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3-0855 CONVERSATIONS WITH THE “DOPE DOUBLE AGENT:” FORTY YEARS ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE WAR ON DRUGS WITH MIKE AGAR AND FRIENDS
Thursday, November 17, 2011: 13:45-17:30

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

This session would be of particular interest to:
Practicing and Applied Anthropologists, Students, Those involved in mentoring activities

Organizers:  Heather S Reisinger (CADRE - Iowa City VA Healthcare System) and Lee Hoffer (Case Western Reserve University)
Chairs:  Lee Hoffer (Case Western University) and Heather S Reisinger (CADRE - Iowa City VA Healthcare System)
Discussants:  Merrill C Singer (UConn), Richard Stephens (University of Akron) and Michael H Agar (Ethknoworks)
13:45
Introduction
14:00
More Like a MASH Unit Than the Front Line
Michael H Agar (Ethknoworks)
14:15
Heroin Addicts As Computational Agents: Reflections On the Costs and Benefits of Merging Agent-Based Modeling and Ethnography
Lee Hoffer (Case Western Reserve University)
14:30
Rippin’ and Runnin' with the Dope Double Agent: A Decade of Drug Research and Ethnography with Mike
James Peterson (George Washington University)
14:45
Break
15:00
Vicodin Wars: Providers and Patients Struggle with Pain and Addiction
Owen Murdoch (Lifelong Medical Care and Alameda County Medical Center)
15:15
An Unexpected Turn: Trend Theory As a Theoretical and Methodological Guide to Studying Policy Implementation
Heather S Reisinger (CADRE - Iowa City VA Healthcare System)
15:30
“They’re Legal…Right?”: Non-Medical Pharmaceutical Use by Young Adults In the United States
Gilbert Quintero (University of Montana)
15:45
Break
16:00
"Stumbling” Into the Drug and Alcohol Research Arenas or Reconstructing the Past to Suit the Present
Geoffrey P Hunt (Institute for Scientific Analysis )
16:15
When Did a Drunk Become An Alcoholic and a Consumer of Opioids Become a Junkie?
John B Page (Miami University)
16:30
When Opioids Collide: Reflections On 20 Years of Drug Research In Dayton, Ohio
Robert Carlson (Wright University)
16:45
Discussant
Merrill C Singer (UConn)
17:00
Discussant
Richard Stephens (University of Akron)
17:15
Discussant
Michael H Agar (Ethknoworks)
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