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