Drug treatment counselors, social workers, health care providers, criminal justice staff, marriage and family counselors, public health workers and clinicians who treat individuals with drug abuse or addiction problems, and researchers interested in drug abuse and addiction issues.  Civic leaders and policymakers who wish to learn more about drug addiction and its treatment are also invited to attend.

As in other fields of medicine, a gap exists in the drug abuse treatment field between clinical practice and scientific research.  Blending Clinical Practice and Research - Forging Partnerships in the Great Lakes Region to Enhance Drug Addiction Treatment provides an important opportunity for clinicians and researchers to examine cutting-edge scientific findings about drug abuse and addiction and their application to clinical practice.  Conference participants also will have the opportunity to help determine additional areas in need of research related to drug addiction treatment.

One important response to the gap in the drug abuse treatment field between clinical practice and research has been the National Institute on Drug Abuse's (NIDA's) National Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network (CTN), a research infrastructure currently consisting of 17 research "nodes" designed to test the effectiveness and usefulness of new and improved interventions in community-based treatment settings with diverse populations.  The CTN is an important component of NIDA's overall goal to establish and maintain partnerships with drug abuse researchers and community treatment providers.  Wayne State University Substance Abuse Research Division is the site of the Great Lakes Regional Node.

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