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What exactly is a heroin overdose ?
(Qu'est ce qu'une overdose à l'héroïne ?)
Auteur(s) :
MURPHY, S. ;
What exactly is a heroin overdose ? (12-15 December 2000; San Francisco)
;
MURPHY, T. ;
SALES, P. ;
DUTERTE, M.
Année
2001
Page(s) :
426-429
Langue(s) :
Français
Éditeur(s) :
Bethesda, MD : NIDA
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
HEROINE
;
SURDOSE
;
JEUNE ADULTE
;
REPRESENTATION SOCIALE
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
In : Epidemiologic trends in drug abuse, vol. 2: proceedings of the Community Epidemiology Work Group., 49th meeting, San Francisco, 12-15 December 2000, Bethesda, NIDA, 2001, 426-429
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
In this presentation we report selected findings from a NIDA-funded study of new heroin users. Using a combination of ethnographic methods and social survey techniques, this study examines the initiation and continuation of heroin use among 18-25-year-olds. Of the 103 young adults (N=120) interviewed to date, 31 have overdosed, and more than one-third have witnessed overdose. This report considers the dynamics of overdose, including how factors such as setting, tolerance, perceived purity, and polydrug (particularly alcohol) use relate to heroin overdose. The report focuses primarily on the differential meanings of overdose among young adult injectors. In particular, it explores the causes of specific overdose incidents as perceived by users and the implications of these causes for implementing effective interventions. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Community Health Works, Institute for Scientific Analysis, 2595 Mission St., Suite 200, San Francisco, California, 94110
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.