ArticleJournal of aging and health2016
Trajectories of Aging Long-Term Mexican American Heroin Injectors: The "Maturing Out" Paradox.
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- The role of substance use in the lives of incarcerated older adults: A qualitative study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Ageing and older people who use illicit opioids, cocaine or methamphetamine: a scoping review and literature map.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2022Article
- Trajectories of heroin use: A 15-year retrospective study of Mexican-American men who were affiliated with gangs during adolescence.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2019Article
- Older Former Prisoners' Pathways to Sobriety.Alcoholism treatment quarterly · 2018Article
- Mental health of heroin users with differing injection drug use histories: A non-treatment sample of Mexican American young adult men.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2017Article
- Correlates of Current Methamphetamine Use and Opioid Co-Use Among Latina Women in a Low-Income Community.Journal of psychoactive drugsArticle
- Biological Risk and Infection Profiles of Young Adult Male Mexican American Gang Members.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
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objectiveTo examine the applicability of the "maturing out" theory to a sample of aging Mexican American men who are long-term heroin injectors.
methodEthnographic data were collected as part of a cross-sectional study of aging Mexican American heroin users in Houston with 20 current heroin users.
resultsFindings indicate that dysfunctions that emerge in the heroin lifestyle lead not to cessation but rather to "maturing in," a specific process of social readjustment that returns the heroin user to a stable maintenance pattern of use instead of a recovery phase. This process of paradoxical maturing out can be attributed to the unconditional social support provided to the heroin user by family, peers, and the tecato subculture embedded in Mexican American communities. DISCUSSION: Results highlight the implications for the intersection of heroin-related conditions, natural age-related impairments, and cognitive functioning that make this population increasingly susceptible to adverse health consequences.
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