D R I N K I N G & D R U G S D I V I S I O N Summer 2011 _ ____________________ 2011 Annual Meeting Program Theme: Service Sociology 61st Annual Meeting August 19th to 21st, 2011 Harrah’s Las Vegas Hotel Las Vegas, NV Message from the Chair Dear Members, The details of the annual meeting in Las Vegas are now finalized. This issue of the newsletter contains information on the Drinking and Drugs Division Business Meeting, Reception, and Sessions.  At this year’s Business Meeting, we will solicit candidates for the role of Division Chair for 2012-2014.  Once candidates have been nominated, an election will be held for his position next spring.  This year’s Reception will be held off-site at the Downtown Cocktail Room, which also provides members an opportunity to explore downtown Las Vegas. The venue is located approximately 5 miles from Harrah’s in close proximity to restaurants and other Las Vegas nightlife.  The Division has a full roster of Sessions scheduled — over 30 papers will be presented during the meeting that cover a range of issues significant to the study of drugs and alcohol.   I hope the meeting will be a great experience for everyone attending this year.  Safe travels to Las Vegas! Best, Steve Lankenau SSSP Drinking & Drugs Division Sessions 61st Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV August 19th to 21st, 2011 Division Business Meeting The Drinking & Drugs Business Meeting will be held on Saturday August 20th at 12:30pm in the Tonopah Room. All division members, and those who wish to become members, are welcome at the business meeting. We will discuss possible sessions for the 2012 meetings as well as take care of additional divisional business. Please join us. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Drinking & Drugs Division Reception The Section SSSP Drinking and Drugs Division will once again be holding its annual joint reception with the ASA Alcohol, Drugs, and Tobacco. This year’s reception will be held at the Downtown Cocktail Room on Saturday, August 20 from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm.  The address is 111 Las Vegas Boulevard South, 89101; (702) 880-3696.  The venue is located approximately 5 miles from Harrah’s in downtown Las Vegas (close to the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard South and Freemont Street).  Drinks and light hors d’oeuvres will be served. There are several restaurants within walking distance of the reception site for those who wish to eat dinner downtown after the reception. We look forward to seeing you there. SSSP Drinking & Drugs Division Sessions Date: Friday, August 19 Session 1: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Issues among Military Personnel Time: 8:30 AM - 10:10 PM Room: Elko Sponsor: Drinking and Drugs Mental Health Organizer & Presider: Andrew Golub, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc Papers: “Overcoming Barriers to Reaching Untreated Army Personnel with a Substance Use Disorder: Concepts Underlying a Controlled Trial of a Motivational Enhancement Intervention (‘Warrior Check-Up’),” Denise D.Walker, TeChieh Chen, Roger A. Roffman, Lyungai Mbilinyi and Debra Kaysen, University of Washington and Clayton Neighbors, University of Houston “The Trouble with Mary Jane’s Gender,” Wendy Chapkis, University of Southern Maine “Invisible Wounds: The Social Construction of Veterans’ Post-War Symptoms,” KimberlyA. Lee and Gesine K. Hearn, Idaho State University “Veteran Reintegration, Mental Health and Substance Abuse in the Inner City,” Alex S. Bennett, Andrew Golub, Ellen Benoit and Eloise Dunlap, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. “National estimates for the rate of untreated substance-related and other mental health problems among poor young African American veterans,” Andrew Golub, Peter Vazan and Eloise Dunlap, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. “Substance Abuse as a Mediator of the Impact of War Zone Stress on Chronic PTSD,” J. Blake Turner, Columbia University - New York State Psychiatric Institute Date: Friday, August 19 Session 10: Servicing Drug Users: From Harm Reduction to Drug Treatment Time: 10:30 AM – 12:10 PM Room: Elko Sponsor: Drinking and Drugs Crime and Juvenile Delinquency Organizer: Avelardo Valdez, University of Houston Presider: Sheigla B. Murphy, Institute for Scientific Analysis Papers: “Addiction Entertainment: Lessons of the Good Citizen in Reality Television,” Kimberly M. Baker, Ithaca College “Community-Based Overdose Prevention and Barriers to Effective Response,” Alex S. Bennett, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. “Drug-using mothers’ experiences of grief and loss related to child removal,” Sydney Weaver, University of British Columbia; Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users“ “Optimization Under Fire: The Health Care of Injection Drug Users in an Era of Biomedicalization,” Kelly E. Szott, Syracuse University; Behavioral Science Training Program of the National Research and Development Institutes, Inc. “The ‘Christherapy’ as a Comprehensive Addiction-Care Community,” Iban Trapaga, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa Date: Friday, August 19 