Transitioning illicit drug preferences and emerging user identities in Ohio: The proliferation of methamphetamine use among African Americans

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 67-88

  Flynn, Karen Coen ^a   Hoffer, Lee D ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; crack; drug preference; heroin; methamphetamine; United States

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHAMPHETAMINE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG PREFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GRADUATE STUDENT; HUMAN; IDENTITY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; OHIO; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL WORKER; ADULT; AGED; AMPHETAMINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; ETHNOLOGY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOMELESS PERSON; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DRUG USERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; ILLICIT DRUGS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; POVERTY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 85021818920     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: 15332659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2017.1325809     Document Type: Article

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