Ethnic communities' vulnerability to involvement with illicit drugs

The Conflict in East Ukraine: A Growing Need for Addiction Research and Substance Use Intervention for Vulnerable Populations

“…It has been hypothesized that migrants who are highly engaged in the host culture ('assimilation') may engage in substance use and addiction in order to adhere to mainstream norms and gain acceptance in their new communities [18][19][20]. Acculturation is an especially important factor for younger migrants, whose experiences are compounded by intergenerational conflict, and peer pressure as found in previous studies among Sudanese and Latino adolescents [19][20][21][22][23]. For example, in a study among ninth-grade adolescents, low levels of interest in maintaining their native culture alongside low levels of participation in their new culture, often due to discrimination and exclusion, has been associated with substance use [24].…”

“Watch out for the boogieman”: stigma and substance use recovery among migrants and ethnic minorities

“…Furthermore, MEM are often stigmatized due to their language, culture, race, ethnicity or other characteristics, such as their socioeconomic status (De Kock, Decorte, Vanderplasschen, Derluyn, & Sacco, 2017;Wang, Li, Stanton, & Fang, 2010). This stigmatization is a known risk factor for mental health issues and problem substance use (McCabe et al, 2007;Reid, Aitken, Beyer, & Crofts, 2001). As stigma is culturally determined (Clair, Daniel, & Lamont, 2016), people from different ethnocultural backgrounds may experience stigma differently.…”