Department of Criminal Justice, Penn State University, Greater Allegheny, McKeesport, PA, USA.
J Prev Interv Community. 2021 Apr-Jun;49(2):136-151. doi: 10.1080/10852352.2021.1908206. Epub 2021 May 17.
Opioid related drug overdose deaths are a leading cause of death and injury in the United States. While research demonstrates that where people live has a major impact on drug use and abuse, most work looks at social dynamics at the county level or under the rubric of the urban/rural divide. Only recently, scholarship has become attuned to the post-industrialized areas located on the fringes of urban cores. Data presented in here are from field research conducted in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, a small river town located east of Pittsburgh. Once a thriving industrial city, it is now deteriorated and has documented high levels of overdose experience. Preliminary results suggest that McKeesport residents, even before the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), practice social and physical distancing as a way of life; data indicate how the pandemic potentially exacerbates the risk of accidental opioid overdose among a population defined by both geographic and social isolation.
阿片类药物相关药物过量死亡是美国主要的死亡和伤害原因。虽然研究表明人们生活的地点对药物使用和滥用有重大影响，但大多数研究都着眼于县一级的社会动态或城乡划分。直到最近，学术研究才开始关注位于城市核心边缘的后工业化地区。这里呈现的数据来自在宾夕法尼亚州麦基斯波特进行的实地研究，这是一个位于匹兹堡东部的小河镇。曾经是一个繁华的工业城市，现在已经衰败，有记录显示过量用药的情况很高。初步结果表明，即使在 SARS-CoV-2（COVID-19）出现之前，麦基斯波特的居民也将社交和身体上的距离作为一种生活方式；数据表明，在一个以地理和社会隔离为特征的人群中，大流行如何潜在地加剧了意外阿片类药物过量的风险。