Session 26: Legal Highs Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM Room: Elko Sponsor: Drinking and Drugs Organizer & Presider: Dina Perrone, California State University-Long Beach Discussant: Rebecca Tiger, Middlebury College Papers: “Embracing Legal Regulation,” Patrick K.O’ Brien, University of Colorado at Boulder “Prescription Drug Misuse in Youth Subcultures,” Amy LeClair, Center for HIV Educational Studies & Training, Brian C. Kelly, Purdue University, Shula Melamed, Mark Pawson and James Trimarco, Center for HIV Educational Studies & Training, Jeffrey T. Parsons and Sarit Golub, Hunter College, CUNY “The Salvia-Induced Experience from the Users’ Perspective,” Dina Perrone, California State University-Long Beach and Christie L. Bowles, Eastern Kentucky University “This is your brain on MMORPG’s: The Stakes in Video Game ‘Addiction,’” Luther C. Elliott, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc., Geoffrey L. Ream, Adelphi University School of Social Work and Eloise Dunlap, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. Date: Saturday, August 20 Session 71: Global Drug Issues Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM Room: Ely Sponsor: Drinking and Drugs Global Organizer & Presider: Stephen J. Sifaneck, Berkeley College-NYC Papers: “Assembling governmental technologies of harm reduction in Taiwan,” Jia-shin Chen, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan “Cannabis Drug Tourism: Global Travel to Quasi-Legal Contexts,” Stephen J. Sifaneck, Berkeley College-NYC “Mexico’s Drug War Exposes Transitional Social Problem and Political Crisis,” Avelardo Valdez, Charles Kaplan and Alice Cepeda, University of Houston “Morality, Science, and the Politics of HIV Prevention: Needle Exchange Policy in the United States and the United Kingdom,” Tasleem J. Padamsee, Ohio State University “Shackles, full circle: An ethnography of methamphetamine use among Cambodian-American refugee deportees in PhnomPenh,” Heidi Hoefinger, Goldsmiths College, University of London Date: Saturday, August 20 Session 85: Drinking and Drugs Roundtables Time: 4:30 PM- 6:10 PM Room: Tonopah Sponsor: Drinking and Drugs Organizer & Presider: Stephen E. Lankenau, Drexel University Roundtable Title: Reducing Risks to Drug Users Papers: “HIV and Women Who Use Drugs: What is the Global Situation?” Brooke S. West and Nabila El-Bassel, Columbia University “Stigma and Willpower: Drug Misuse While in Suboxone Maintenance Therapy,” R. Terry Furst, John Jay College of Criminal Justice “Taking Care of Themselves: How Long-Term Injection Drug Users remain HIV and HCV free,” Peter Meylakhs, Yale University, Samuel R. Friedman, Pedro Mateu-Gelabert and Milagros Sandoval, National Development and Research Institutes and Anastasia Meylakhs, ICART, International Center for AIDS Research and Training (Botkin Hospital for Infectious Diseases, St. Petersburg, Russia) Roundtable Title: The Social Construction of Drug and Alcohol ‘Problems’ Papers: “Alcohol, sexual victimization, and bystander intervention in a college sample,” Thomas Vander Ven, Hollie Ningard and Brandie Pugh, Ohio University “Paternalism on Campus: The Social Construction of College Drinking Problems,” Patrick Archer, St. Ambrose University “Social Risk Factors for Addiction: The Syndrome Model in Historical Perspective,” Christopher R. Freed, University of South Alabama “Student Perceptions of a New Campus Alcohol Policy and Subsequent Drinking Problems,” Margaret S. Kelley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Roundtable Title: Vulnerable Populations of Drug Users Papers: “Factors That Affect Drug Court Graduation Rates,” Terra L. Howell, The University of Akron “General Strain Theory and Substance Use among Native American Teens,” Tamela Eitle, David Eitle and Michelle Johnson-Jennings, Montana State University “Obesity and substance use among adolescents: A test of general strain theory,” Jason A. Ford andWilliam C. Watkins, University of Central Florida“ “Social Stressors, Special Vulnerabilities and Violence Victimization among Latino Immigrant Day Laborers in Post Katrina New Orleans,” Alice Cepeda and Kathryn M. Nowotny, University of Houston, Nalini Negi, University of Maryland and Avelardo Valdez, University of Houston Date: Sunday, August 21 Session 116: Workshop: Preventing Overdoses, Saving Lives Time: 12:30 AM - 2:10 PM Room: Goldfield Sponsor: Drinking and Drugs Organizer & Presider: Stephen Lankenau, Drexel University Discussant: Brian C. Kelly, Purdue University Description: Death due to opioid overdose has become a leading cause of mortality in many communities across the country. In recent years, community-based organizations and public health departments have begun training citizens to respond to and reverse drug overdoses. These overdose prevention programs demonstrate how to recognize an opioid overdose and teach appropriate response techniques including the administration of naloxone, an opioid antagonist. During this workshop, overdose prevention training will be conducted and the latest findings in overdose prevention research will be presented and discussed. 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