20409 - Substance Use Research in Times of Social Transformation

Description

We invite papers examining how this moment of profound social change, including economic uncertainty, political shifts, budget cuts, grant defunding, public health crises, climate change, immigration policy, and cultural transformation, reshapes substance use patterns and the condition through which we study them. Papers exploring how social transformation is influencing substance use, how social change is impacting drug policies, treatment accessibility, harm reduction, and research funding priorities and how researchers adapt to constraints such as reduced funding, loss of public data on substance use, and shifts in public discourse are of interest.

Sub Unit

• Drugs and Society Section / Substance Use Research in Times of Social Transformation

Presider

• Emily B. Campbell, Rhode Island College

Individual Presentations

• Populism and the New American Drug Politics: Fentanyl as Weapon of Mass Destruction - Emily B. Campbell, Rhode Island College

• Psychedelic Gateway: Examining the Effect of Normalization on State-Level Support for Cannabis and Psychedelic Legalization - Sara Vogel, N/A; DIANA ORCES, American University

• Social Withdrawal and Prescription Drug Misuse among Young Adults: Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic - Brian Christopher Kelly, Indiana University-Bloomington; Olivia DeCrane, The Ohio State University; Michael Vuolo, The Ohio State University

Discussant

• Leslie Louise Wood, York Technical College

Session Organizer

• Robert L. Peralta, University of New Mexico