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0556/2016 - Similarities and differences in crack cocaine using patterns in santa catarina: capital vs. Midwest.
Semelhanças e contrastes nos padrões de uso de crack em santa catarina: capital vs. Meio oeste.

Author:

• MARIA TEREZINHA ZEFERINO - ZEFERINO, MARIA TEREZINHA - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, ENFERMAGEM - <terezinha.zeferino@ufsc.br>

Co-author(s):

• Vivian Costa Fermo - Fermo, Vivian Costa - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - <vivianfermo@hotmail.com>
• Marcelo Brandt Fialho - Fialho, Marcelo Brandt - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - <marcelo.b.fialho@gmail.com>
• Francisco Inácio Bastos - Bastos, F.I. - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Laboratório de Informações em Saúde - <francisco.inacio.bastos@hotmail.com, francisco.inacio@icict.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5970-8896

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Abstract:

Background: Crack cocaine has been a major public health problem in contemporary Brazil, in consequence of individual and social harms and risks secondary to its use & misuse. Aim: To assess the characteristics of drug scenes in the capital and Midwest of Santa Catarina state. Methods: The project used Time-Location Sampling. Between January and June 2011, 41 crack cocaine scenes were mapped in Santa Catarina’s capital, as 33 were mapped in its Midwest. Such scenes were randomly ed, as well as their days and shifts (time periods/day) for in-depth observation. Overall, 98 scenes/shifts were observed in the capital and 62 in the Midwest. First-hand reports were logged as field notes into notebooks. Analyses of the empirical material were based on Bardin’s content analysis, and findings were compared and contrasted with Brazilian and international literature. Results: Most interviewees were adult males. In the capital, a substantial fraction of the users lived in the streets and in both settings most interviewees were polydrug users. In the Midwest, most scenes functioned at night, as in the capital scenes remained active around the clock. Risk practices comprise the harmful use of multiple substances, the shared use of pipes (and other devices such as cans), exchange of sex for substances or cash.

Keywords:

Crack CocaineDrug-related HarmsQualitative studies

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ZEFERINO, MARIA TEREZINHA, Fermo, Vivian Costa, Fialho, Marcelo Brandt, Bastos, F.I.. Similarities and differences in crack cocaine using patterns in santa catarina: capital vs. Midwest.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2016/Nov). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/similarities-and-differences-in-crack-cocaine-using-patterns-in-santa-catarina-capital-vs-midwest/15982?id=15982&id=15982



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