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The Rastafarian community and the "gateway" theory: lessons to be learned
In. Anon. Prevalence and patterns of substance abusers: neurobehavioural and social dimensions: programme and abstracts. Kingston, University of the West Indies (Mona). Neuroscience, Adolescent and Drug Research Programme, 1994. p.13.
Monografia em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-3590
Biblioteca responsável: JM3.1
Localização: JM3.1
ABSTRACT
The findings presented in this paper are drawn from a national ethnographic study conducted in six Jamaican populations, one of which was composed of members of the Rastafarian religion recruited from Kingston and south coast villages. Ninety-one members of the Rastafarian sect were formally interviewed and observed. The ethnographic study purposely over-sampled the Rastafarian community (1) because it was not sufficiently represented in the 1987 survey and (2) in order to examine the relationship between use of ganja and crack/cocaine. If ganja is, in fact, a "gateway" drug to cocaine, we would anticipate a high prevalence of crack/cocaine in this population. The data revealed that, as a group, members of the Rastafarian community were the most vigorous in shaping the definition of the term "drug". Cocaine is considered a drug but ganja, despite its illegal status, is considered a "natural" substance with health rendering properties and ritual functions. Not surprisingly, 0.4 percent of the Rastafarians surveyed believed that ganja should be legalized. Of all the populations investigated, Rastafarians were most likely to report that crack/cocaine was easy to obtain and to rank crack and cocaine as the most commonly used drugs. As a group, they are, in many ways, the most at risk for crack/cocaine use and addiction; compared with the rest of the sample, they have more urban, tourist and overseas experience as well as high potential for exposure to crack/cocaine. Yet the Rastafarian doctrine and design for living frequently were cited as the justification for preventing and/or for relinquishing the use of crack/cocaine. In its exception to the gateway theory, the Rastafarians community suggests protective mechanisms that inhibit the shift toward crack/cocaine use in high risk populations. (AU)
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Coleções: Bases de dados internacionais Contexto em Saúde: ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar / ODS3 - Meta 3.5 Prevenção e tratamento do consumo de substâncias psicoativas Problema de saúde: Meta 3.5 Prevenção e tratamento do consumo de substâncias psicoativas / Transtornos por Uso de Cannabis / Transtornos por Uso de Cocaina e Outros Estimulantes Base de dados: MedCarib Assunto principal: Fumar Maconha / Cocaína Crack / Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias Tipo de estudo: Pesquisa qualitativa / Fatores de risco Limite: Humanos País/Região como assunto: Caribe Inglês / Jamaica Idioma: Inglês Ano de publicação: 1994 Tipo de documento: Congresso e conferência / Monografia
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Coleções: Bases de dados internacionais Contexto em Saúde: ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar / ODS3 - Meta 3.5 Prevenção e tratamento do consumo de substâncias psicoativas Problema de saúde: Meta 3.5 Prevenção e tratamento do consumo de substâncias psicoativas / Transtornos por Uso de Cannabis / Transtornos por Uso de Cocaina e Outros Estimulantes Base de dados: MedCarib Assunto principal: Fumar Maconha / Cocaína Crack / Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias Tipo de estudo: Pesquisa qualitativa / Fatores de risco Limite: Humanos País/Região como assunto: Caribe Inglês / Jamaica Idioma: Inglês Ano de publicação: 1994 Tipo de documento: Congresso e conferência / Monografia
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