Pierce T G
Nova Research Company, Inc., Washington, DC 20009, USA.
Subst Use Misuse. 1999 Dec;34(14):2095-114. doi: 10.3109/10826089909039440.
Through ethnographic research with injection drugs users (IDUs), the author presents a discussion on the network dynamics of young White heroin users from the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. An analysis of who the users are, how their networks form, how they change over time, and how they dissolve are presented in comparison the the dynamics of an older Black IDU network from the same area. Significant differences between these two types of networks shed light on important issues surrounding drug use and HIV risk, and aid in directing future research efforts in this field of study.
通过对注射吸毒者（IDUs）进行人种志研究，作者探讨了来自华盛顿特区大都市区的年轻白人海洛因使用者的网络动态。文中分析了这些使用者是谁、他们的网络如何形成、随时间如何变化以及如何瓦解，并与同一地区一个较老的黑人注射吸毒者网络的动态进行了比较。这两种类型网络之间的显著差异揭示了围绕吸毒和艾滋病毒风险的重要问题，并有助于指导该研究领域未来的研究工作。
