What is Substance Use About? Assumptions in New York's Drug Policies and the Perceptions of African Americans Who are Low-Income and Using Drugs

Bibliographic Data

ID15414919
AuthorsLiliane Cambraia Windsor (0000-0002-0172-5009, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, corresponding author), Eloise Dunlap (National Development and Research Institutes)
Year2010
Volume9
Issue1
Pages64-87
Publication date2010-02-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1533-2640 • E-ISSN: 1533-2659
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15332640903539260
PMID20224744
PMCIDPMC2835969
OpenAlexW2084100718
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited11

The current article uses intersectionality and standpoint theories to examine the social impact of solely relying on Eurocentric worldviews when developing drug policies that affect low-income African American communities. It is argued that low-income African Americans share a unique cultural and historical background that must be taken into account in the development and implementation of policies and interventions that effect this population. Analysis of longitudinal qualitative data will compare the assumptions informing New York's Rockefeller Drug Laws with the worldviews of drug using and low-income African Americans in New York City, New York, while examining the impact of these policies in participants' lived experiences

Affect (linguistics · African american · Criminology · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Intersectionality · Perception · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Substance use · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

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