We are just one week away from the 2019 Society for Applied Anthropology annual conference in Portland!

There are several panels, papers, posters, and events about alcohol, drugs, tobacco, and related topics!  Below is a list of presentations and activities that will be of interest to ADTSG members, many of which involve our members.  And don’t forget to come to the ADTSG Business Meeting on Friday, March 22, at 5:30!  All are welcome!

Wednesday, March 20

8:00am – 9:50am (Broadway II)

• Panel: Anthropological Perspectives on the Impact of Health and Social Systems on People with Addiction

12:00pm – 1:20pm (Broadway II)

• Panel: Conceptualizing Risk in Opioid Research

12:30pm – 12:45pm (Galleria II)

• Paper: The Drug Trade, Indigeneity, and Territorial Governance in Eastern Honduras (Presenter: Fernando Galeana)

1:00pm – 1:15pm (Parlor B)

• Paper: Women’s Activism Against the “War on Drugs” (Presenter: Shaylih Muehlmann)

3:30pm – 5:20pm (Broadway II)

• Panel: Opioid Addiction Treatment and Policy

5:30pm – 5:45pm (Broadway II)

• Paper: “Cancer as Protected Status”: Perceptions of Opioid Use and Misuse Within the Context of Cancer Survivorship (Presenters: Dinorah Martinez Tyson, Melody Chavez, Khary Rigg, Barbara Lubrano, and Paige Lake)

6:30pm – 6:45pm (Parlor C)

• Paper: Quality of Life Officers as Liaisons to Drug Detox and Rehabilitation Centers (Presenters: Allyx Shriver-Rice and Erin Maddux)

Thursday, March 21

8:45am – 9:00am (Senate Suite)

• Paper: “How Dare They Smile While They’re Sick”: Surveillance, Resistance, and Medical Cannabis Patients in Washington State (Presenter: Misha Laurence)

10:15am – 10:30am (Broadway IV)

• Paper: Alcohol Use Disorders and Recovery: Young Adults Seeking Help and Support (Presenter: Gemma Hamm)

5:45pm – 6:00pm (Broadway II)

• Paper: “I’d Say ‘Smoke Some Weed and You’ll Feel Better’”: Stress, Coping, and Cannabis Use in Ulukhaktok, NT (Presenter: Peter Collings)

6:15pm – 6:30pm (Broadway II)

• Paper: Representational Politics of Drug Use in a Midwest American Indian Community (Presenter: Kehli Henry)

Friday, March 22

8:00am – 9:50am (Council Suite)

• Panel: Dimensions of the Global and Local Narco-Environments, Part I

8:15am – 8:30am (Pavilion East)

• Paper: Hustling and Parenting: How Mothers in Recovery Care for Their Families (Presenter: Kelley Kampman)

10:00am – 11:50am (Council Suite)

• Panel: Dimensions of the Global and Local Narco-Environments, Part II

12:30pm – 12:45pm (Galleria II)

• Paper: A Qualitative Study of Opioid Users’ Experiences with Naloxone Rescue (Presenters: Linda Kahn, Monika Wozniak, Cheryll Moore, and Robert Granfield)

1:30pm – 4:00pm (Grand Ballroom)

• Poster: Understanding Emergency Providers’ Attitudes Towards Opioid Use Disorder and Emergency Department-Initiated Buprenorphine Treatment (Presenters: Hurnan Vongsachang, Dana Im, Anita Chary, Anna Condella, Lucas Carlson, Lara Vogel, Alister Martin, Nathan Kunzler, Scott Weiner, and Margaret Samuels-Kalow)

5:30pm – 6:50pm (Parlor B)

• ADTSG Open Business Meeting

Saturday, March 23

8:30am – 8:45am (Parlor C)

• Paper: Recruiting Pregnant Opioid Users in the Midwest: Challenges and Future Directions (Presenters: Shelbie Hathaway, James Goebel, and Caitlyn Placek)

8:45am – 9:00am (Parlor C)

• Paper: Mixed-Methods and Repeated Measures in Substance Use Research: Implications for Informant Accuracy (Presenters: Caitlyn Placek, Vijaya Srinivas, Poornima Jayakrishna, and Purnima Madhivanan)

10:30am – 10:45am (Pavilion West)

• Paper: Environments of Risk: Men’s Lived Experiences with HIV, Substance Use, and Stigma Syndemics (Presenter: Naciely Cabral)

12:00pm – 12:15pm (Broadway II)

• Paper: Place and Home among People Living with HIV Who Use Drugs: A Qualitative Study (Presenter: Taylor Fleming)

12:15pm – 12:30pm (Broadway II)

• Paper: Networks and Normative Influences on Sex and Drug-Related HIV Risk Behavior in Black Women (Presenters: Harold Green, Karla Wagner, Nicole Auldridge, Caitlin O’Leary, Ashley Dawkins, Corinthia Crawford, Ryan Wong, Elvira Diaz, and Jamila Stockman)

12:15pm – 12:30pm (Pavilion East)

• Paper: Adaptation and Evaluation of a Tobacco Cessation Program in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) (Presenters: Linda Kaljee, Alex Plum, Marija Zdraveska, Deska Dimitrievska, Amanda Holm, Magdalena Pop Trajkova Lazarevska, and Michael Simoff)

1:15pm – 1:30pm (Broadway II)

• Paper: “We Don’t Discriminate”: Debating Gender-Specific Health Services Programs for Women Who Use Drugs in Ukraine (Presenters: Jill Owczarzak, Sarah Phillips, Alyona Mazhnaya, Olg Filippova, Polina Alpatova, and Tanya Zub)