Black-White Differences in Social Background and Military Drug Abuse Patterns.

摘要

Drug abuse patterns and social backgrounds of black and white Navy enlisted men many of them heavy multiple drug users, were compared. Subjects had been given exemption from prosecution for illegal use of drugs and referred to a drug rehabilitation center for treatment. Black subjects indicated better school adjustment, less delinquency, and fewer difficulties in their home lives than whites. Black drug users gave histories of greater heroin involvement but an avoidance of hallucinogenic drugs. Different cultural patterns appear to underlie the drug-taking behaviors of blacks and whites in the naval service. White users apparently are largely expressing new varieties of delinquent or antisocial behavior while blacks may be reflecting long-established drug subculture activities in urban ghettos. (Author)