Crack: new directions in drug research. Part 1. Differences between the marijuana economy and the cocaine/crack economy
Int J Addict
; 26(8): 825-36, Aug. 1991.
Artigo
em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
Crack use and trafficking in low-income, minority communities in New York City have pushed into prominence many aspects of drug use/misuse and distribution which had formerly received inadequate attention. For example, the generation and reinvestment of drug incomes are important determinants of how various drugs are experienced. While in retrospect marijuana trafficking appears to have been an almost benign affair, crack trafficking is fast-paced, ruthless, steeped in violence, and improvishes everyone who becomes engaged in it. In this part the differences between rates, volumes, and methods of income generation related to the use and distribution of marijuana and cocaine are elaborated. The contrast raises a question Do economies like drug distribution follow a particular rhythmic pattern (capital accumulation during the benign marijuana passage followed by capital depletion in the overheated crack era), and how is it related to the changing demands of the regional economy? Viewed from this perspective, drug distributors and users appear not so much as "deviant" or "alienated" or as a "reserve pool of labor," but rather as a type of labor force which does indispensable work for the whole society. (AU)
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Bases de dados internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar
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ODS3 - Meta 3.5 Prevenção e tratamento do consumo de substâncias psicoativas
Problema de saúde:
Meta 3.8 Atingir a cobertura universal de saúde
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Meta 3.5 Prevenção e tratamento do consumo de substâncias psicoativas
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Transtornos por Uso de Cannabis
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Transtornos por Uso de Cocaina e Outros Estimulantes
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
População Urbana
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Canabinoides
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Abuso de Maconha
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Cocaína Crack
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Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Substâncias
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Grupos Minoritários
Tipo de estudo:
Avaliação econômica em saúde
Aspecto:
Determinantes sociais da saúde
Limite:
Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
América do Norte
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Caribe
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Int J Addict
Ano de publicação:
1991
Tipo de documento:
Artigo