A Comparison of Black and White Women Entering Drug Abuse Treatment Programs
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of the Addictions
- Vol. 17 (1) , 35-49
- https://doi.org/10.3109/10826088209054608
Abstract
A comparison of Black and White women entering methadone maintenance programs and therapeutic communities found similarities with respect to living situation, financial dependency on others, and unemployment. White women experienced more disturbances within the family of origin, early drug use, overdoses, use of different kinds of drugs, suicide attempts, criminal involvement, and linkages with drug-abusing partners. Black women were more likely to have child care responsibilies.This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
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