The inner city and drug use: initial findings from an epidemiological study
The inner city and drug use: initial findings from an epidemiological study
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DOI：
10.1016/s0376-8716(97)00124-5
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发表时间：
1997-12-15
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
McCord, J
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作者：
Ensminger, ME;Anthony, JC;McCord, J
尽管有关毒品的科学和政策声明经常表明美国内城区存在严重的毒品使用问题，但支持这些声明的证据往往基于轶事或不完整的数据。伍德劳恩研究中对非裔美国成年人进行的纵向研究部分填补了这一空白，至少可以更多地了解那些在内城区度过部分或全部童年的人。我们发现终生吸毒流行率与同年龄段成年人的全国代表性样本之间几乎没有差异。此外，对居住在六个中心城市的同龄非裔美国人进行的一项全国家庭调查也显示终生非法药物使用率较低。尽管如此，伍德劳恩队列中的人在过去一年中非法药物的使用率高于全国样本，特别是那些仍然生活在贫困率高的地区的人。此外，内城区严重贩毒的报道比郊区多得多。 (C) 1997 爱思唯尔科学爱尔兰有限公司
Although scientific and policy statements regarding drugs often suggest that there are grave problems of drug use within America's inner cities, the evidence that supports these statements is often based on anecdotal or incomplete data. This study of African-American adults from the Woodlawn study followed longitudinally partially fills that gap, at least for learning more about those who spend some or all of their childhood within an inner city neighborhood. We found few differences between the lifetime prevalence of drug use and a national representative sample of adults of the same age range. Furthermore, a national household survey of African-Americans of similar age living in six central cities also reported low lifetime rates of illicit drug use. Nevertheless, those from the Woodlawn cohort had higher rates of use of illicit drugs in the past year than the national sample, especially those still living in areas with high rates of poverty. Additionally, reports of heavy drug trafficking were much greater in the inner city areas than in the suburbs. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.