Multiple drug use and polydrug use amongst homeless traveling youth.
Diverse forms of drug use are an emerging theme within research on young people and substance use. This manuscript, based on a three city study of health risks amongst young injection drug users, explores multiple drug use and polydrug use amongst a subset of homeless youth referred to as "travelers." In particular, we outline characteristics of homeless traveler youths and the various ways in which they practiced multiple drug use and polydrug use. From here, we discuss some theoretical and public health implications of multiple drug use and polydrug use amongst this particular population.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California, Division of Research on Children, Youth and Families, Saban Research Institute, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, 6430 West Sunset Boulevard, Suite 1500, Hollywood, CA 90028, USA. bsanders@chla.usc.edu
Bill
B
Sanders
Stephen E
SE
Lankenau
Jennifer
J
Jackson-Bloom
Dodi
D
Hathazi
D000293:Adolescent; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D018453:Homeless Youth / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D007649:Ketamine; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012925:Social Conformity; D012933:Social Identification; D012940:Social Problems / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
D013287:Illicit Drugs; D007649:Ketamine