Historique
Périodique
Characteristics and patterns of use among regular heroin sniffers
(Particularités et comportements d'usage chez les sniffeurs réguliers d'héroïne)
Auteur(s) :
KAUFMAN, J. M. ;
CHITWOOD, D. D. ;
COMERFORD, M. ;
KOO D.
Année
2004
Page(s) :
805-829
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
0022-0426
Refs biblio. :
57
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
COMPORTEMENT
;
USAGE REGULIER
;
SNIFFER
;
HEROINE
;
SOCIOLOGIE
;
EVOLUTION
;
CONSOMMATION
;
TRAJECTOIRE
;
USAGER
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
Journal of Drug Issues, 2004, 34, 805-829
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
The purpose of this paper is to characterize persons who sniff heroin by examining their experiences prior to first heroin use, experiences at first use, current drug use patterns, and factors associated with progression to the daily use of heroin. Relatively little has been published about the lives and career trajectories of heroin sniffers who have little or no history of drug injection. A sample of 250 African-American, Hispanic/Latino, and non-Hispanic White men and women who sniffed heroin were interviewed for this study. Most people first sniffed heroin in a social setting where heroin use was not preplanned. Heroin sniffing has become a sustained pattern of use for many of these users; the majority have progressed to daily sniffing of heroin and are polydrug users for whom crack is an important substance; and heroin sniffers have experienced a range of life and health problems including a high prevalence of HIV. (Author's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Dept Sociol., Univ. Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.