Coming 'down here': Young people's reflections on becoming entrenched in a local drug scene

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1204-1210

  Fast, Danya ^a   Small, Will ^a   Wood, Evan ^a   Kerr, Thomas ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Drug scenes; Risk environment; Risk trajectories; Social structural interventions; Transitions; Youth

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; EARLY INTERVENTION; EXCITEMENT; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCOME; INDEPENDENCE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; NARRATIVE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEFT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CANADA; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 70349303476     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.07.024     Document Type: Article

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