DRUG USE AND "HUSTLING" A Study of Their Interrelationships |
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| Authors: | R. B. SMITH RICHARD C. STEPHENS |
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| Affiliation: | New York State Office of Drug Abuse Services |
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| Abstract: | This paper focuses on the dynamic relationship between daily “hustling” and narcotic use. Through interviews with 30 narcotics users three common patterns of interrelationships are established In addition. a large number of confounding factors which influence the hustling-drug use relationships are described. The paper reveals the complexity of street life and the tenuousness of views which posit a one-to-one correspondence between hustling and narcotics use. |
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