Drinking and Drugs Division Winter 2019 Newsletter 69th Annual Meeting Illuminating the SOCIAL in Social Problems August 9-11, 2019 Roosevelt Hotel New York City, NY Inside This Issue 2 A Message from the Chair 2-3 Announcements 3-4 Meeting Highlights 5 2019 Call for Papers 6-7 Research Activity A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR Greetings Drinking and Drugs Division Members, Hello from the new Chair of the Division! After being a member of SSSP for years, I attend my first Council of Division Chairpersons committee meeting this past August. It came as no surprise to me that Drinking and Drugs had more members attend the division business meeting than any other SSSP division. By no means are we the biggest division in SSSP, but we clearly are the most engaged. The fact that we are a thriving division is a testament to the quality of our members. The 69th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems will be at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City from August 9-11, 2019. The Drinking and Drugs division is sponsoring ten sessions, will recognize the work of a distinguished senior scholar, and award an outstanding graduate student paper. I want to thank all of the session organizers and the members who volunteered for the award committees. Information about the joint reception with the Alcohol, Drugs, and Tobacco section of the American Sociological Association is forthcoming. Finally, I would like to thank Alex Bennett for the time and energy he put into being the division chair for the past two years. I hope this newsletter finds you well, Jason Ford, Ph.D. Division Chair Associate Professor of Sociology University of Central Florida Jason.Ford@ucf.edu ANNOUNCEMENTS Roosevelt Hotel (photo from 1920s) Graduate Student Paper Competition: Deadline 1/31/19 Please encourage doctoral students in your departments to apply for the 2019 Bruce D. Johnson Student Paper Award. The First Place Winner will receive a $100 stipend and recognition at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Papers must be empirical and/or theoretical, no longer than 30 pages in length, and must present original research related to drinking and/or drugs. The entrant must have had the sole responsibility of preparing the manuscript, be a student currently enrolled in a graduate degree program, and not yet received a Ph.D., J.D. or M.D. degree at time of submission. Self-nominations are permitted. Applicants should send the paper as an attachment along with a cover letter identifying the graduate program by January 31, 2019 to: Honoria Guarino, PhD (guarino@ndri.org). Interdisciplinary Research Training Institute (IRTI) on Hispanic Drug Abuse The Interdisciplinary Research Training Institute (IRTI) on Hispanic Drug Abuse program at the University of Southern California is now accepting applications through January 28, 2019. The application is available online at www.irtiusc.org/eligibility-and-application-requirements/ This NIDA funded program is designed to promote the career development of pre-doctoral, post-doctoral and early career scientists interested in conducting research on drug abuse among Hispanics. The IRTI aims to ensure a formal support infrastructure for fellows to present, publish, and acquire funding for NIH research. Fellows in the program have access to the expertise of leading NIDA researchers and will receive training on topics specific to the socio-behavioral and bio-medical areas of Hispanic Drug Abuse. Program fellows will: Spend 5 days in Los Angeles for an intensive summer training. All expenses associated with travel and lodging are covered by IRTI. Additionally, each fellow receives a stipend of $500. Receive formal mentoring by senior faculty members. Provides $2,00 in travel for attendance at scientific conferences or workshops. Since 2010, the program has provided training, mentoring, and technical assistance to 49 early career scientists from universities in the continental US and Mexico. To date, program participants have been awarded several grants including 12 multi-year awards from NIH including R03, R36, K01, and F31 awards. Program participants have also made a scientific impact, generating over 400 articles. For more information about the program, please visit the website at http://www.irti.usc.edu/ or contact Program Administrator, Erika Smith, at (erikague@usc.edu) or telephone (213) 821-3537. 2018 MEETING HIGHLIGHTS Thanks to the dynamic members of the Drinking and Drugs division, we had another successful meeting. The division sponsored 10 sessions, with nearly 50 papers on a variety of topics related to drinking and drugs. We recognized the outstanding accomplishments of our members at the division reception, organized with the American Sociological Association section on Alcohol, Drugs, and Tobacco. The reception was held at The Trestle Inn and was the highlight of the meeting. In addition to our division awards Charles Kaplan, one of our members, was acknowledged by the American Sociological Association section on Alcohol, Drugs, and Tobacco as their Senior Scholar award winner. 