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The visibility of illicit drugs: implications for community-based drug control strategies (2001)
(Visibilité de l'usage de drogues : implications pour des stratégies communautaires de contrôle des drogues)
Auteur(s) :
SAXE L. ;
KADUSHIN C. ;
BEVERIDGE, A. ;
LIVERT D. ;
TIGHE E. ;
RINDSKOPF D. ;
FORD, J. ;
BRODSKY, A.
Année
2001
Page(s) :
1987-1994
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
68
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
SAN (Santé publique / Public health)
Thésaurus mots-clés
SANTE COMMUNAUTAIRE
;
CONTROLE DES STUPEFIANTS
;
MILIEU URBAIN
;
MINORITE
;
ENQUETE
;
PREVENTION
;
EVALUATION
;
MARCHE DE LA DROGUE
;
PAUVRETE
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Résumé :
Objectives. This study examined differences between the visibility of drugs and drug use in more than 2100 neighborhoods, challenging an assumption about drug use in poor, minority, and urban communities. Methods. A telephone survey assessed substance use and attitudes across 41 communities in an evaluation of a national community-based demand reduction program. Three waves of data were collected from more than 42 000 respondents. Results. Measures of neighborhood disadvantage, population density, and proportion of minority residents explained more than 57% of the variance between census tracts in visibility of drug sales but less than 10% of tract-to-tract variance in drug use. Visible drug sales were 6.3 times more likely to be reported in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods than in the least disadvantaged, while illicit drug use was only 1.3 times more likely. Conclusions. The most disadvantaged neighborhoods have the most visible drug problems, but drug use is nearly equally distributed across all communities. Thus, efforts to address drug-related problems in poorer areas need to take into account the broader drug market served by these neighborhoods.
Affiliation :
Heller School, MS 035, Brandeis Univ., Waltham, MA, USA