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Barriers and pathways to diffusion of methamphetamine use among African Americans in the rural South: preliminary ethnographic findings
(Les barrières et les voies de diffusion de l'usage de méthamphétamines dans la population Afro-américaines du Sud rural des Etats Unis : premiers résultats d'une étude ethnographique.)
Auteur(s) :
SEXTON R. L. ;
CARLSON, R. G. ;
SIEGAL, H. A. ;
FALCK, R. S. ;
LEUKEFELD, C. ;
BOOTH, B.
Année
2005
Page(s) :
77-103
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
45
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus mots-clés
METHAMPHETAMINE
;
DIFFUSION DES PRODUITS
;
FACTEUR DE PROTECTION
;
CONSOMMATION
;
ETHNIE
;
PREVALENCE
;
ENQUETE
;
ETHNOGRAPHIE
Note générale :
Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 2005, 4, (1), 77-103
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
There are no studies of African Americans', methamphetamine use in the South where it is widespread among whites. We describe factors that inhibit or facilitate the diffusion of methamphetamine use among African Americans based on qualitative interviews with 86 drug users in rural Arkansas and Kentucky. Results suggest low prevalence of methamphetamine use among African Americans, and interviewees cited several barriers to its diffusion which were linked to the drug's ingredients, psychoactive and physiological effects, difficulty in accessing distribution networks, and established African-American preference for cocaine. Fourteen African Americans reported methamphetamine use and discussed pathways to it. Possible increases in African-American methamphetamine use merits further investigation. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Center for Interventions, Treatment and Addiction Research, Dprt of Community Health, Wright State Univ. School of Medicine, Dayton, OH 45435. Email : rocky.sextonwright.edu
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.