Lee Hoffer

Biographic Data

ID3572665
NAMELee Hoffer
GIVEN NAMESLee
FAMILY NAMEHoffer
SIGNATUREHOFFER L
AFFILIATIONSCase Western Reserve University
ORCID0000-0003-2740-6580
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS9
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • The Frequency and Characteristics of Brokered Illegal Drug Sales

    Open AccessLee Hoffer, Allison Schlosser et al.ARTICLEContemporary Drug Problems2024References: 42

    Background Drug policies and interventions require an ongoing understanding of the local demand for illegal drugs. How illegal drugs are distributed to consumers is critical in the demand process. To overcome barriers to purchasing illegal drugs, people utilize their peers to purchase substances for them. These brokered drug sales allow buyers to leverage their peer networks to make purchases. For brokers, this form of exchange allows them to obt…

  • Transitioning illicit drug preferences and emerging user identities in Ohio

    K Flynn, Lee HofferARTICLEJournal of Ethnicity in Substance…2017

    Understanding the social dynamics of local methamphetamine markets is critical to improving community health and reducing social costs associated with illicit drug use. We examine a local drug market in Summit County, Ohio, wherein methamphetamine users ascribe themselves different ethnic identities from those long associated with the drug elsewhere in the United States. Qualitative interviews with 52 study participants demonstrate that very poor…

  • The Psychotropic Self/Imaginary

    Open AccessAllison Schlosser, Allison V Schlosser et al.ARTICLECulture Medicine and Psychiatry2012

  • Perceptions of alcohol risk among individuals living with HIV

    Enbal Shacham, Lee Hoffer et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2011

    The documented prevalence of alcohol use among individuals with HIV is higher than reported among the general public. Little is known about how populations with HIV perceive the risks of alcohol use and what they consider to be safe levels of consumption. This qualitative study was conducted to increase understanding of the situations and environments in which alcohol is consumed and to explore the perceptions of risks among individuals with HIV,…

  • Researching a Local Heroin Market as a Complex Adaptive System

    Open AccessLee D Hoffer, Lee Hoffer et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Community…2009Cited by: 8References: 25

    This project applies agent‐based modeling (ABM) techniques to better understand the operation, organization, and structure of a local heroin market. The simulation detailed was developed using data from an 18‐month ethnographic case study. The original research, collected in Denver, CO during the 1990s, represents the historic account of users and dealers who operated in the Larimer area heroin market. Working together, the authors studied the be…

  • Dinosaur Girls, Candy Girls, and Trinity

    Kit-Sang Leung, Jih‐Heng Li et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnicity in Substance…2008

    Research among Asian users of methylenedioxy methamphetamine (MDMA), also known as Ecstasy, is rare. To evaluate the feasibility of a study on the abuse of and dependence on Ecstasy, two focus groups of users (n = 12) and health professionals (n = 7) were conducted in Taiwan. Major results included blatant human testing with “candy and dinosaur girls” and a specific sequence of drugs called a “Trinity” (Ecstasy, ketamine, and marijuana). “Head-sh…

  • Something Dangerous

    Open AccessLee D Hoffer, Lee HofferARTICLEMedical Anthropology Quarterly2006Cited by: 1

    Something Dangerous: Emergent and Changing Illicit Drug Use and Community Health. Merrill Singer. Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, 2006. vi + 274 pp