The heads of both the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will deliver addresses at the upcoming CASACONFERENCE, Double Jeopardy: Substance Abuse and Co-Occurring Mental Health Disorders in Young People. 

The conference will take place on October 18, 2007 from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 633 Third Avenue, New York City. 

Nora D. Volkow, M.D., Director of NIDA will deliver the morning address. Terry Cline, Ph.D., Administrator, SAMHSA will deliver the afternoon address. 

Renowned television journalists Robert Bazell, Chief Medical and Science Correspondent, NBC News; Carol Anne Riddell, Education reporter, WNBC-TV, New York City; Tracy Smith, National Correspondent, CBS News; and Elizabeth Cohen, M.P.H., Medical Correspondent, CNN, will moderate the following panel discussions: 

• "Born to be Hooked? Neurological, Genetic and Environmental Factors" 
• "The Big Three: Alcohol, Marijuana and Tobacco"
• "Jack and Jill: The Role of Gender"
• "Paying the Piper: The High Cost of Failure to Act"

Continuing education credit will be available. 

For registration information, please visit www.casacolumbia.org or call (212) 841-5277.