Historique
Périodique
Reciprocity and exploitation : social dynamics in private drug use sites
(Réciprocité et exploitation : dynamiques sociales dans les sites privés d'usage de drogues)
Auteur(s) :
DICKSON-GOMEZ, J. ;
WEEKS, M. R. ;
MARTINEZ, M. ;
RADDA, K.
Année
2004
Page(s) :
913-932
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
0022-0426
Refs biblio. :
29
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus mots-clés
REDUCTION DES RISQUES ET DES DOMMAGES
;
USAGER
;
ETHNOLOGIE
;
ENQUETE
Note générale :
Journal of Drug Issues, 2004, 34, 913-932
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
The Study of High Risk Drug Use Settings for HIV Prevention was designed to increase knowledge of urban social contexts in which drugs are consumed. In this article, we use ethnographic methods to focus on one subtype of drug use setting in Hartford, Connecticut, private sites with gatekeepers. We analyze the social interactions of drug users who use these sites to explore the contradictory social processes that sometimes facilitate and at other times impede intervention efforts. Gatekeepers are often interested in attracting customers to their business and therefore may be willing to provide ongoing site-based HIV prevention education and materials. On the other hand, exploitative business exchanges contradict ideals of reciprocity and may undermine trust between gatekeepers and drug users impeding harm reduction efforts. Further, being the gatekeeper of a drug use site often accelerates gatekeepers addictions, making it difficult for them to implement harm reduction strategies. (Author's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Inst. Community Res., Hartford, CT
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.