Citation

Johnson EM, Belfer ML. J. Health Care Poor Underserved 1995; 6(2): 113-21; discussion 121-3.

Affiliation

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20857, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Johns Hopkins University Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7795023

Abstract

Substance abuse has been associated with violent behavior for many decades. While the relationship is the same today as it was in the past, the pervasiveness of the association, and the consequences, are more dramatic. There are two ways in which substance abuse is related to violence. First, violence can be and is perpetrated under the influence of substances, and second, violence related to substance abuse stems from the trade in drugs, which is all too often focused in poor and underserved communities. The elimination of the market for drugs, and thus the reduction in the demand for drugs, will bring about a reduction in substance abuse-related violence.

Language: en