The Textures of Heroin: User Perspectives on “Black Tar” and Powder Heroin in Two U.S. Cities

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 270-278

  Mars, Sarah G ^a   Bourgois, Philippe ^b   Karandinos, George ^c   Montero, Fernando ^d   Ciccarone, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Connoisseurship; drug markets; heroin; heroin purity; injection drug use; USA

Indexed keywords

BLACK TAR HEROIN; DIAMORPHINE; GUNPOWDER HEROIN; METHAMPHETAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG PURITY; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INJECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; COMPLICATION; PENNSYLVANIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; FEMALE; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PHILADELPHIA; SAN FRANCISCO; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VASCULAR DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84979066986     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2016.1207826     Document Type: Article

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