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Explaining drug preferences: heroin, crack, and fortified wine in a social network of homeless African-American and white injectors
(Expliquer la préférence pour une drogue : héroïne, crack et vin fortifiant dans un réseau social de sans-abris afro-américains et d'usagers de drogues par voie intraveineuse blancs)
Auteur(s) :
BOURGOIS, P. ;
Explaining drug preferences: heroin, crack, and fortified wine in a social network of homeless African-American and white injectors (12-15 December 2000; San Francisco)
;
SCHONBERG, J.
Année :
2001
Page(s) :
411-418
Langue(s) :
Français
Éditeur(s) :
Bethesda, MD : NIDA
Refs biblio. :
5
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
ENQUETE
;
ETHNOGRAPHIE
;
HEROINE
;
CRACK
;
ALCOOL
;
SANS ABRI
;
USAGER
;
VOIE INTRAVEINEUSE
;
MILIEU SOCIOCULTUREL
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, 411-418
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
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 :
Dpt of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine, UCSF, 3333 California St., Box 0850, San Francisco, CA 94118
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.