Historique
Chapitre
Explaining drug preferences: Heroin, crack, and fortified wine in a social network of homeless African-American and white injectors
(Expliquer la préférence à une drogue en particulier : héroïne, crack et vin à forte teneur en alcool, dans un réseau social d'africains-américains sans abri et d'injecteurs de race blanche)
in :
Auteur(s) :
BOURGOIS, P. ;
SCHONBERG, J.
Année
2001
Page(s) :
411-418
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Alcool / Alcohol ; Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
INJECTION
;
ETHNIE
;
SANS ABRI
;
POLYCONSOMMATION
;
MILIEU URBAIN
;
QUARTIER
;
TYPE D'USAGE
;
CULTUREL
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVE
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
In : Epidemiologic trends in drug abuse. Community Epidemiology Work Group, december 2000, Volume II: Proceedings., CEWG, Community Epidemiology Work Group, San Francisco, 12-15 décembre 2000, NIH Publication, 2001, p.411-418
Résumé :
Intensive participant-observation fieldwork among a network of homeless heroin injectors in San Francisco reveals dramatically different polydrug abuse patterns between African-Americans and Whites on the very same street corners and "shooting" encampments. Differential access to income-generating strategies articulates with socially constructed ways of defining respect and moral worth. A historical legacy of polarized race relations and economic exploitation shapes the experience of substance abusers on contemporary inner-city streets. This legacy results in distinct cultural preferences for heroin, crack fortified wine, and even for modes of drug administration. It also explains ethnic disparities in health outcomes such as abscesses, HIV, and overdoses. A political economic approach to analyzing the cultural dimensions of substance abuse that focuses on social power relations offers a foundation for understanding emerging drug epidemics. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Dprt Anthropology, History and Social Medicine, UCSF, 3333 California Street, Box 0850, San Francisco, CA 94118.
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.