When the drug of choice is a drug of confusion: Embalming fluid use in inner city Hartford, CT

Merrill Singer; Greg Mirhej; Susan Shaw; Hassan Saleheen; James Vivian; Erica Hastings; Lucy Rohena; De Shawn Jennings; Juhem Navarro; Claudia Santelices; Alan H.B. Wu; Andrew Smith; Alberto Perez

doi:10.4324/9781315864433-8

When the drug of choice is a drug of confusion: Embalming fluid use in inner city Hartford, CT

Merrill Singer, Greg Mirhej, Susan Shaw, Hassan Saleheen, James Vivian, Erica Hastings, Lucy Rohena, De Shawn Jennings, Juhem Navarro, Claudia Santelices, Alan H.B. Wu, Andrew Smith, Alberto Perez

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This paper examines the use of a new illicit drug-embalming fluid mixtures-in Hartford, CT based on a recent assessment of drug consumption in an outreach-recruited sample of 242 not-in-treatment active drug users. Sociodemographic, drug use, and health and social problems of drug users who do and do not use embalming fluid mixture are presented, revealing some notable differences between these two groups of street drug users. Despite regular consumption, we report that embalming fluid mixture users are often uncertain about what is in this new drug, despite experiencing often powerful effects. Urine toxicology findings from a subsample of individuals who used embalming fluid mixtures in the last 48 hours, reveal the frequent presence of phencyclidine (PCP) as well as other drugs. The public health implications of this new wave of PCP use are assessed. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail address: <docdelivery@haworthpress.com> Website: <http://www.HaworthPress.com>

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	New Drugs on the Street
Subtitle of host publication	Changing Inner City Patterns of Illicit Consumption
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	73-96
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Electronic)	9781317954699
ISBN (Print)	9780789030504
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315864433-8
State	Published - Jan 1 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Embalming fluid
Phencyclidine
Public health
Substance abuse

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Medicine(all)
Psychology(all)
Social Sciences(all)

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Singer, M., Mirhej, G., Shaw, S., Saleheen, H., Vivian, J., Hastings, E., Rohena, L., Jennings, D. S., Navarro, J., Santelices, C., Wu, A. H. B., Smith, A., & Perez, A. (2014). When the drug of choice is a drug of confusion: Embalming fluid use in inner city Hartford, CT. In New Drugs on the Street: Changing Inner City Patterns of Illicit Consumption (pp. 73-96). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315864433-8

Singer, M, Mirhej, G, Shaw, S, Saleheen, H, Vivian, J, Hastings, E, Rohena, L, Jennings, DS, Navarro, J, Santelices, C, Wu, AHB, Smith, A & Perez, A 2014, When the drug of choice is a drug of confusion: Embalming fluid use in inner city Hartford, CT. in New Drugs on the Street: Changing Inner City Patterns of Illicit Consumption. Taylor and Francis, pp. 73-96. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315864433-8

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