Comparing Drug Use Rates of Detained Arrestees in the United States and England

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Taylor ◽  
Trevor Bennett
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
The United States

scholarly journals Shifting from Village-Based Networks to Locally Generated Networks: Undocumented Mexican Agricultural Workers Who Use/Used Hard Drugs

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Keith V. Bletzer
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Illicit Drugs ◽  
The United States ◽  
Border Crossing ◽  
New Drugs ◽  
Agricultural Workers ◽  
Economic Success ◽  
Childhood Difficulties ◽  
Hard Drugs

Hardships that face transmigrants working in agriculture include the potential for drug use. Reliant on village-based networks that facilitate border crossing and developing a plan for a destination within this country, transmigrants who try new drugs/alcohol and/or continue on accustomed drugs/alcohol are facilitated in these endeavors through locally generated networks as alternative forms of access and support. Seven cases of undocumented men from Mexico are reviewed to show how use of illicit drugs is minimally affected by economic success and time in the United States, or village-based networks that first facilitated entry into this country. Prior conditions, especially childhood difficulties and search for socioeconomic autonomy, precipitate new and/or continuing drug use within the United States on this side of the border, where both forms of drug use are facilitated by locally generated networks.

scholarly journals Are There Racial Disparities in Psychotropic Drug Use and Expenditures in a Nationally Representative Sample of Men in the United States? Evidence From the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geraldine Pierre ◽  
Roland J. Thorpe ◽  
Gniesha Y. Dinwiddie ◽  
Darrell J. Gaskin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Racial Disparities ◽  
Psychotropic Drug ◽  
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
Medical Expenditure ◽  
Panel Survey ◽  
Psychotropic Drug Use ◽  
Nationally Representative

This article sought to determine whether racial disparities exist in psychotropic drug use and expenditures in a nationally representative sample of men in the United States. Data were extracted from the 2000-2009 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, a longitudinal survey that covers the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population. Full-Year Consolidated, Medical Conditions, and Prescribed Medicines data files were merged across 10 years of data. The sample of interest was limited to adult males aged 18 to 64 years, who reported their race as White, Black, Hispanic, or Asian. This study employed a pooled cross-sectional design and a two-part probit generalized linear model for analyses. Minority men reported a lower probability of psychotropic drug use (Black = −4.3%, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [−5.5, −3.0]; Hispanic = −3.8%, 95% CI = [−5.1, −2.6]; Asian = −4.5%, 95% CI = [−6.2, −2.7]) compared with White men. After controlling for demographic, socioeconomic, and health status variables, there were no statistically significant race differences in drug expenditures. Consistent with previous literature, racial and ethnic disparities in the use of psychotropic drugs present problems of access to mental health care and services.

Racial and ethnic trends in illicit drug use and binge drinking among adolescent and young adult offenders in the United States

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 71-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael G. Vaughn ◽  
Christopher P. Salas-Wright ◽  
David Cordova ◽  
Erik J. Nelson ◽  
Lisa Jaegers
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Binge Drinking ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Illicit Drug Use ◽  
The United States ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult

Impact of alcohol and drug use on bicycle and electric scooter injuries and hospital admissions in the United States

Trauma ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 146040862110443
Author(s):  
Nikan K Namiri ◽  
Austin W Lee ◽  
Gregory M Amend ◽  
Jason Vargo ◽  
Benjamin N Breyer
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Head Trauma ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Body Part ◽  
The United States ◽  
Severe Injuries ◽  
Injury Surveillance System ◽  
Alcohol And Drug Use ◽  
Awareness Campaigns

