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Race and Problem Drug Use in an English City

Institute of Criminal Justice Studies University of Portsmouth Ravelin House Museum Road Portsmouth PO1 2QQ United Kingdom

The primary aim of this article is to look at the impact of drugs on the drug-using Black population, and in doing so, the article draws comparative attention to drug use within the White community. The article is based on a research study of problem drug users registered with a London drugs project in 2000 and 2001. During the period of fieldwork, the vast majority of clients of the drug project were male, and the gap in the sex composition of the clients was more conspicuous in the Black group. For the sake of clarity in the use of statistical information, the article draws substance solely from information on the Black and White male clients. The findings present the Black community as a group who is also victimised by drugs but whose experiences of drug victimisation have often been undermined in the "war on drugs" rhetoric about drug trafficking.

Key Words: race • drug use • criminal justice

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 47, No. 6, 677-697 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X03253023


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