Heroin Users' Careers and Perceptions of Drug Use: a comparison of smokers and injectors in the Mersey region

Addiction ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 84 (12) ◽  
pp. 1467-1472 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAUL COUSINS ◽  
RICHARD P. BENTALL
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Heroin Users

Examining a migration-based phenomenon of heroin use in an urban drug scene in Sao Paulo, Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Ribeiro ◽  
Rosana Frajzinger ◽  
Luciane Ogata Perrenoud ◽  
Benedikt Fischer
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Crack Cocaine ◽  
Methadone Treatment ◽  
Rapid Test ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Heroin Use ◽  
Heroin Users ◽  
Content Type

Purpose Brazil’s street-based drug use is mostly characterized by non-injection psychostimulant (e.g. crack-cocaine) drug use in Brazil, with limited interventions and service availability. Recently, an influx of multi-ethnic migrants within an urban drug scene in Sao Paulo was associated with heroin use, a drug normatively absent from Brazil. The purpose of this paper is to characterize and compare heroin use-related characteristics and outcomes for an attending sub-sample of clients from a large community-based treatment centre (“CRATOD”) serving Sao Paulo’s local urban drug scene. Design/methodology/approach All non-Brazilian patients (n = 109) receiving services at CRATOD for 2013–2016 were identified from patient files, divided into heroin users (n = 40) and non-heroin users (n = 69). Based on chart reviews, select socio-demographic, drug use and health status (including blood-borne-virus and other infections per rapid test methods) were examined and bi-variately compared. Multi-variate analyses examined factors independently associated with heroin use. Findings Most participants were male and middle-aged, poly-drug users and socio-economically marginalized. While heroin users primarily originated from Africa, they reported significantly more criminal histories, drug (e.g. injection) and sex-risk behaviors and elevated rates of BBV (e.g. Hepatitis C Virus and HIV). A minority of heroin users attending the clinic was provided methadone treatment, mostly for detoxification. Originality/value This study documented information on a distinct sample of mostly migration-based heroin users in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Based on the local experience, global migration dynamics can bring changes to established drug use cultures and services, including new challenges for drug use-related related behaviors and therapeutic interventions that require effective understanding and addressing.

scholarly journals Sex differences in cocaine/heroin users: Drug-use triggers and craving in daily life

2013 ◽  
Vol 132 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 29-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley P. Kennedy ◽  
David H. Epstein ◽  
Karran A. Phillips ◽  
Kenzie L. Preston
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Heroin Users

Reliability of heroin users’ reports of drug use behaviour using a 24 month timeline follow-back technique to assess the impact of the australian heroin shortage

2004 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 433-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn Day ◽  
Linette Collins ◽  
Louisa Degenhardt ◽  
Clare Thetford ◽  
Lisa Maher
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Heroin Users ◽  
The Impact

Explanations for Heroin Use

1988 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 457-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niall Coggans ◽  
John B. Davies
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Attribution Theory ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Heroin Use ◽  
Heroin Users

This paper examines, from the perspective of “attribution theory,” the role of explanations (for drug use) in giving up drug use. In particular, the “functional utility” of explanations (attributions) in the service of self-esteem needs is discussed. It appears that, in a group of heroin users, explanations are consistently related to level or pattern of heroin use in a manner with considerable utility for self-esteem. The attributional strategies employed, and the implications of particular attributions (explanations) for drug use are also discussed.

Heroin Use and Street Crime

1979 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Inciardi
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Criminal Activity ◽  
Street Crime ◽  
Heroin Use ◽  
Heroin Users ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between heroin use and street crime has been studied for the better part of this century, but the findings have been inconclusive. Research in this area has been limited to analyses of criminality in terms of arrest data, and samples have been drawn only from officially known populations of drug users. The present study focuses on a sample of 356 active heroin users from Miami, Florida, and data have been collected de scribing their officially known and self-reported criminal activity. The data indicate that, while active heroin users are heavily involved in street crime, any relationship between drug use and crime is much more complex than has been generally believed. The findings of the research suggest that the wrong questions may have been asked in previous studies of the drugs/crime nexus.

Crack-Cocaine Use and Street Crime

1994 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Inciardi ◽  
Anne E. Pottieger
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Science Studies ◽  
Crack Cocaine ◽  
Street Crime ◽  
Heroin Users ◽  
Criminal Histories ◽  
Widespread Availability ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Crack Users ◽  
Similar Sample

Most existing research on the relationship between drug use and street crime relates to heroin users and thus predates the widespread availability of crack-cocaine; social science studies of crime among crack users are few in number and focus on a limited set of offense types. This article reports findings from interviews with 387 adult crack users in Miami, Florida, regarding their drug use and criminal histories and their current involvement in a broad range of criminal activities. Many significant differences are noted between the street and treatment subsamples, particularly an earlier drug and crime initiation and a more exclusive focus on one crime type — retail drug sales — among street respondents. Gender differences are markedly smaller, especially in the street sample. Comparisons are also made between the street sample and a similar sample of heroin users interviewed in Miami some ten years earlier.

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