SUBSTANCE ABUSE
DEMOGRAPHICS
83%
of women on the street are addicted to substances
63%
were not addicted to any substance when they ended up on the street and only became addicted after prolonged exposure to street life or forced drug use by a trafficker#
91%
of females on the street in Albuquerque identify as women of color
56%
identify as Hispanic*
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46% of Albuquerque’s population is Hispanic**
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47% of New Mexico’s population is Hispanic**
32%
identify as Native*
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5% of Albuquerque’s population is Native**
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9% of New Mexico’s population is Native**
9%
identify as
Non-Hispanic White*
3%
identify as
African American*
# Rochelle D. “Night moves: A qualitative investigation of street-level sex work.” Psychology of Women Quarterly. 2002;26:63–73.
* Unpublished report by University of New Mexico Medical School, 2015. Details to be provided after publication
** New Mexico Substance Abuse Epidemiology Profile June 2013, published by New Mexico Department of Health; downloaded 8/13/16 from