Department of Sociology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-3012, USA.
Subst Use Misuse. 2010 Jul;45(9):1390-405. doi: 10.3109/10826081003682917.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the majority of routine activities in New Orleans were disrupted, including the illegal drug market. The large-scale relocation of New Orleans evacuees (NOEs), including many illegal drug users and sellers, to host cities led to a need for new sources of illegal drugs. This need was quickly satisfied by two initially distinct drug markets (1) drug dealers from New Orleans who were themselves evacuees and (2) established drug dealers in the host cities. To be expected, the two markets did not operate indefinitely in parallel fashion. This paper describes the evolving, operational relationship between these two drug markets over time, with a focus on Houston. We analyze the reciprocal evolution of these two markets at two significant points in time: at the beginning of the relocation (2005) and two years later (2007). The overall trend is towards a melding of the two drug markets, as evidenced primarily by decreases in drug-related violence and the cross-fertilization of drug tastes. We describe the process by which the two drug markets are melded over time, in order to seek a better understanding of the social processes by which drug markets in general evolve.
在卡特里娜飓风过后，新奥尔良的大部分常规活动都被打乱了，包括非法毒品市场。新奥尔良撤离者（NOE）的大规模迁移，包括许多非法吸毒者和卖家，到接待城市，导致需要新的非法毒品来源。这种需求很快就被两个最初不同的毒品市场（1）自己是撤离者的新奥尔良毒贩和（2）接待城市的现有毒贩满足了。可以预料的是，这两个市场并没有无限期地平行运作。本文描述了随着时间的推移，这两个毒品市场之间不断发展的运作关系，重点是休斯顿。我们分析了这两个市场在两个重要时间点的相互演变：在搬迁开始时（2005 年）和两年后（2007 年）。总体趋势是两个毒品市场的融合，主要表现在与毒品相关的暴力行为减少和毒品口味的交叉授粉。我们描述了两个毒品市场随着时间的推移而融合的过程，以便更好地了解毒品市场一般演变的社会过程。
