Campbell/Spillane Substance Use Research - Interview with Bruce Johnson

Abstract

Bruce D. Johnson, Ph.D., was one longest and most groundbreaking marijuana subculture researchers. He earned his PhD in Sociology from Columbia University. In the 1970s, Dr. Johnson was among the first to study stoners [a regular drug user, especially marijuana] without the sole or explicit purpose to break up the subculture or limit marijuana consumption. He was affiliated with the National Institute of Justice’s Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring program from its inception in 1987 to its close in 2003. Since 1992 he directed the Institute for Special Populations Research (ISPR) at National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. (NDRI), the nation’s largest nonprofit research organization focused on substance abuse. Dr. Johnson died on February 21, 2009. Sources: Subcultures and Sociology, Grinnell College. https://haenfler.sites.grinnell.edu/subcultures-and-scenes/stoners/ Accessed 26 Oct 2021. Substance Use and Misuse, 03 Jul 2009. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10826080902861643?journalCode=isum20 Accessed 07 June 2023