Impact of COVID on Substance Use and Misuse

This week our guests will address issues affecting populations affected by myriad drug addictions and how COVID has exacerbated substance use/misuse prevention, treatment, and peer-supported sobriety, such as in 12-steps programs. We will discuss COVID with a focus on individual, peer and family relations, and community organizing. Our overarching theme, Identity and Vulnerabilities, will be used to frame reports and discussions. 

Guests:

• Lisa Gaskin: Counselor, Women’s Recovery, Integrity House
• Cristina Bares: Professor, Social Work, University of Michigan
• Phil Luttrell: Clinical Social Worker, Addiction Counselor
• Jeannette Ruffins: Executive Director, West End Residences
• Darris Hawkins, North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI)

This follows on conversations the Faculty Allies for Diversity have been having for the past two months on social consequences of the pandemic.

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