Crack: new directions in drug research. Part 2. Factors determining the current functioning of the crack economy--a program for ethnographic research.
Factors which hypothetically influence rates, volumes, and methods of income generation in crack distribution, use, and misuse are indicated, and a research program to investigate them is suggested. This research will contribute significantly to the development of a theoretical framework which adequately relates substance using/abusing and trafficking populations to the wider community and will explain why crack use and distribution have had such different outcomes than marijuana. Factors to be researched include: polyethnicity, crack-related deculturation, gender differentiation in crack use and effects, neighborhood effects, vertically organized crack-distributing organizations, crack-related violence and crime, and replacement of previous drug markets by crack.
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Department of Anthropology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, New York 10019.
D016578:Crack Cocaine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D012931:Social Environment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology
D016578:Crack Cocaine