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Injecting shared drugs : an observational study of the process of drug acquisition, preparation and injection by Puerto Rican drug users (2005)
(Partage de drogues injectées : observation de la phase d'acquisition, de préparation et d'injection chez les usagers de drogues portoricains)
Auteur(s) :
H. FINLINSON ;
H. COLON ;
M. LOPEZ ;
R. ROBLES ;
CANT J.
Article en page(s) :
37-49
Refs biblio. :
48
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Discipline :
MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases)
Thésaurus mots-clés
INJECTION
;
VIH
;
HEPATITE
;
PARTAGE DE SERINGUE
;
MATERIEL D'INJECTION
Thésaurus géographique
PORTO RICO
Note générale :
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2005, 37, (1), 37-49
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
The practice of injecting shared drugs, in which drug users prepare, divide and inject portions of a drug solution, is a means of transmitting HIV, HCV, and other blood-borne pathogens. This study examined the process of injecting shared drugs among drug users in San Juan, Puerto Rico, through detailed observations of 25 episodes of the injection of shared drugs, and by informal interviewing of episode participants. The ways in which price and packaging of drugs, access to drug preparation materials, and social and economic relations between drug-sharing partners' influence the process of injecting shared drugs are explored. Because differential power relations, and in turn, injection drug users' exposure to HIV and HCV are apparent in some drug-sharing partnerships, a key objective of this study was to extend our understanding of contributions or "investments" made by different drug-sharing partners, the benefits and costs that different partners experience, and the extent to which IDUs assume different partner roles. The findings of this small, in-depth qualitative study provide insight into drug users' motivations for injecting shared drugs, and suggest reasons why certain standardized, countrywide HIV/HCV intervention efforts have not been entirely successful in preventing the devastating illnesses that disproportionately affect injection drug users. (Review' s abstract)
ENGLISH :
The practice of injecting shared drugs, in which drug users prepare, divide and inject portions of a drug solution, is a means of transmitting HIV, HCV, and other blood-borne pathogens. This study examined the process of injecting shared drugs among drug users in San Juan, Puerto Rico, through detailed observations of 25 episodes of the injection of shared drugs, and by informal interviewing of episode participants. The ways in which price and packaging of drugs, access to drug preparation materials, and social and economic relations between drug-sharing partners' influence the process of injecting shared drugs are explored. Because differential power relations, and in turn, injection drug users' exposure to HIV and HCV are apparent in some drug-sharing partnerships, a key objective of this study was to extend our understanding of contributions or "investments" made by different drug-sharing partners, the benefits and costs that different partners experience, and the extent to which IDUs assume different partner roles. The findings of this small, in-depth qualitative study provide insight into drug users' motivations for injecting shared drugs, and suggest reasons why certain standardized, countrywide HIV/HCV intervention efforts have not been entirely successful in preventing the devastating illnesses that disproportionately affect injection drug users. (Review' s abstract)
Affiliation :
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