Historique
Article de Périodique
The story of crack: towards a theory of illicit drug trends (2003)
(L'histoire du crack : vers une théorie des tendances des drogues illicites)
Auteur(s) :
AGAR, M.
Année
2003
Page(s) :
3-29
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
53
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
;
COLOMBIE
;
NICARAGUA
Thésaurus mots-clés
CRACK
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE
;
ANTHROPOLOGIE
;
HISTOIRE
;
FUMER
;
COCAINE
;
MARCHE DE LA DROGUE
;
TRAFIC INTERNATIONAL
;
OFFRE
;
ETHNOGRAPHIE
;
ETHNIE
;
CONSOMMATION
;
EVOLUTION
;
GEOPOLITIQUE
;
TRAFIC
;
DIFFUSION DES PRODUITS
Note générale :
Addiction Research and Theory, 2003, 11, (1), 3-29
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Ongoing work with two heroin epidemics in Baltimore produced a "trend theory," a way to explain illicit drug use tends. In this article, the case of the crack cocaine epidemic in the 1980s is analyzed to challenge the theory. Two of the key parameters of the theory - the drug production system and the linking networks - apply directly and generate useful explanatory material. A third parameter - historical conditions of the impacted population -does apply, but it reveals explanatory material based more on economic need than subjective effects of the drug. In the end the theory is modified to account for the new material. (Author's abstract)
Affiliation :
Friends Social Research Center and Ethknoworks, Po Box 5804, Takoma Park MD 20913; magaranth.umd.edu
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.
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