Spotlight on GHB
The 2007 International GHB & Chemical Drug Conference
Arlington (Dallas area) Texas, USA
At the Wyndham Arlington*
March 23-25, 2007

*Update:  Hotel reservations should be make by Feb 21st to assure conference rate.

CONFERENCE AGENDA ITEMS DEVELOPING
The March Conference agenda is shaping up. Hurry up and register now. Be sure to make hotel arrangements as soon as possible and tell them you are with Project GHB (or use their special link on our website conference page.

IMPORTANT NOTE: We are working on CEUs for some of the various professions of our attendees. With such an array of state and professions represented, it is somewhat difficult to accomplish this for everyone. Attendees should let us know exactly what is needed for them to get credit for this training and we will work with you on that. Some are able to “self report” and thus will be able to do necessary paperwork after the conference.

Registration
$190 - for registrations made before February 15, 2007.
$220 for registrations made after February 15, 2007 and at the door.
Single Day Attendance -- $80 per day, regardless of date registered.
Click here for form

Click here to start the registration process online with the Wyndham Hotel in Arlington.*

Register online or print form and mail form & check (payable to Project GHB) or purchase order to:
Project GHB Conference
Ste 101 – PMB 434
2753 E. Broadway
Mesa, Arizona 85204
Or pay with paypal!  Just click the link below!

Exhibitors—Corporate—Due by February 1, 2007
Those whose products or services relate to the above issues, especially regarding testing, treatment, community response are encouraged to sign up. This is a great opportunity to reach clientele needing your services.
Print form: DOC or PDF
For more information, contact TPorrata@earthlink.net 
Form may be printed/mailed w/check to Project GHB at below address

Exhibitors will include (partial list): Purdue Pharma (silver sponsorship), MedTox, DEA Victims Assistance Program, IACP’s DITEP program, Cookie Lee jewelry, Voice of the Victims, DAMMAD, Law Tech Publishing, RAINN, Michael’s Message. Others pending.

Exhibitors—Non-profit—Due by February 1, 2007
Non-profit organizations providing services related to GHB and other current drug issues are encourage to join the conference as an exhibitor.
Print form: DOC or PDF
For more information, contact TPorrata@earthlink.net
Form may be printed/mailed w/check to Project GHB at below address

All correspondence should go to:
Project GHB Conference
Ste 101 – PMB 434
2753 E. Broadway
Mesa, Arizona 85204

Phone 480-219-1180
Fax 801-382-4472
 

2006 GHB Conference Committee Members

• Trinka Porrata, Project GHB President, Arizona, Equus555@att.net

• John Lyons, SFST/DRE  & Investigator, County Attorney's Office, Johnson County, Texas, john@johnsoncountytx.org 

• James Brown, DEA Dallas, Demand Reduction Coordinator

• Dr. Karen Miotto, UCLA, School of Medicine, California

• Dan Anderson, Los Angeles Coroner’s Office toxicologist

• Michael Gibson, Professor, Pediatrics and Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

• Louise Logue, Ottawa Police Service, Canada

• Marc LeBeau, FBI Crime Lab, Washington, D.C.

• Pascal Kintz, President, The International Assn. of Forensic Toxicologists, France

• Marc Gonzales, President, California NADDI, Pharm D, California

• Jo Ellen Dyer, California Poison Control System, Pharm D

• Deborah Zvosec, PhD, Minnesota Medical Research Foundation
   

RAFFLE ITEMS—DALLAS

Our top prize for the 2007 Conference is a vacation voucher for four days and three nights donated by Silverleaf Resorts, Inc.  The voucher is valid for any of the Silverleaf Resorts which are located in Branson, Missouri; Holly Lake Ranch, Texas; Flint, Texas; Kimberling City, Missouri; Galveston, Texas; Conroe, Texas; Canyon Lake, Texas; South Lee, Massachussetts, Sheridan, Illinois; DeSoto, Missouri; Davenport, Florida; Frasier, Colorado; and Clarkesville, Georgia.  Winner is responsible for travel arrangements.  The certificate is valid for 12 months after date of award.  The various resorts feature a range of activities from spas, skiing, golf, horseback riding, swimming, tennis, fishing, canoeing, marina, kayaking, and miniature golf.  See www.silverleafresorts.com for further information.  Our thanks to Silverleaf Resorts!!!!

