Date: Saturday, August 9

Time: 8:30 AM - 10:10 AM

Session 032: Emerging Threats and Responses to an Increasingly Dangerous, Adulterated Drug Supply
Room: Kimball Room

Sponsor: Drinking and Drugs

Organizer &

Facilitator : Alexander S. Bennett, New York University

Description: 

Papers in this session will engage how people who use drugs and other stakeholders mitigate and respond to drug-related harms associated with the toxic drug supply. Papers examine policy, practice, and gaps in research and service delivery.

Papers:

“‘I Don’t Want to Disappoint My Parents’: Examining the Influence of Parental Involvement and Social Bonds on Alcohol Abstinent Behaviors among College Students in Botswana,” Tebogo B. Sebeelo, University of Botswana

“Beyond ‘Employed’ and ‘Unemployed’: Examining Heterogeneity in the Employment Trajectories of Socioeconomically Marginalized People Who Use Drugs,” Allison Laing, Anita Minh, Deb McCormack and Lindsey Richardson, The University of British Columbia

“Neoliberalism’s Effect on the Opioid Crisis in Appalachia,” Jamison Colors Futrell, Southeastern Louisiana University

“What Characteristics and Experiences Correlate with Long-term MMT Participation,” David Frank, Alexander S. Bennett, Luther Elliott and Charles M. Cleland, New York University and Joy D. Scheidell, University of Central Florida

“Written Off: People Who Use Drugs in a Neighborhood of Organized Abandonment,” Leslie L. Wood, Kent State University; Northeast Ohio Medical University

“Developing a Harm-reduction Intervention with a Community Collaborative Board: Challenges and Lessons Learned,” Ellen Benoit, North Jersey Community Research Initiative, Alexis Jemal, Hunter College and Liliane Windsor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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