title: [Prevalence of coca paste use and social risk].
abstract: The results of a probabilistic study performed in an extremely poor area where an ethnographic methodology was applied for the identification of cocaine paste consumption are analyzed. The studied community's general population's life prevalence was of 13,2 %. Prevalence was 51,1 % within the male population between 14 and 30 years old. Within the same poverty situation, greater consumption was associated with greater deficiencies. Data shows how cocaine paste consumption compulsion accentuates the displacement of the most vulnerable groups towards the limits of social survival.
authors.affiliation: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Subsecretaría de Atención a las Adicciones de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Observatorio sobre el Uso de Sustancias Psicoactivas. miguez@ciudad.com.ar
authors.forename: Hugo A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Míguez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D003041:Coca; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D009824:Ointments; D011203:Poverty; D015995:Prevalence; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012931:Social Environment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D009824:Ointments