Introduction Bicycles and electric scooters (e-scooters) are convenient and accessible means of transportation. Participant safety is contingent on available infrastructure and safe riding practices including not riding while intoxicated. Understanding national prevalence and injury characteristics of bicycle and e-scooter riders who ride while intoxicated may promote awareness campaigns for safe riding practices and decrease morbidity. Methods The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) provides national estimates of injuries that present to emergency departments across the United States. We obtained case information on admitting status, body part injured, diagnosis of injury, age, sex, alcohol usage, and drug usage. We then queried NEISS for injuries related to bicycles and e-scooters in 2019. Results A weighted total of 270,571 (95% confidence interval (CI): 204,517–336,625) bicycle injuries occurred in the United States during 2019; alcohol and drug use were associated with 7% (95% CI: 6–9) and 2% (95% CI: 2–3) of all injuries, respectively. Twenty-four percent (CI: 18--31) of alcohol- and 29% (95% CI: 20–41) of drug-related bicycle injuries resulted in hospital admissions, compared to 15% (95% CI: 12–17) of non–alcohol- and 15% (95% CI: 13–18) of non–drug-related injuries ( p < .001 and p = .002, respectively). A total of 28,702 (95% CI: 13,975–43,428) e-scooter injuries occurred in 2019; alcohol and drug use were associated with 8% (95% CI: 5–12) and 1% (95% CI: 1–2) of injuries, respectively. Sixty percent (95% CI: 47–72) of alcohol-related e-scooter injuries resulted in head trauma, compared to 28% (95% CI: 24–32) of non–alcohol-related injuries ( p < .001). Conclusions Intoxication is associated with increasingly severe injuries, hospital admissions, and head trauma in bicycle and e-scooter riders. The findings support awareness campaigns to educate riders about risky practices, improve non-auto infrastructure, and promote helmet usage.

scholarly journals Sexualised drug use among sexual minority young adults in the United States: The P18 cohort study

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 207-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annie Ristuccia ◽  
Caleb LoSchiavo ◽  
Perry N. Halkitis ◽  
Farzana Kapadia
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
The United States

scholarly journals Attacks Intended to Seriously Harm and Co-occurring Drug Use Among Youth in the United States

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (13) ◽  
pp. 1681-1692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher P. Salas-Wright ◽  
Michael G. Vaughn ◽  
Jennifer M. Reingle Gonzalez ◽  
Qiang Fu ◽  
Trenette Clark Goings
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
The United States

Khat Use is Associated with Tobacco, Alcohol, and Illicit Drug Use: A Cross-Sectional Examination in the United States

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 413-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Motohiro Nakajima ◽  
Kalkidan Molla ◽  
Brook Belachew ◽  
Abduselam Mohammed ◽  
Abdikadir Hassan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Illicit Drug Use ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Khat Use

Drug Use in the United States in 1981

JAMA ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 251 (10) ◽  
pp. 1293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlene Baum
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
The United States

Gangs, Drug Use, and Drug Selling in the United States

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bill Sanders
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
The United States ◽  
Gang Membership ◽  
Drug Misuse ◽  
Gang Members ◽  
Crystal Methamphetamine ◽  
Polysubstance Use ◽  
Drug Selling

Gangs and drugs are two major criminological issues that come together in the United States. On the one hand, gang members use more drugs than non-gang youth, so much so that gang membership itself is an indicator that an individual will have a significant drug use profile. Compared with non-gang youth, gang members also begin to use drugs at earlier ages, use a greater variety of drugs, use them with greater frequency, and participate in other risk behaviors (e.g., violence, unsafe sexual behaviors) while intoxicated. Alcohol and marijuana feature prominently within the drug use repertoires of gang members, and the latter is considered normalized within gang cultures. Gang members also use other “hard” drugs, such as crystal methamphetamine, crack cocaine, and heroin, despite the fact that the use of such drugs is stigmatized among them. Gang membership is also characterized by polysubstance use—the simultaneous or sequential use of a variety of drugs, as well as nonmedical prescription drug misuse. As a result, gang members are at great risk of many negative social and health consequences related to drug use. On the other hand, gang members sell drugs. A wealth of academic data contradicts the legal and public perceptions about this relationship. First, a commonly held view is that gangs control a majority of the sales of illegal drugs within any one area. However, this clashes with research specifically on gangs, which reveals that few members within any one gang sell drugs and that few gangs are specifically focused on selling drugs. Another area where academic research conflicts with widely held perceptions is the idea that drug selling is a lucrative endeavor for gang members. While the public and law enforcement agencies may believe gang members are making significant amounts of money selling drugs, research indicates that the majority of gang members who do sell drugs do not appear to earn significantly more money than they could earn working the same number of hours at a job paying minimum wage. Such findings further argue that such amounts hardly seem worth the risk given the large numbers of gang members killed or imprisoned in relation to selling drugs.

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