3-0855 CONVERSATIONS WITH THE “DOPE DOUBLE AGENT:” FORTY YEARS ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE WAR ON DRUGS WITH MIKE AGAR AND FRIENDS

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Thursday, November 17, 2011: 13:45-17:30

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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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