Trajectories of Methamphetamine Use in the Rural South: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study

Sexton, Rocky L.; Carlson, Robert G.; Leukefeld, Carl G.; Booth, Brenda M.

doi:10.17730/humo.67.2.h457132482255391

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“…As such, courage is crucial for resisting the perpetuating effect arising from drug use. The findings and implications thereby reinforce theories and case illustrations about the strength of courage in disusing illicit drugs (Brunelle et al, 2005;Sexton et al, 2008;van Wormer & Davis, 2003). The condition for the effective operation of the strength of courage is the risk and harm of illicit drug use, which need courage to defuse.…”

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“…Research has proffered qualitative findings about the contribution of courage to drug rehabilitation (Brunelle et al, 2005;Sexton et al, 2008). Accordingly, the findings illustrate stories about drug users' gathering courage to resist temptation and pressure for illicit drug use.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Finally, courage is a strength factor, in the perspective of positive psychology, particularly involving self-regulation (Peterson & Seligman, 2004). Despite its anecdotal and theoretical significance, however, courage has rarely figured in empirical research, especially in relation to illicit drug use (Brunelle et al, 2005;Sexton et al, 2008). Nonetheless, some research has demonstrated the contributions of courage to socially desirable performance in school and work (Martin, 2011;Peterson & Seligman, 2004).…”

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Encouraging the Disuse of Illicit Drugs Among At-Risk Youth

Cheung

Ngai

2014

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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Youth at risk of illicit drug abuse and other delinquent acts are the target of social work services. Preventing or discouraging the use of illicit drugs among at-risk youth is a long-standing practical and research concern. For this reason, the preventive function of courage is a research gap the present study seeks to fill. The study collected data from 169 at-risk youths and their social workers with two-wave panel surveys. Results show that courage in Wave 1 presented a strong negative effect on illicit drug use in Wave 2 in the youth, controlling for illicit drug use in Wave 1 and background characteristics. Moreover, the negative effect was stronger when Wave 1 drug use was more likely. These results imply the helpfulness of encouraging at-risk youth to gather courage to resist the temptation to use illicit drugs.

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Encouraging the Disuse of Illicit Drugs Among At-Risk Youth

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Ngai

2014

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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“…In our previous paper, we found that decreases in methamphetamine use over the fi rst 24 months were not associated with implementation of restrictions in precursor chemicals among the untreated subset of our study population (Borders et al, 2008). Interestingly, a qualitative report from 24 participants in the Arkansas and Kentucky samples found that health, legal, and family issues, or a combination of these factors, were linked to quitting or reducing methamphetamine use (Sexton et al, 2008).…”

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Longitudinal Relationship Between Psychological Distress and Multiple Substance Use: Results From a Three-Year Multisite Natural-History Study of Rural Stimulant Users

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Curran²,

Han³

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J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: Substance use is associated with poor mental health, but little is known regarding how use of multiple substances is associated with mental health, particularly longitudinally, in community studies. This article examines this issue in a large (N = 710), naturalhistory study of rural stimulant (cocaine and/or methamphetamine) users in three states. Method: Respondent-driven sampling recruited recent (past-30-day) stimulant users in three counties each in Arkansas, Kentucky, and Ohio. Participants were interviewed every 6 months for 3 years. Mental health was measured by the Brief Symptom Inventory, and prior 6 months' substance use was measured for 17 possible substances. Data analysis used generalized estimating equations for longitudinal data with the Global Severity Index of the Brief Symptom Inventory as the dependent variable at each interview and substance use as predictor variables measured by number of substances used in the past 6 months and, separately, the 17 individual substances, adjusting for use of substanceuse treatment, demographics, and recruitment site. Results: On average, both Global Severity Index score and use of many substances declined over the course of study. Global Severity Index score was signifi cantly associated with (a) greater number of substances used in the past 6 months (p < .0001) and (b) use of crack cocaine, methamphetamine, and nonprescription use of prescription painkillers and tranquilizers. Conclusions: Multiple and specifi c substances appear to incrementally increase psychological distress. Users of cocaine and methamphetamine are present in rural areas; these associations with poor psychological health raise concerns regarding availability of local treatment services for individuals with mental-health problems, as well as substance abuse. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 71, 258-267, 2010)

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“…Methamphetamine (MA) was proclaimed an epidemic as it crossed from the western coast of the United States, settled in the heartland and continued eastward, impacting primarily urban populations of young people and men who had sex with men (MSM), and rural populations in an increasingly poorer countryside (Halkitis & Shrem, 2006; Klitzman et al, 2000; Reding, 2009; Sexton et al, 2008; Shernoff, 2005; Weisheit & White, 2009; Worth & Rawstone, 2005). As dire warnings of the dangers of this potent drug became a media sensation, and increased regulations of precursor ingredients curtailed national MA production in makeshift laboratories, (Boeri, Gibson & Harbry, 2009a; McKetin, 2008; Sexton et al, 2006), use of MA by suburban housewives went relatively unnoticed.…”

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“When You Got Friends in Low Places, You Stay Low”

Woodall

Boeri

2013

Journal of Drug Issues

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To examine access to needed resources among low-income methamphetamine-using females, we conducted interviews with 30 women living in poor suburban communities of a large southeastern metropolis. As an invisible population in the suburbs, underserved by social services, the women remain geographically and socially anchored to their poor suburban enclaves as transit, treatment and education remain out of reach. The longitudinal study included three interviews over a two-year period. Resources needed by the women were identified in the first interview and a list of available services was provided to them. In subsequent interviews we asked how they accessed the services or barriers encountered and discussed these further in focus groups. Using a social capital framework in our qualitative analysis, we identified three processes for accessing needed resources: formal, informal and mediated. Implications for policymakers and social service providers are suggested, and models for future development proposed.

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Trajectories of Methamphetamine Use in the Rural South: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study

Cited by 23 publications

References 30 publications

Encouraging the Disuse of Illicit Drugs Among At-Risk Youth

Encouraging the Disuse of Illicit Drugs Among At-Risk Youth

Longitudinal Relationship Between Psychological Distress and Multiple Substance Use: Results From a Three-Year Multisite Natural-History Study of Rural Stimulant Users

“When You Got Friends in Low Places, You Stay Low”

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