Caleb Banta-Green is a Research Scientist at the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute. He has a B.A. in Biology from the University of California in Santa Cruz, as well as Master's degrees in Social Work and Public Health from the University of Washington.

Primary Research Interests:

• Epidemiological measures of illicit drug use in rural and urban settings
• Utilization and effectiveness of drug treatment services
• Emerging drugs of abuse
• Drug use and associated risk behaviors including sexual risk taking and communicable diseases
• Youth substance abuse

Current Projects:

• Substance Abuse Trends in Washington State. This project involves the coordination of statewide epidemiology / surveillance activities related to alcohol and other drug abuse trends in Washington state. more...

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Recent and Representative Publications:

1. Banta-Green C, Jackson TR, Hanrahan M, Kingston S, Albert DH, Freng S, Forbes A, Harruff R, Miller S. Recent drug abuse trends in the Seattle-King County area, January 2006. IN: Community Epidemiology Work Group. EPIDEMIOLOGIC TRENDS IN DRUG ABUSE, JANUARY 2006: VOLUME II ; PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMUNITY EPIDEMIOLOGY WORK GROUP (NIH Publication No. 06-5880). Bethesda, MD : National Institute on Drug Abuse, Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research, September 2006, 13 p. (download pdf) (BAN 06-01)

2. Banta-Green C, Goldbaum G, Kingston S, Golden M, Harruff R, Logan BK. Epidemiology of MDMA and associated club drugs in the Seattle area. Substance Use and Misuse 2005;40:1295-1315. (Pubmed abstract) (BAN 05-03)

3. Banta-Green C, Jackson TR, Hanrahan M, Kingston S, Albert D, Freng S, Forbes A, Harruff R, Burt R, and Thiede H. Recent Drug Abuse Trends in the Seattle-King County Area, June 2005. Seattle: Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, Unviersity of Washington, June 2005. Report to the Community Epidemiology Work Group. (download pdf)

4. Banta-Green C, Merrill J, Jackson R, Hanrahan M. Prescription Opioid Use: Pain Management and Drug Abuse in King County and Washington State. ADAI In Brief, October, 2003. (download pdf). (BAN 03-02)
   
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