2018 Annual Meeting Bruce D. Johnson Student Paper Award Congratulations to Janna Ataiants a doctoral student in Community Health and Prevention at the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University. Her paper “Multiple Victimizations and Overdose among Women in a Harm Reduction Program,” was the 2018 student paper division award winner! Relying on mixed methods, her transdisciplinary research focuses on women who use drugs, overdose, HIV, and risk environments. 2018 Annual Meeting Junior Scholar Award Congratulations to Dr. Brett Wolfson-Stofko, the winner of the division’s Junior Scholar Award! Brett is a Research Scientist with the Center on Community and Health Disparities Research at the National Development and Research Institutes. He has a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and his research focuses on opioid overdose, public injection, naloxone distribution, HIV/HCV/HBV, and synthetic cannabinoids. He is an outspoken advocate for the operation of Supervised Injection Facilities (SIF) and member of SIF NYC (sifnyc.org). 2019 ANNUAL MEETING - Sessions Sponsored by the Drinking and Drugs Division - The deadline to submit abstracts for the 2019 Annual Meeting is January 31, 2019. ? Session # Session Title Sponsor(s) Organizer(s) 5 CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Human Subjects Research: Tricky Subject, Tricky Research, and the IRB Community Research and Development Drinking and Drugs Roddy, Juliette  [ jroddy@umich.edu ] 22 CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Sociolegal Approaches to Drugs and Drug Use in Justice-Involved Populations Crime and Juvenile Delinquency Drinking and Drugs Victory, Eric T.  [ etv5@zips.uakron.edu ] 37 CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Prescription Drug Misuse Drinking and Drugs Frank, David  [ dfrank40@gmail.com ] 38 Emerging Drug Trends Drinking and Drugs Elliott, Luther C.  [ elliott@ndri.org ] 39 Social Determinants of Drinking and Drug Use-THEMATIC Drinking and Drugs Ford, Jason A.  [ Jason.Ford@ucf.edu ] 40 Shifting Policy Environments and Drug Use Drinking and Drugs Health, Health Policy, and Health Services Law and Society Tatch, Andrew  [ ajt277@msstate.edu ] 41 CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Revisiting the War on Drugs in the era of Trump Drinking and Drugs Law and Society Kelley, Margaret S.  [ MSKELLEY@KU.EDU ] 42 Drug Use, Health, and Self-Medication Drinking and Drugs Society and Mental Health Benoit, Ellen [ benoit@ndri.org ] 43 Mental Health and Substance Use: Parity, Equity, or Whatever?-THEMATIC Drinking and Drugs Society and Mental Health Sociology and Social Welfare Cabin, William [ wcabin@umich.edu ] 44 Harm Reduction: Contexts, Populations, and Approaches Drinking and Drugs Sociology and Social Welfare Lamonica, Aukje K.  [ lamonicaa1@southernct.edu ] Session Title Sponsor(s) Organizer(s) 5 Human Subjects Research: Tricky Subject, Tricky Research, and the IRB 1. Community Research & Development 2. Drinking & Drugs Roddy, Juliette   jroddy@umich.edu  22 CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Sociolegal Approaches to Drugs and Drug Use in Marginalized Populations 1. Crime & Juvenile Delinquency 2. Drinking & Drugs Victory, Eric T.   etv5@zips.uakron.edu  37 CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Prescription Drug Misuse 1. Drinking & Drugs Frank, David   dfrank40@gmail.com  38 Emerging Drug Trends 1. Drinking & Drugs Elliott, Luther C.   elliott@ndri.org  39 Social Determinants of Drinking and Drug Use-THEMATIC 1. Drinking & Drugs Ford, Jason A.   Jason.Ford@ucf.edu  40 Shifting Policy Environments and Drug Use 1. Drinking & Drugs 2. Health, Health Policy, & Health Services 3. Law & Society Tatch, Andrew   ajt277@msstate.edu  41 CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Revisiting the War on Drugs in the era of Trump 1. Drinking & Drugs 2. Law & Society Kelley, Margaret S.   MSKELLEY@KU.EDU  42 Drug Use, Health, and Self-Medication 1. Drinking & Drugs 2. Society & Mental Health Benoit, Ellen  benoit@ndri.org  43 Mental Health and Substance Use: Parity, Equity, or Whatever?