Research Interests

Mr. Alston has been in the field of substance abuse for the past thirteen years and has been an employee at FRI for approximately five years.  Mr. Alston began working at FRI on a project with Dr. Katz as an Additions Counselor facilitating an Intensive Outpatient group and individual sessions at Harambee Treatment Center in West Baltimore.   Mr. Alston also worked on the Soaring program with Dr. Taxman as an Additions Counselor.  Mr. Alston has a passion for helping substance abuse patients restore their lives to some degree of sanity.  Currently, Mr. Alston is working on a project with Dr. Mitchell on a NIDA-funded study comparing intensive outpatient v. standard outpatient counseling when combined with buprenorphine for heroin-dependent African Americans.  Mr. Alston appreciates the research conducted at FRI because it has proven to be helpful in the lives of many addicts.