Macro-level social forces and micro-level consequences: Poverty, alternate occupations, and drug dealing

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-127

  Dunlap, Eloise ^a   Johnson, Bruce D ^a   Kotarba, Joseph A ^b   Fackler, Jennifer L ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricane Katrina; Illegal drug markets; Illicit drugs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG TRAFFIC; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOCIAL CAPITAL; UNITED STATES;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CRIME; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ORLEANS; OCCUPATIONS; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77952969712     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: 15332659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332641003772611     Document Type: Article

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