the stigmatized image of the ''crack head'': a sociocultural exploration of a barrier to cocaine smoking among a cohort of youth in New York City

Fürst, Robert; Johnson, Bruce D.; Dunlap, Eloise; Curtis, Richard

doi:10.1080/016396299266542

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“…iii These attitudes are similar to reports from other studies of drug-involved youth in the U.S. and Europe (Glassner and Loughlin 1987;Parker, Aldridge et al 1998;Furst, Johnson et al 1999) and may be seen as Southeast Asians youths' adoption of current and salient drug use practices and norms.…”

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Social Meanings of Marijuana Use for Southeast Asian Youth

Lee

Kirkpatrick

2006

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

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The paper describes findings from a pilot study of drug use and environment for Southeast Asian youths in the San Francisco Bay Area. From interviews with 31 drug-involved youths living in two low-income predominantly ethnic minority neighborhoods, smoking marijuana emerged as pervasive and highly normative. Smoking marijuana provided a means for coping with the stresses of home and community life, and located youths, moreover, within an alternative ghetto lifestyle of rap music, marijuana smoking and youth crime, as modeled by co-resident ethnic minority peers, with which many Southeast Asian youths identified. The findings indicate the importance of the social environment as well as social status in the substance use of this group of secondgeneration youth.

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confidence: 80%

Social Meanings of Marijuana Use for Southeast Asian Youth

Lee

Kirkpatrick

2006

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

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“…The subsequent diffusion of innovation process then competes with the prevailing pro-use norms. Furst, Johnson, Dunlap and Curtis (1999) found that during the decline phase of the Crack Era in inner-city New York "crackhead" became a dirty word and that youths avoided peers that they suspected of crack use. During the decline phase, a decreasing proportion of youths coming of age develop into users.…”

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Subcultural evolution and illicit drug use

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Johnson

Dunlap

2005

Addiction Research & Theory

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This article articulates a subcultural basis to the evolving popularity for different illicit drugs primarily based on empirical research in the United States, especially among inner-city populations. From this perspective, drug use emerges from a dialectic between drug subcultures with individual identity development. The prevailing culture and subcultures affect drugs' popularity by imparting significance to their use. Innovations, historical events, and individual choices can cause subcultures to emerge and change over time. This subcultural view provides insight into the widespread use of licit drug, the dynamics of drug eras (or epidemics), the formation of drug generations, and the apparent "gateway" phenomenon.

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“…Historical evidence suggests that a drug use "epidemic" typically grows out of a specific social context: the Heroin Injection "Epidemic" grew out of the jazz era (35,36); the Crack "Epidemic" started among inner-city drug dealers (29,37); and the Marijuana/Blunts Epidemic was pioneered as part of the youthful, inner-city, predominately black, hip-hop movement (3,26,38,39). For each of these waves of drug use, there was an initial incubation phase during which the new drug use practice was developed and nurtured among a relatively small cohesive group of adult users.…”

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Is the U.S. Experiencing an Incipient Epidemic of Hallucinogen Use?

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Sifaneck

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Substance Use & Misuse

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NHSDA and MTF survey data indicate "epidemic"-like growth in hallucinogen use from 1992-1996 and associated increases in cocaine, crack, heroin and amphetamine use. These trends might have resulted from a proliferation of raves and dance clubs in the U.S. as occurred in Europe and elsewhere, although in contrast to evidence regarding European experiences the American epidemic involves primarily teens as opposed to persons in their twenties and involves primarily use of LSD as opposed to MDMA. This analysis highlights the need for further research into the context, significance, and consequences of these recently popular American drug use practices.

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the stigmatized image of the ''crack head'': a sociocultural exploration of a barrier to cocaine smoking among a cohort of youth in New York City

Cited by 81 publications

References 6 publications

Social Meanings of Marijuana Use for Southeast Asian Youth

Social Meanings of Marijuana Use for Southeast Asian Youth

Subcultural evolution and illicit drug use

Is the U.S. Experiencing an Incipient Epidemic of Hallucinogen Use?

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