Drug use in the high intensity drug trafficking area of the US Southwest border
Drug use in the high intensity drug trafficking area of the US Southwest border
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1360-0443.1996.tb03161.x
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发表时间：
1996-01-01
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6
通讯作者：
Kennedy, NJ
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作者：
Harrison, LD;Kennedy, NJ
本文考察了美国西南边境地区酒精、烟草和非法药物使用的流行情况。基于该地区毒品走私的严重性，西南边境被指定为“高强度贩毒区”。“然而，关于西南边境地区毒品使用的性质和规模的定量数据很少。本文通过从全国药物滥用家庭调查中提取数据，考察了该地区的药物使用情况。数据显示，西南边境地区的毒品使用率与美国其他地区非常相似。西班牙裔美国人占西南边境人口的41%，他们对大多数药物的患病率低于非西班牙裔美国人。边境拉美裔人的患病率甚至低于美国其他地区的拉美裔人。然而，其中许多差异可归因于妇女、青年和老年人的吸毒水平较低。随着这些人口亚群越来越适应文化，他们的吸毒情况可能会与美国其他地区的同龄人更加相似。
This paper examines the prevalence of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use in the Southwest border region of the United States. Based on the seriousness of drug trafficking in the area, the Southwest border has been designated a ''High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.'' Yet there is little quantitative data on the nature and magnitude of drug use in the Southwest border region. This paper examines the prevalence of drug use in the area by extracting data from the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. The data show that drug use rates in the Southwest border area are very similar to those found throughout the remainder of the United States. Hispanics, who constitute about 41% of the Southwest border population, have lower prevalence rates for most classes of drugs than non-Hispanics. The border Hispanics exhibit even lower prevalence rates than Hispanics in the remainder of the United States. However, many of these differences are attributable to the lower levels of drug use among women, and youth and older adults. As these demographic subgroups become increasingly acculturated, their drug use could come to more closely resemble that of their peers in the remainder of the United States.