Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10471632 | Social Science & Medicine | 2012 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Suggests that certain drugs might elevate frequent users to positions of high social capital within drug use networks. ⺠Identifies daily OxyContin® users as highly connected to other drug users in rural Appalachia and in turn, having greater social capital. ⺠Uses social network analysis to examine the relationship of frequent drug use and social capital. ⺠Intervention in such populations must take into account norms of frequent drug usage as a legitimate path to social capital. ⺠Provides data on the extent of nonmedical prescription opioid use in networks within rural Appalachia.
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Authors
Adam B. Jonas, April M. Young, Carrie B. Oser, Carl G. Leukefeld, Jennifer R. Havens,