Historique
Article de Périodique
The current New York city heroin scene (2003)
(L'état actuel de la scéne de l'héroïne à New York)
Auteur(s) :
SPUNT, B.
Année
2003
Page(s) :
1539-1549
Langue(s) :
Français
Refs biblio. :
22
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus mots-clés
HEROINE
;
DIFFUSION DES PRODUITS
;
HISTOIRE
;
MARCHE DE LA DROGUE
;
TRAITEMENT
;
POLITIQUE
;
ETHNOGRAPHIE
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
This article discusses the use and distribution of heroin in New York City, both historically and especially currently. Data on the current situation derive in large measure from the Heroin Project, a recently completed five-year ethnographic study of heroin in New York City funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Findings about the new, young heroin user, particularly in regard to demographic characteristics, patterns of use, modes of ingestion, and involvement in crime, and some of the ways in which the new user is similar and different from the "old time" heroin user are presented. In addition changes in the New York City heroin markets over the years are discussed. We note the effectiveness of methadone maintenance treatment in terms of its impact on heroin-related crime, make suggestions as to how methadone treatment could be expanded, and review current heroin policy and the War on Drugs, with a focus on the New York State Rockefeller drug laws and the need for policy reform in this area. (Editor's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Dept. Sociol., John Jay Coll. Crim. Justice, 899 10th ave., New York, NY 10019. E-mail : bspuntjjay.cuny.edu
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.