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Thomas Kosten, M.D., is the J.H. Waggoner Professor of Psychiatry, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, vice chair for psychiatry, and codirector of the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research at Baylor College of Medicine. Colin Haile, M.D., Ph.D., is an assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center. He and Kosten are the coauthors of "Cocaine and Methamphetamine Dependence: Advances in Treatment" from American Psychiatric Publishing. APA members may purchase the book at a discount at http://www.appi.org/SearchCenter/Pages/SearchDetail.aspx?ItemId=62407.