The AlcoHAWK Pro breath alcohol handheld screening device, with zipper case, wrist strap and 50 mouthpieces, from KHN Solutions LLC, San Francisco.  This model is used by professional organizations for employee screening, emergency room care, and roadside testing as well as for personal use (to test oneself or others before leaving a party, for example). The semiconductor sensor accuracy is ±0.01%BAC at 0.10% BAC and is DOT / NHTSA approved as an alcohol screening device.  For more information, see www.breathalyzer.net.   Our thanks to Breathalyzer.net for this very great item.

Original artwork by “Original Designs by Amie Stewart,” designed specifically for our conference.

RAFFLE ITEMS FOR MARCH CONFERENCE

Project GHB is seeking donations of raffle items for fundraising at our March 23-25 conference. It can be artwork, sports or movie memorabilia, gift cards for restaurants or services, gift baskets, etc. Small items may be sent ahead to Project GHB, Suite 101 -- PMB 434, 2753 E. Broadway, Mesa, Az, 85204 or may be brought to the conference (but please give me an idea ahead of time what you are bringing by email to Equus555@att.net ).

Last conference a special mug from LAPD Chief Daryl Gates' retirement party was a big hit in the raffle. This year I found not only one more mug, but also the original party ticket and the T-shirt for the event (new). It's a very unique opportunity.

Project GHB is a nonprofit and relies on your donations to help make a difference in reaching out to prevent drug abuse, improve treatment, provide education, etc. Please consider a donation! Donations of stamps, gift cards to office supply stores (Staples, Office Depot, Office Max, Best Buy) or airfare gift cards (I know American has them) would also be a great help toward our printing and postage and airfare (for speakers) needs for the conference. Your help is greatly appreciated.

• LAPD throw, “To Protect & Serve.”

• LAPD polo shirt, logo glass and shot glass

• Gevalia 8-cup coffee maker

• Portable Curtis DVD Player, 7 inch

• 5.5” Black and White Portable TV with AM/FM Radio

• Sylvania DVD Player with 4 Head VCR

• GPX Under-cabinet CD Radio, AM/FM Stereo/Weatherband Radio with Digital Clock

• GPX DVD Player with remote Control

• Duffle bags (various sizes) of sports items & Project GHB materials.

• Duffle bags (various sizes) of computer-oriented items & Project GHB materials.

• Plus other items.

Conference speakers include (partial list only):

• Trinka Porrata, Project GHB President, opening statement and introductions

• DEA Dallas Senior Agent in Charge, James L. Capra, opening statement

• Gary Shimabukuro—President, Laulima Hawaii, “Crystal Methamphetamine (ICE): The Violent Reality.”

• Diana Faugno, Forensic Nurse Consultant, Board Director EVAW International, and Sharon Walker, forensic nurse, on drug-facilitated sexual assault

• Laura A Sabien, a single parent of three daughters, who has been self-employed as a housekeeper for over 20 years—“On March 19, 2001, a guy I cleaned for drugged my beverage and sexually assaulted me. I somehow drove home, though I have no memory of that event. I was 40; he was 27. He currently resides in the Utah State Prison. I was recently awarded a civil judgment against him as compensation for his criminal behavior. This is my story."

GHB, GBL, 1, 4-BD and Research Update Segment

Organizers:
Timothy Maher (USA) and Syed Ali (USA)

Introduction/Overview…………………..

• Timothy Maher/Syed Ali
  Single and multiple injections of GBH produce neurobehavioral and
  neurochemical changes in a rodent model.

