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Four groups of illicit substance users amongst the adult 'hidden' non-problematic community
(Quatre groupes d'usagers de drogues illicites parmi une population "cachée" sans problème)
Auteur(s) :
NOTLEY, C.
Année
2005
Page(s) :
279-290
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
36
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus géographique
ROYAUME-UNI
Thésaurus mots-clés
TYPE D'USAGE
;
PRODUIT ILLICITE
;
POPULATION CACHEE
;
INTERVIEW
;
ETUDE LONGITUDINALE
;
TRAJECTOIRE
Note générale :
Drugs Education, Prevention and Policy, 2005, 12, (4), 279-290
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
This paper describes and distinguishes between adult drug users' perceptions of their own drug use. Focusing on `non-problematic' (non-addicted) users over the age of 25 amongst a non-agency attending population, the paper delineates adult drug users as a group, using qualitative data from a three-year investigation. Interviewees were located utilizing a combination of snowball and opportunistic sampling, gaining privileged access to a hidden network of drug users. Open ended qualitative interviews explored personal histories of substance use over time, covering patterns and perceptions of use. Four distinct groups of adult `non-problematic' users are identified, each having different purposes, approaches to and understandings of their own drug use, and thus experiencing the phenomenon in fundamentally different ways. The identified groups are presented and discussed in terms of furthering research understanding of this group of illicit substance users. Implications for future research are discussed. (Author's abstract.)
Affiliation :
School Soc. Work Psychosocial Sciences, Univ. East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, E-mail : c.notleyuea.ac.uk
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.