A cultural and political difference: comparing the racial and social framing of population crack cocaine use between the United States and France

Andrew Goulian^#¹, Marie Jauffret-Roustide^#^{2

3

4

5}, Sayon Dambélé⁶, Rajvir Singh^{7

8}, Robert E Fullilove 3rd⁷

Affiliations

¹ Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, USA. ajg2253@columbia.edu.
² CEMS, Inserm U1276, CNRS UMR 8044, EHESS, Paris, France.
³ British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU), Vancouver, Canada.
⁴ Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, Buffalo University of Social Sciences, New York, USA.
⁵ Institut Convergences Migrations, Campus Condorcet, Aubervilliers, France.
⁶ Agence Nationale de L'Inclusion Économique et Sociale, Conakry, Guinea.
⁷ Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, USA.
⁸ Rural Workforce Agency Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.

^# Contributed equally.

Andrew Goulian et al. Harm Reduct J. 2022.

. 2022 May 12;19(1):44.

doi: 10.1186/s12954-022-00625-5.

Andrew Goulian^#¹, Marie Jauffret-Roustide^#^{2

3

4

5}, Sayon Dambélé⁶, Rajvir Singh^{7

8}, Robert E Fullilove 3rd⁷

¹ Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, USA. ajg2253@columbia.edu.
² CEMS, Inserm U1276, CNRS UMR 8044, EHESS, Paris, France.
³ British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU), Vancouver, Canada.
⁴ Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, Buffalo University of Social Sciences, New York, USA.
⁵ Institut Convergences Migrations, Campus Condorcet, Aubervilliers, France.
⁶ Agence Nationale de L'Inclusion Économique et Sociale, Conakry, Guinea.
⁷ Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, USA.
⁸ Rural Workforce Agency Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Keywords: Crack cocaine; Drug policy; Harm reduction; Population health; Racial issues; Structural vulnerability.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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