Dr. Craig Reinarman is a sociologist with over 20 years of experience in researching and writing about drugs, addiction, and the politics which surround both. His recent work has focused on the political, public policy, and sociological issues surrounding crack/cocaine in the United States, as well as the way crack cocaine has been presented in the media and political discourse.Dr. Reinarman is an editorial board member of both the International Journal on Drug Policy and Drug and Alcohol Dependence; is presently the Associate Journal Editor of Contemporary Drug Problems, and was the Book Series Editor of the New Social Studies on Alcohol and Drugs series (SUNY Press, 1988-1994).He has also served as consultant to the World Health Organization Program on Substance Abuse based in Geneva, Switzerland. He served as a member of the Board of Directors of the College on the Problems of Drug Dependence, an organization established in 1929 by the National Academy of Sciences. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara (1983).

(1997). Crack in America: Demon Drugs and Social Justice. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.(1994). Pharmacology is not destiny: The contingent character of cocaine abuse and addiction. Addiction Research, 2.(1992). Dominant ideology and drugs in the media.International Journal on Drug Policy, 3.