Psychotropes
Volume 5, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 105-121

Mohammed in a drug country. Immigrant Maghrebin youths and toxicomania: An analysis of the process [MOHAMED AU PAYS DE LA DROGUE. JEUNES ISSUS DE L'IMMIGRATION MAGHREBINE ET TOXICOMANIE: ESSAI D'ANALYSE DU PROCESSUS] (Article)

Aubel S. , Debock C. , Pariat M.
  • a Departement 'Sante et Societe' de l'Universite Paris XII, Paris, France
  • b Departement 'Sante et Societe' de l'Universite Paris XII, Paris, France
  • c Departement 'Sante et Societe' de l'Universite Paris XII, Paris, France

Abstract

The authors attempt to analyze the drug use of immigrant Maghrebin youths in Paris and adjacent regions. After having described the general context in which the 'branding' of this 'social group' operates, the authors examine, through real life stories involving drug consumption process of many of the young people. Their story is strongly marked by their parents' migration: the parents' adoptive country becomes their children's birthplace. This particular situation enhances social processes, notably the sense of identity which characterizes their existence. However, this study shows that these young people are not the only ones to consume drugs; on the contrary, it is common to a whole generation of teenagers which calls itself an 'international ethnic group'. It is not a matter of elaborating specific methods which could isolate these young children of immigration but rather of questioning ourselves on the place and the recognition given to others in society.

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Index Keywords

ethnic group ethnic or racial aspects major clinical study Article France human migration drug abuse Adolescent
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ISSN: 07159684
Original Language: French