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UCSC researchers win big at American Sociological Association annual meeting
Professor emeritus Craig Reinarman was honored with the 2022 Senior Scholar Award by the ASA’s Drugs and Society Section, and Ph.D. student Michelle Gomez Parra received the Sociology of Sexualities Section’s Martin P. Levine Memorial Dissertation Fellowship. Politics Professors Eleonora Pasotti and Mark Massoud were celebrated for book awards.
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Politics influenced Gavin Newsom’s decision to veto supervised drug-use sites. But not in the way you think
Professor Emeritus of Sociology Craig Reinarman spoke with the San Francisco Chronicle about Gavin Newsom's recent decision to veto a bill that would have created pilot sites for supervised drug use.
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Santa Cruz County joins others in suing pharmaceutical management consultant
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology Craig Reinarman shared his insights on opioid addiction and federal lawsuits with Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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Santa Cruz County substance use disorder experts highlight growing overdose concerns
Sociology Professor Emeritus Craig Reinarman spoke with Santa Cruz Sentinel about factors contributing to a recent uptick in certain types of overdose deaths within Santa Cruz County.
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Local community group petitions against Harm Reduction Coalition’s needle exchange efforts
Sociology Professor Emeritus Craig Reinarman, a drug addiction expert, weighed in on local debate over needle exchange programs for an article in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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This American war on drugs
Professor Emeritus of Sociology Craig Reinarman was a featured guest on the National Public Radio show "On the Media," discussing federal drug policy and the American "war on drugs."
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With marijuana legalization on the ballot, lessons learned from Dutch drug policy
As California and several other states vote on marijuana legalization initiatives next month, a new article by emeritus professor of sociology Craig Reinarman compares Dutch and U.S. drug policies.
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Craig Reinarman: It’s High Time
Craig Reinarman, professor of sociology and legal studies, and alumna Wendy Chapkis, professor of sociology at the University of Southern Maine, are the authors of a package of articles on federal drug policy in Contexts, a quarterly magazine of the American Sociological Assn. that brings social research to general readers.
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Feds Gone Wild: Why Federal Agents Act Badly
Sociology and legal studies professor Craig Reinarman was quoted by Foreign Policy in an article on scandals involving DEA and Secret Service agents.
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Drug war critics take in state of Santa Cruz pot scene
The Santa Cruz Sentinel accompanied sociology professor Craig Reinarman and colleague from City University of New York as they visited pot shops in Santa Cruz.
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Newsom, ACLU look to legalize marijuana
Sociology professor Craig Reinarman was quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle in an article about Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and the American Civil Liberties Union opening a campaign to legalized marijuana in California.
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Sociology’s Reinarman wins local ACLU’s ‘Hammer of Justice Award’
Craig Reinarman, professor of sociology at UC Santa Cruz, was presented with the “Hammer of Justice Award” by the Santa Cruz chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.