International Conference and Exhibition on Dual Diagnosis July 18-19, 2016 Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography:

James J. Nocon, MD, JD Serves as Professor Emeritus, Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He was instrumental in establishing the Prenatal Recovery Clinic at Wishard Memorial Hospital in 2001, and has spent much of his career screening and treating pregnant women for substance use issues. Nocon travels extensively throughout the state and nationwide, speaking to providers about addiction and treatment, and his work is featured in the popular IPN online training, Integrating Screening and Treatment of Substance Use into Prenatal Care.

Abstract:

Alcohol and tobacco, often used in combination, cause far more fetal damage than all other drugs combined. Both Legal to use, Women are not “criminalized” for smoking cigarettes during pregnancy, Yet far less harmful drugs, also legal, can lead to a felony conviction in 25% of the U.S. Sparse – Schedule I drug making research prohibitively complicated. Few studies using small numbers of patients are not very reliable. And, there are countless editorial “opinions” Financial interests distort scientific results with increased medical and recreational use, expect more research and policy changes.