5-0415 CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON ADDICTIONS IN CONTEXT

Saturday, November 19, 2011: 10:15-12:00

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

This session would be of particular interest to:
Students, Teachers of Anthropology in Community Colleges, Practicing and Applied Anthropologists

10:15

“Liquor Before Beer, You're In the Clear”: College Drinking Cultural Context and Binge Drinking and Other Risk Behaviors Among a Sample of Fraternity/Sorority Members and Their Non-Greek Peers

Kathleen Ragsdale PhD (Social Science Research Center, MSU), Jeremy R. Porter (CUNY-Brooklyn College & Institute for Demographic Research), Rahel Mathews (Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State U), Cheryl Gore-Felton (Stanford University School of Medicine) and Elizabeth L. McGarvey (University of Virginia School of Medicine)

10:30

Contexts of Opioid Use Among Immigrant Youth From the Former Soviet Union: The Social Production of Substance Abuse and Disease Risk

Honoria M Guarino (National Development and Research Institutes), Sarah K. Moore (National Development and Research Institutes) and Lisa A. Marsch (National Development and Research Institutes)

10:45

Scientific Stuff: The (Re)Negotiation of Local Knowledge and Medical Discourse In Ukraine

Jennifer J Carroll (University of Washington)

11:00

Drug Effects: Khat On the Margins In Madagascar

Lisa L Gezon (University of West Georgia)

11:15

Drug Discourses, Social Construction and Subject Production: The Impact of Popular Media and Prevention Efforts On Women Who Use Meth

Stacey McKenna (University of Colorado Denver)

11:30

“God Would Have to Talk to me”: Tracing the Pipeline to Recovery Among African American Rural Cocaine Users

Ann M Cheney (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences), Geoffrey Curran (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences), Brenda Booth (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences), Tyrone Borders (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences) and Katharine Stewart (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)

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