-THEMATIC 1. Drinking & Drugs 2. Society & Mental Health 3. Sociology & Social Welfare Cabin, William  wcabin@umich.edu  44 Harm Reduction: Contexts, Populations, and Approaches 1. Drinking & Drugs 2. Sociology & Social Welfare Lamonica, Aukje K.  lamonicaa1@southernct.edu  RESEARCH ACTIVITY OF MEMBERS Funded Research Stephen Lankenau, Drexel University The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has funded a five-year $4.1 million study to research the medical and personal use of cannabis in Los Angeles among young adults aged 18 to 30. This project (2R01 DA034067-06A1) is a continuation of a NIDA study begun in 2013 to research the impact of medical cannabis laws on health, drug use, and cannabis use among young adult medical cannabis patient and non-patient users in Los Angeles. This new study, which began on September 30, 2018, is the first project funded by NIDA to specifically examine cannabis use among young adults in California following the legalization of cannabis for personal use in 2016. Dr. Stephen Lankenau, a Professor in the Department of Community Health and Prevention at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health, is the principal investigator of this new study as well as the original 2013 study. Kathryn Nowotny—University of Miami Kathryn Nowotny is site-PI (Co-I) on a recently funded (R01 MD013573, PI: Brinkley-Rubenstein) multisite longitudinal cohort study, “The Southern Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Cohort Study: Longitudinal PrEP Initiation and Adherence among Parolees.” She was also awarded a Pilot Award from the Miami Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) (P30AI073961) for her study entitled, “The National Survey of Health Care in U.S. Jails.” Jason Ford – University of Central Florida Jason Ford is a co-investigator on “Prescription Drug Misuse Characteristics in Adolescents and Young Adults: Influence of School Enrollment” funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01 DA043691). Despite evidence that adolescents and young adults not currently in school have higher rates of prescription drug misuse (PDM), nothing is known about the effect of school status on PDM characteristics (e.g., motives for misuse). By examining the influence of school status on younger prescription misusers, the proposed research will identify the psychosocial and PDM traits of more vulnerable misusers, allowing for targeted prevention and treatment interventions. Thus, this research is relevant to the mission of NIDA because it will further efforts to limit the prevalence and consequences of PDM in the most affected groups: adolescents and young adults. Books Erich Goode's study of deviance and social control in New York's Washington Square Park was just published as The Taming of New York's Washington Square: A Wild Civility, by New York University Press.  Steven E. Barkan. 2019. Race, Crime, and Justice: The Continuing American Dilemma. New York: Oxford University Press. Journal Articles Bennett, Alex S., Alice Bell, Maya Doe-Simkins, Luther Elliott, Enrique Pouget, and Corey Davis. 2018. “From peer to lay bystanders: Findings from a decade of naloxone distribution in Pittsburgh, PA.” Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 50:1-7. Cepeda, Alice, Kathryn M. Nowotny, Jessica Frankeberger, Jarron M. Saint Onge, and Avelardo Valdez. 2018. “Biological risk and infection profiles of young adult male Mexican American gang members.” Public Health Reports 133:551-558. Draus, Paul and Juliette Roddy. 2018. “Weeds, pheasants and wild dogs: Resituating the ecological paradigm in postindustrial Detroit. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 42: 807-827. Elliott, Luther, Andrew Golub, and Alexander Bennett. 2018. “Opioid use initiation, progression, and motivations among OEF/OIF/OND-era veterans in New York city: An age-period-cohort analysis.” Military Behavioral Health 6:75-81. Ford, Jason A. 2018. “The prescription drug problem we are missing: Risks associated with the misuse of tranquilizers and sedatives.” Journal of Adolescent Health 63:665-666. Guarino, Honoria, Pedro Mateu-Gelabert, Jennifer Teubl, and Elizabeth Goodbody. 2018. Young adults’ opioid use trajectories: From nonmedical prescription opioid use to heroin, drug injection, drug treatment and overdose. Addictive Behaviors 86:118-123. Lankenau, Stephen E., Janna Ataiants, Salini Mohanty, Sheree Schrager, Ellen Iverson, and Carolyn F. Wong. 2018. “Health conditions and motivations for marijuana use among young adult medical marijuana patients and non-patient marijuana users.” Drug and Alcohol Review 37:237-246. Ross, Charlotte, Sonya L. Jakubec, Nicole S. Berry, and Victoria Smye. 2018. “A two glass of wine shift: Dominant discourses and the social organization of nurses’ substance use.” Global Qualitative Nursing Research 5:1-12. Valdez, Avelardo, Kathryn M. Nowotny, Qian-Wei Zhao, and Alice Cepeda. 2019. “Interpersonal partner relationships, bonds to children, and informal social control among persistent male offenders.” Social Problems Wolfson-Stofko, Brett, Marya V. Gwadz, Luther Elliott, Alex S. Bennett, and Ric Curtis. 2018. "Feeling confident and equipped: Evaluating the acceptability and efficacy of an overdose response and naloxone administration intervention to service industry employees in New York City.” Drug & Alcohol Dependence 192:362-370.  Wolfson-Stofko, Brett, Luther Elliott, Alex S. Bennett, Ric Curtis, and Marya V. Gwadz. 2018. “Perspectives on supervised injection facilities among service industry employees in New York City: A qualitative exploration.” International Journal of Drug Policy 62:67-73.  Hope to see you in New York! #