• Syed Ali. Neurochemistry Laboratory, Division of Neurotoxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research/FDA, Jefferson, AR, USA.
  GHB affects learning and memory.

• Ratna Sircar, Neurobehavioral Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, NY, USA.
  New Discovery and GHB Receptor Pharmacology.

• Maharaj Ticku, Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
  GHB and 1, 4-BD can produced audiogenic withdrawal seizures in Sardinian alcohol-preferring (SP) rats.

• Timothy Maher, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston, MA, USA.
  GHB: Do we really know how it works: Neurotoxic or Neuroprotective?

• Timothy Maher, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston, MA, USA.
  Project GHB: A communication link to users of gamma hydroxybutyrate.

• Joseph Banken, Department of OBGYN, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.

• Roger Jadosz, RI, Presentations re abuse of the drugs absinthe & DNP

• Dr. Amy Goodwin, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, on behavorial pharmacology of GHB, including the acute behavioral effects and physical dependence potential of GHB and some of its pro-drugs, GBL and BD. Also, comparison of the physical dependence potential of GHB to GBL during both precipitated and spontaneous withdrawal tests.

• Dr. Sergio Abanades, Clinical Pharmacologist, Staff Researcher, Pharmacology Unit Institut Municipal d’Investigaci Mdica, Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona, Spain, re GHB administration in humans, abuse potential and GHB intoxication in the emergency room.

• Buck Reed —CEO, UniMed, Australia—Current GHB trends in Australia; Crystal meth in Australia—How it has changed police/ambulance practice; Drink Spiking—not happening? Or being missed.

• Teodoro (Terry) Bottiglieri, Institute of Metabolic Disease, Dallas, Effect of GBL on Locomotor Activity & Brain Dopamine Metabolish in Rodents

• Judge Roderick Kennedy, New Mexico Appeals Court, 1. The changing face of drugs and driving: zero tolerance vs. drug impairment; 2. Judicial perspectives on proving the presence and effect of drugs at trial

• Dr. James DeFrancesco, DEA Chicago lab, re current drug trends/analysis, including GHB and its analogs, and the recent series of heroin-fentanyl related deaths

• Dr. Ashraf Mozayani, Harris County, Texas

• Marc LeBeau, FBI Crime Lab, toxicology issues in DFSA cases

• Dr. Barry Logan, Washington State Crime Lab Director, Drugged Driving Issues—GHB, MDMA, DXM, etc.

• Steven Steiner, DAMMAD & AFDFY

• Don MacNeil, MedTox, Pharmacology of Addiction & Managing Methamphetamine

• Warren Diepraam, Assistant District Attorney, Harris County DA’s Office, Houston, re charging issues in vehicular homicides (DUI murder case).

• George Elwell, Beverly Hills Police Department, “Operation Shanghai Express” –a major GHB trafficking case.

• Calvina Fay--Drug Free America--A Clear and Present Danger: The Drug Legalization Movement in America

• Dr. Kurt Kleinschmidt, Toxicology Fellowship Program Director, UT SW Medical Center, and Director of the North Poison Control Center N. Texas, on current drug trends in the poison control center.

• Dr. Deborah Zvosec, Hennepin County Medical Center & Minnesota Medical Research Foundation, GHB fatality series, GHB withdrawal in the ER, use of expert witnesses.

• Dr. Karen Miotto, UCLA, GHB addiction recognition and treatment, etc.

• Fernando Montes, The Hooton Foundation, re steroid abuse issues.

• Marc Gonzalez, Western NADDI, prescription drug abuse.

• Scott Albrecht, DEA Special Agent-- The Steven Lorenzo case: GHB rape/murder of gay men in Tampa and the Russell Nestor case: GHB trafficking, rape and overdose death.

•  John Davis, Assistant US Attorney, Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force in the Eastern District of Missouri—The Cassandra GHB analog trafficking case--From email wiretap to traditional wiretap to search warrants around the country seizing product and arresting customers.

REMEMBER: The above is a partial list! More to come.