.m.

    Panel -- State Drug Control Policy
     

    1. Patrick Lunney, Director, Division of Law Enforcement, California Department of Justice; G. J. "Joe" Doane, Deputy Director, Division of Law Enforcement, California Department of Justice
    2. Allen Sawyer, Interim Executive Director, Office of Criminal Justice Planning
    3. Captain Bill Kelly, Narcotics Investigation Division, Sacramento County Sheriff's Department


    Panel -- Drug Control Policy Critique
     

    1. Martin Y. Iguchi, Ph.D., Director, Drug Policy Research Center, RAND
    2. Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, Ph.D., Economist, Drug Policy Research Center, RAND
    3. James P. Gray, Superior Court Judge, Orange County, California
    4. Joseph D. McNamara, Ph.D., Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University


    Panel -- Expanding Treatment with Existing Resources and Opportunities
     

    1. Victor A. Capoccia, Ph.D., Senior Program Officer, Substance Abuse Policy Research Program, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
    2. Melody M. Heaps, President and Founder, Illinois Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities

      3.  
    Panel -- Should Alcohol Taxes by Increased to Support Treatment
     
    1. James F. Mosher, J.D., Senior Program Director,  Division of Legal Policy Analysis, Pacific Institute  for Research and Evaluation;  Additional Testimony Submitted -- Costs of Underage Drinking and Drinking in America
    2. Andrew McGuire, Executive Director, the Trauma Foundation
    3. Michael Falasco, Legislative Liaison, The Wine Institute

      4.  
    Additional Testimony
               Dane Starling, Vice President, Government Affairs, Western Region, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
     

    Business Meeting Agenda
    (The Commission will consider agenda items I-V at approximately noon.  The precise time will vary depending upon the testimony of witnesses and will be determined at the discretion of the chair.)


     
    1. Business Meeting Minutes from August 22, 2002
    2. Project Schedule/Selection
    3. Subcommittee Reports
    4. Implementation Activity
    5. Reports from Bureau of State Audits