NCJ Number
169031
Journal
Substance Use & Misuse Volume: 32 Issue: 7 & 8 Dated: special issue (June 1997) Pages: complete issue
Editor(s)
T P Johnson,
S Einstein
Date Published
1997
Length
256 pages
Annotation
Papers in this special journal issue employ a variety of methodological approaches to address unresolved issues related to drug use by homeless, immigrant, and refugee populations.
Abstract
The first paper assess patterns of inhalant use among street children in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and examines how the presence or absence of various socialization processes may influence the development of drug use habits among these youth. The second paper presents an overview of current knowledge about drug use and misuse among recent Southeast Asian refugees and immigrants who have resettled in the United States. With sensitivity to the cultural issues involved, the author reviews unique stressors experienced by this group in leaving their native homelands and adjusting to American cultural influences. The third paper provides a demographic analysis of alcohol-related mortality among migrants to England and Wales and compares mortality rates among several immigrant populations, including those emigrating from Ireland, South Asia, and the Caribbean. Subsequent papers examine the relationship between drug use and multiple types of displacement, present a case study of drug use among immigrants and refugees in the Netherlands, and evaluate perspectives thought to be likely pathways to homelessness for U.S. adults based on data collected in Chicago during the 1980's. Additional papers cover the prevalence and correlates of drug and alcohol use disorders among homeless and runaway youth in Los Angeles and provide an ethnographic investigation of heroin use among adults and street children in the capital of Nepal. References, tables, and figures