TEEN-AGE DRUG USE IN AN URBAN GHETTO - PRELIMINARY FINDINGS

• NCJ Number: 42869
• Author(s): J BROOK; I F LUKOFF; M WHITEMAN; A GORDON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 71 pages
• Grant Number(s): N1-71-046; 72-N1-99-0008; 73-99-0002; DA-01103-01
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: Vera Institute of Justice
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS REPORT CONTAINS THE RESULTS OF A STUDY TESTING THE EXTENT OF DRUG USAGE AMONG NEW YORK CITY BLACKS AND BRITISH WEST INDIANS LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY.

Abstract

THE RESEARCHERS FOUND THAT BLACKS REPORTED THE MOST USE OF MARIJIANA & THE WHITES REPORTED THE MOST USE OF OTHER DRUGS. WEST INDIANS WERE FOUND TO HAVE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF DRUG USAGE & MORE ASSIMILATED INTO SOCIETY IN TERMS OF JOBS THAN BLACKS....BDS