Behavioral Medicine and Addictions Research, Butler Hospital, 345 Blackstone Blvd., Providence, RI 02906, USA; Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany St., Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Behavioral Medicine and Addictions Research, Butler Hospital, 345 Blackstone Blvd., Providence, RI 02906, USA; Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany St., Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 Jun 1;187:205-211. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.03.015. Epub 2018 Apr 16.
Despite ample research examining how alcohol use relates to gun involvement, little is known about the relationship between opioids and gun involvement. In the current study, we examined correlates of gun possession, accessibility, and related behaviors in an opioid dependent sample.
Between October 2016 and April 2017, we surveyed persons entering a brief, inpatient opioid detoxification (n = 386) and 51 contemporaneous persons seeking alcohol detoxification at the same facility in Massachusetts and recorded their lifetime experiences with gun involvement.
Participants averaged 33 years of age, 74% were male, 83% were White, and 64% had a history of incarceration. Opioid users had significantly higher rates of gun involvement than persons in alcohol detoxification; for example, 31.3% (vs. 3.9%) had carried a gun for protection, 45.1% (vs. 25.5%) had been threatened with a gun, and 13.8% (vs. 2.0%) had shot at another person. Among persons misusing opioids, male and non-White respondents, and those with a history of incarceration or poorer self-control reported greater gun involvement.
Opioid users, both men and women, lead gun-involved lives.
尽管有大量研究探讨了饮酒与枪支涉入之间的关系，但对于阿片类药物与枪支涉入之间的关系知之甚少。在当前的研究中，我们调查了一个阿片类药物依赖样本中与枪支持有、获取和相关行为有关的因素。
在 2016 年 10 月至 2017 年 4 月期间，我们对进入麻省一家短期住院阿片类药物戒毒所的 386 名患者和同时在该戒毒所寻求酒精戒毒的 51 名患者进行了调查，并记录了他们一生中与枪支涉入有关的经历。
参与者的平均年龄为 33 岁，74%为男性，83%为白人，64%有入狱史。阿片类药物使用者的枪支涉入率明显高于酒精戒毒者；例如，31.3%（3.9%）的人携带枪支是为了自卫，45.1%（25.5%）的人曾受到过枪支威胁，13.8%（2.0%）的人曾向他人开枪。在滥用阿片类药物的人中，男性和非白人受访者，以及有入狱史或自我控制能力较差的受访者，枪支涉入程度更高。
男性和女性阿片类药物使用者都过着与枪支涉入有关的生活。
