GHB Use Among 2SGBTQ Men: A Webinar
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Event type: Single day (a day or less)
The use of the club drug Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate (GHB) by 2SGBTQ men is widely reported in the literature. Its use is more common in Party n Play & nightclub settings. Given the complicated nature of GHB, harm-reduction strategies and increased knowledge regarding its effects are critical.
Why do 2SGBTQ men use GHB?
What is the prevalence of GHB use by 2SGBTQ men in Ontario?
What are the effects of GHB and what strategies can be used to reduce potential harms?
What key messages should we be sharing about GHB in our work with 2SGBTQ men?
SPEAKERS
Joseph J. Palamar, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Population Health, New York University Langone Medical Center
Dr. Joseph Palamar is an associate professor of population health at the NYU School of Medicine and a research affiliate at the NYU Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research. He has over 18 years of drug research experience, he has two NIH-funded research grants, and he has authored >100 papers focusing on drug use epidemiology. His main research focus is new psychoactive substances and use of party drugs like ecstasy and GHB. His club days are what led him to become a drug researcher many years ago and he continues to study drug use among people who attend nightclubs and festivals today.
Kiffer Card, PhD.
Health Systems Impact Fellow , Canadian Institute of Substance Use Research at the School of Public Health and Social Policy, University of Victoria.
Dr. Card is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the School of Public Health and Social Policy at the University of Victoria and an affiliate researcher with the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, the Canadian Institute of Substance Use Research, and the Community-based Research Centre for Gay Men’s Health. Dr. Card’s current research aims to leverage his interdisciplinary perspective to reduce health inequities facing gender and sexual minorities. His primary focus within this research area is on the intersection of social policy and the biopsychosocial production of risk-related behaviour.
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Webinar hosted by the Gay Men's Sexual Health Alliance.