NIH R01 · 2024
Discrimination and Racial Inequalities in Drug Use in U.S. Adults: Associations and Mechanisms
Project Summary Exposure to racial discrimination has long been identified as a key social determinant of substance use that stratifies by race/ethnicity. Starting in 2020, displays of racism and their impacts have intensified, and the recent volatile climate during the COVID-19 pandemic provides a unique opportunity to assess mechanisms that link discrimination and other social determinants of health with racial/ethnic disparities in drug use, but there has not been the requisite science on this topic as it deserves. Existing research on the discrimination-substance use association is plagued by both external validity (i.e., non-representative sampling with low generalizability to overall…
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